Imre Magyari, horn
Imre Magyari was born in 1954 in Budapest and studied at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music, where he graduated in 1978. He joined the Hungarian State Symphony Orchestra as a principal horn-player in 1975 and since 1978 has served as a member of the teaching staff of the Teacher Training Institute of the Academy. In 1980 he joined the Budapest Brass Quintet and has appeared as a soloist throughout Europe, in the United States and in Japan. Imre Magyari took first prize in four international competitions for French horn, at Markneukirchen, Pabianice, Vercelli and in Budapest. He has a number of recordings to his credit and was awarded the Franz Liszt Prize by the Hungarian Minister of Cultural Affairs.
