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| Origin = [[Budapest]], [[Hungary]]
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| Instrument = [[Guitar]]
| years_active = c.1990 –
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}}The '''Katona Twins''' ("Katona")are a celebrated [[Hungarian people|Hungarian]] [[classical guitar|guitar]] duo which has performed in front of audiences at prestigious venues and at major music festivals around the world. Their performances have been widely reviewed by the music press<ref>{{cite web
[[File:Katona Twins (ZMF 2017) IMGP8766.jpg|thumb|Katona Twins [[Zelt-Musik-Festival]] 2017 in [[Freiburg]], (Germany)]]
| title = Katona Twins - Press Reviews
The '''Katona Twins''' are a [[Hungarian people|Hungarian]] [[classical guitar|guitar]] duo, composed of identical twins Péter and Zoltán Katona. They have performed at prestigious venues and at major music festivals around the world. Their performances and recordings have been widely reviewed by the music press.<ref>{{Cite web
| work =
|title = Katona Twins – Press Reviews
| publisher = Margaret Murphy Management
|publisher = Margaret Murphy Management
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| doi =
| url = http://www.peoplesound.com/artist/katonatwins/
| accessdate = 2007-03-30 }}</ref>. The duo comprises identical twins Peter and Zoltán, and are "''the classical world's best-known guitar duo''"<ref>{{cite web
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| title = Symphony for two:Twin peaks of classical music
and they have been described as "the classical world's best-known guitar duo".<ref>{{Cite news
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| title = Symphony for two:Twin peaks of classical music
| publisher = [[The Daily Telegraph]]
| work=The Daily Telegraph
| date = March 21, 2005
| date = 21 March 2005
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| doi =
| url-status = dead
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| archive-date = 16 April 2005
| accessdate = 30 March 2007
| location=London
| first=Peter
| last=Culshaw}}</ref>


Katona's repertoire spans from the [[Classical music|Classical]], through to [[Tango music|Tango]] and [[Spanish guitar]]. They also work to adapt other classical works to their guitar duo format. Their 5 album releases to date have featured works by, ''inter alia'', [[George Frideric Handel|Handel]], [[Domenico Scarlatti|Scarlatti]], [[Isaac Albéniz]], [[Ástor Piazzolla]]. Their programmes also include works by [[Manuel de Falla|de Falla]] and [[Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco|Tedesco]] as well contemporary composers such as [[Paco de Lucía]]. They also perform concerti for two guitars and orchestra by [[Joaquín Rodrigo|Rodrigo]], [[Antonio Vivaldi|Vivaldi]], [[Johan Sebastian Bach|Bach]].
The Katonas' repertoire includes Classical music, [[Tango music|Tango]] and [[Classical guitar|Spanish guitar]]. They have also adapted and arranged classical works for guitar duo. Their album releases have included works by [[George Frideric Handel|Handel]], [[Domenico Scarlatti|Scarlatti]], [[Isaac Albéniz]] and [[Ástor Piazzolla]]. They also perform works by [[Manuel de Falla|de Falla]] and [[Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco|Castelnuovo-Tedesco]], as well modern composers such as [[Paco de Lucía]], and concerti for two guitars and orchestra by [[Joaquín Rodrigo|Rodrigo]], [[Antonio Vivaldi|Vivaldi]] and [[Johann Sebastian Bach|Bach]].


==Biography==
==Biography==
Identical twins Peter and Zoltán , born in [[Budapest]], [[Hungary]] in 1968.
The identical twins Péter and Zoltán Katona were born in [[Budapest]], Hungary in 1968.


From the age of ten, the Katona studied, both individually and as a guitar duo, at the Béla Bartók Conservatory of Music in Budapest, the Academy of Music in [[Kassel]], the ''Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Tanz'' (Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts), in [[Frankfurt-am-Main]], [[Germany]]. They also studied under [[Michael Lewin (guitarist)|Michael Lewin]] at the [[Royal Academy of Music]] in [[London]]<ref name="peoplesound"/><ref name="hbf">{{cite web
From the age of ten they studied, both individually and as a guitar duo, at the Béla Bartók Conservatory of Music in Budapest with Ede Roth, the Academy of Music in [[Kassel]] with Wolfgang Lendle, and the ''Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Tanz'' (Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts), in [[Frankfurt-am-Main]] with Michael Teuchert, Germany. They also studied under [[Michael Lewin (guitarist)|Michael Lewin]] at the [[Royal Academy of Music]] in London.<ref name="peoplesound"/><ref name="hbf">{{Cite web
| title = Concert cycles
| title = Concert cycles
| publisher=Hermana Brauna Fonds
| work =
| publisher = Hermana Brauna Fonds
| date = November 2005
| date = November, 2005
| url = http://www.hbf.lv/index.php?&366&view=concert&concert_id=116
| url = http://www.hbf.lv/index.php?&366&view=concert&concert_id=116
| accessdate = 30 March 2007 }}</ref> Celebrated artists in their own right today, the twins in turn give masterclasses to younger musicians.
| format =
| doi =
| accessdate = 2007-03-30 }}</ref>. Celebrated artists in their own right today, the twins in turn give masterclasses to younger musicians.


