János Kulka (conductor)
{{Short description|Hungarian conductor and composer}}
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{{eastern name order|Kulka János}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1929|12|11|df=y}}
| birth_place = Budapest, Hungary
| death_date = {{death date and age|2001|10|18|1929|12|11|df=y}}
| death_place = Stuttgart, Germany
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- Conductor
- Composer
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János Kulka (11 December 1929 – 18 October 2001) was a Hungarian conductor and composer.
Career
Kulka studied in Budapest, where he was born. He was solo repetiteur and later conductor at the Hungarian State Opera House. Since 1957 he worked in Vienna, at the Bavarian State Opera, the Staatstheater Stuttgart and since 1961 at the Hamburg State Opera. From 1964 to 1975 he was Generalmusikdirektor in Wuppertal and also a guest conductor in Germany and abroad. From 1976 to 1987 he was the director of the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie,{{cite web|url=http://www.nwd-philharmonie.de/gruendungsgeschichte.php |title=Gründungsgeschichte |language=German |year=2010 |accessdate=29 July 2010 |publisher=Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719070340/http://www.nwd-philharmonie.de/gruendungsgeschichte.php |archivedate=July 19, 2011 }} recording among others works of Franz Liszt, Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6, Two Episodes of Lenau's Faust and Hunnenschlacht.{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=w129248|pure_url=yes}} |title=Franz Liszt: Hunnenschlacht |accessdate=22 July 2010 |publisher=allmusic.com}} At the same time he was Staatskapellmeister in Stuttgart.
He died in Stuttgart in October 2001.{{cite web |url=http://www.ots.at/presseaussendung/OTS_20011022_OTS0037 |title=János Kulka 71-jährig in Stuttgart verstorben |language=German |date=22 October 2001 |accessdate=27 July 2010 |publisher=OTS}}
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Category:Hungarian male conductors (music)
Category:Hungarian male composers