Károly Binder
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Károly Binder |
| Born |
2 April 1956 Budapest, Hungary |
| Genres | Jazz, wordmusic, Contemporary music |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, composer, teacher |
| Instruments | piano |
| Years active | 1974- |
| Associated acts | Binder Quintet, Károly Binder - solo, Károly Binder - Mihály Borbély duo, Binder trio, Tibor Zalán - Károly Binder literary evening, Károly Binder - Kálmán Oláh duo |
| Website | www |
Károly Binder is a great Hungarian jazz pianist and composer. He is the head of the jazz department at the Music Teachers Training Institute of the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music in Budapest. A great musician who applied his talent for new trends, different cultures, different composing techniques and the synthesis of improvising systems, without forgetting his own cultural roots. He has composed 318 chamber and piano pieces, 43 pieces for films, plays and radio theatres. He has released 67 LPs and CDs, most of them his own compositions. He worked together with Theo Jörgensmann, Harry Becket, John Tchicai, Eckhard Koltesmann, Berndt Köppen, Trilok Gurtu, Ramesh Shotam, Federico Sanesi, Charlie Mariano, Barre Phillips, Günter Sommer, Jirzi Stivin, Marilin Mazur, Connie Bauer, Johannes Bauer. Hi received Erkel Ferenc-Prize.
He was born 2 April 1956 in Budapest. After finishing Bajza Primary music school between 1962-1968, he received his high school final exam at Kölcsey Ferenc High School. After finishing his classical musical education - from the age of 5 - he was accepted to Bartók Béla Music Academy on Jazz Faculty. He graduated in 1979, his master was Mr János Gonda. While graduation he continued his classical education privately. He received his degree with a reward in 2000 at Liszt Ferenc Music Academy, Teacher Training Institute, on Jazz Faculty as a jazz-pianist, teacher, jazz-composer and orchestrator and as a jazz-theory lecturer. In 2003 he received a degree at Liszt Ferenc Music Academy - on music, vocal, solfeggio, music-theory and conductor. In 2003 his two twin daughters were born, Panna and Luca. He taught at Erkel Ferenc Music school /jazz-pianist, jazz history, jazz theory teacher/, Liszt Ferenc Music Academy on Jazz Faculty /jazz-piano, jazz-composing, instrumentation/, Liszt Ferenc Music Academy - Budapesti Teacher Training College Jazz Department /docent, head of department, jazz-piano, jazz-composing, instrumentation, jazz-theory teacher/, then from 2007 Liszt Ferenc Music Academy - Head of Department at the Jazz Faculty, university professor. According to his view on music: "Music is a whole, there are no pieces. It is a real mission, which can be achieved only with real faith. It is a real issue, which issue can and must only be pursued as a whole, as a total. It contains concerts, composition, and, furthermore, the passing of experience and knowledge on, in other words teaching as a whole."
He has performed 1365 concerts in Hungary and abroad till 2016 December.
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