They made their [[Carnegie Hall]] debut in 1998. Katona have toured widely, playing [[Ireland]]<ref>{{cite web
They made their [[Carnegie Hall]] debut in 1998. The Katona Twins have toured widely, playing in Ireland;<ref>{{Cite web
| title = Katona Guitar Duo 14 - 28 Feb 2002 | publisher = The Music Network
|title=Katona Guitar Duo 14 – 28&nbsp;Feb 2002
|publisher=The Music Network
| date = 2002 | url = http://www.musicnetwork.ie/katona.php#katanc
|year=2002
|url=http://www.musicnetwork.ie/katona.php#katanc
|accessdate=30 March 2007
| accessdate = 2007-03-30 }}</ref> and other world cities; they have played at the [[Royal Festival Hall]] and [[Wigmore Hall]] in London<ref name="peoplesound"/>, and at the [[Cheltenham Music Festival|Cheltenham International Music Festival]] in 2004, with the [[London Sinfonietta]]<ref>{{cite web
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061012081416/http://www.musicnetwork.ie/katona.php#katanc
|archivedate=12 October 2006
|url-status=dead
}}</ref> they have played at the [[Royal Festival Hall]] and [[Wigmore Hall]] in London,<ref name="peoplesound"/> and at the [[Cheltenham Music Festival|Cheltenham International Music Festival]] in 2004, with the [[London Sinfonietta]].<ref>{{Cite news
| title = London Sinfonietta, Cheltenham Festival | first = Andrew | last = Clements
| title = London Sinfonietta, Cheltenham Festival | first = Andrew | last = Clements
| publisher = [[The Guardian]] | date = July 7, 2004
|work=The Guardian |location=UK | date = 7 July 2004
| url = http://arts.guardian.co.uk/reviews/story/0,,1255644,00.html#article_continue
| url = http://arts.guardian.co.uk/reviews/story/0,,1255644,00.html#article_continue
| accessdate = 30 March 2007 }}</ref> [[Michael Berkeley]] composed a double concerto for performance by the twins there.<ref name="borletti"/> Their concert schedule for 2007 included venues in Japan, France, Germany, and the United States.<ref>{{Cite web
| format =
|title=Dates
| doi =
|publisher=Katona
| accessdate = 2007-03-30 }}</ref>. [[Michael Berkeley]] composed a double concerto for performance by the twins there<ref name="borletti"/>. Concert schedule for 2007 include venues in [[Japan]], [[France]], [[Germany]], and the [[United States]]<ref>{{cite web
|year=2007
| title = Dates | publisher = Katona
| date = 2007 | url = http://www.katonatwins.com/dates.htm
|url=http://www.katonatwins.com/dates.htm
| accessdate = 2007-03-30 }}</ref>.
|accessdate=30 March 2007
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070317053532/http://www.katonatwins.com/dates.htm
|archivedate=17 March 2007
|url-status=dead
}}</ref>


==Awards==
==Awards==
*First Prize, "''Concours International de Guitarre en Duo''", [[Montélimar]], [[France]] (1993)
*First Prize, "''Concours International de Guitarre en Duo''", [[Montélimar]], France (1993)
*First Prize, "''International Music Competition for Guitar Duos''", [[Bubenreuth]], [[Germany]] (1993)
*First Prize, "''International Music Competition for Guitar Duos''", [[Bubenreuth]], Germany (1993)
*Cultural Prize of the City of [[Kassel, Germany]] (1993)
*Cultural Prize of the City of [[Kassel]], Germany (1993)
*S. T. Johnson Foundation prize (1995)
*S. T. Johnson Foundation prize (1995)
*The [[Laura Ashley]] prize (1996)
*The [[Laura Ashley]] prize (1996)
*[[Young Concert Artist Trust]] auditions in London (1997)<ref name="ycat">{{cite web
*[[Young Concert Artist Trust]] auditions in London (1997)<ref name="ycat">{{Cite web
| title = YCAT Artists Past & Present | publisher = Young Concert Artist Trust
|title=YCAT Artists Past & Present
|publisher=Young Concert Artist Trust
| url = http://www.ycat.co.uk/alumni.asp | accessdate = 2007-03-30 }}</ref>
|url=http://www.ycat.co.uk/alumni.asp
|accessdate=30 March 2007
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070813174242/http://www.ycat.co.uk/alumni.asp
*Concert Artists Guild Competition, New York (1998)<ref name="CAG">{{cite web
|archivedate=13 August 2007
| title = Alumni: Past Competition Winners | publisher = Concert Artists Guild
|url-status=dead
| url = http://www.concertartists.org/alumni-competition-winners.htm | accessdate = 2007-03-30 }}</ref>
}}</ref>
*Borletti-Buitoni prize (2004)<ref name="borletti">{{cite web
*Concert Artists Guild Competition, New York (1998)<ref name="CAG">{{Cite web
| title = Borletti-Buitoni Trust Awards 2004 | publisher = [[Borletti-Buitoni Trust]]
|title=Alumni: Past Competition Winners
| date = March 21, 2005 | url = http://www.bbtrust.com/winners/winners2004.html
|publisher=Concert Artists Guild
| accessdate = 2007-03-30 }}</ref>, the trust's first ever award to guitarists.
|url=http://www.concertartists.org/alumni-competition-winners.htm
|accessdate=30 March 2007
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070820183241/http://www.concertartists.org/alumni-competition-winners.htm
|archivedate=20 August 2007
}}</ref>
*Borletti-Buitoni prize (2004),<ref name="borletti">{{Cite web
|title=Borletti-Buitoni Trust Awards 2004
|publisher=[[Borletti-Buitoni Trust]]
|date=21 March 2005
|url=http://www.bbtrust.com/winners/winners2004.html
|accessdate=30 March 2007
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070303123343/http://www.bbtrust.com/winners/winners2004.html
|archivedate= 3 March 2007
|url-status=dead
}}</ref> the trust's first ever award to guitarists.


==Other==
==Other==
The Katona twins served as jury members for the 2nd International Guitar Festival Heinsberg 2007<ref>{{Cite web | title = Jury | publisher = International Guitar Festival Heinsberg | year = 2007 | url = http://www.guitar-festival.com/en_wettbewerb_jury.shtml | accessdate = 30 March 2007 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070927043131/http://www.guitar-festival.com/en_wettbewerb_jury.shtml | archivedate = 27 September 2007 | df = dmy-all }}</ref>
Katona serve as jury members for the 2nd International Guitar Festival Heinsberg 2007<ref>{{cite web
| title = Jury | publisher = International Guitar Festival Heinsberg
| date = 2007 | url = http://www.guitar-festival.com/en_wettbewerb_jury.shtml
| accessdate = 2007-03-30 }}</ref>


==Discography==
==Discography==
*''Isaac Albéniz, España, Iberia, Mallorca'', (1997), Channel Classics CCS 10397 1
*''Isaac Albéniz, España, Iberia, Mallorca'', (1997), Channel Classics CCS 10397 1
*''Joaquín Rodrigo, Concierto Madrigal''; ''Tonadillas'', (1998), Channel Classics CCS 16698 1 <small>''Reviews'': [http://www.musicweb.uk.net/classrev/2001/Nov01/Rodrigo_Katona.htm Musicweb], Editor's Choice, Gramophone, Feb 2002<ref>{{cite web
*''Joaquín Rodrigo, Concierto Madrigal''; ''Tonadillas'', (1998), Channel Classics CCS 16698 1 <small>''Reviews'': Musicweb, Editor's Choice, ''Gramophone'', Feb 2002<ref>{{Cite web | title = A young hungarian guitar duo show great promise in a recital of Rodrigo rarities | work = [[Gramophone (magazine)|Gramophone]] | date = February 2002 | url = http://www.crotchet.co.uk/gram-editor-orch-2002.html | accessdate = 30 March 2007 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070928020034/http://www.crotchet.co.uk/gram-editor-orch-2002.html | archive-date = 28 September 2007 | url-status = dead | df = dmy-all }}</ref></small>
*''Sonatas – Scarlatti & Handel'', (1998), Channel Classics CCS 14298 <small>''Reviews'': The Flying Inkpot</small>
| title = A young hungarian guitar duo show great promise in a recital of Rodrigo rarities | publisher = [[Gramophone (magazine)|Gramophone]]
*''Ástor Piazzolla, Le Grand Tango'', (2004), Channel Classics CCS 19804 <small>''Reviews'': Classics Today, Audiophile Audition, Oakland Tribune{{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Klassik.com{{in lang|de}}</small>
| date = Feb 2002 | url = http://www.crotchet.co.uk/gram-editor-orch-2002.html
| accessdate = 2007-03-30 }}</ref></small>
*''Sonatas - Scarlatti & Handel'', (1998), Channel Classics CCS 14298 <small>''Reviews'': [http://inkpot.com/classical/handskatona.html The Flying Inkpot]</small>
*''Ástor Piazzolla, Le Grand Tango'', (2004), Channel Classics CCS 19804 <small>''Reviews'': [http://www.classicstoday.com/review.asp?ReviewNum=7792 Classics Today], [http://www.audiophileaudition.com/audaud/JUN04/hires/hires3.html#pia Audiophile Audition], [http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4176/is_20040917/ai_n14585148 Oakland Tribune] [http://magazin.klassik.com/reviews/reviews.cfm?task=review&REID=2961&RECID=4422 Klassik.com{{de icon}}]</small>
*''Piazzolla, Mozart, Granados, de Falla''
*''Piazzolla, Mozart, Granados, de Falla''
*''J.S. Bach'', (2013) Channel Classics CCS SA 34713


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 11:31, 1 April 2024

Katona Twins
Katona Twins 2017
Katona Twins 2017
Background information
OriginBudapest, Hungary
GenresClassical, Tango, Spanish guitar
InstrumentGuitar
Years activec.1990 –
LabelsChannel Classics Records
Members
  • Péter Katona
  • Zoltán Katona
Websitekatonatwins.com
Katona Twins Zelt-Musik-Festival 2017 in Freiburg, (Germany)

The Katona Twins are a Hungarian guitar duo, composed of identical twins Péter and Zoltán Katona. They have performed at prestigious venues and at major music festivals around the world. Their performances and recordings have been widely reviewed by the music press.[1][2] and they have been described as "the classical world's best-known guitar duo".[3]

The Katonas' repertoire includes Classical music, Tango and Spanish guitar. They have also adapted and arranged classical works for guitar duo. Their album releases have included works by Handel, Scarlatti, Isaac Albéniz and Ástor Piazzolla. They also perform works by de Falla and Castelnuovo-Tedesco, as well modern composers such as Paco de Lucía, and concerti for two guitars and orchestra by Rodrigo, Vivaldi and Bach.

Biography

[edit]

The identical twins Péter and Zoltán Katona were born in Budapest, Hungary in 1968.

From the age of ten they studied, both individually and as a guitar duo, at the Béla Bartók Conservatory of Music in Budapest with Ede Roth, the Academy of Music in Kassel with Wolfgang Lendle, and the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Tanz (Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts), in Frankfurt-am-Main with Michael Teuchert, Germany. They also studied under Michael Lewin at the Royal Academy of Music in London.[2][4] Celebrated artists in their own right today, the twins in turn give masterclasses to younger musicians.

They made their Carnegie Hall debut in 1998. The Katona Twins have toured widely, playing in Ireland;[5] they have played at the Royal Festival Hall and Wigmore Hall in London,[2] and at the Cheltenham International Music Festival in 2004, with the London Sinfonietta.[6] Michael Berkeley composed a double concerto for performance by the twins there.[7] Their concert schedule for 2007 included venues in Japan, France, Germany, and the United States.[8]

Awards

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  • First Prize, "Concours International de Guitarre en Duo", Montélimar, France (1993)
  • First Prize, "International Music Competition for Guitar Duos", Bubenreuth, Germany (1993)
  • Cultural Prize of the City of Kassel, Germany (1993)
  • S. T. Johnson Foundation prize (1995)
  • The Laura Ashley prize (1996)
  • Young Concert Artist Trust auditions in London (1997)[9]
  • Concert Artists Guild Competition, New York (1998)[10]
  • Borletti-Buitoni prize (2004),[7] the trust's first ever award to guitarists.

Other

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The Katona twins served as jury members for the 2nd International Guitar Festival Heinsberg 2007[11]

Discography

[edit]
  • Isaac Albéniz, España, Iberia, Mallorca, (1997), Channel Classics CCS 10397 1
  • Joaquín Rodrigo, Concierto Madrigal; Tonadillas, (1998), Channel Classics CCS 16698 1 Reviews: Musicweb, Editor's Choice, Gramophone, Feb 2002[12]
  • Sonatas – Scarlatti & Handel, (1998), Channel Classics CCS 14298 Reviews: The Flying Inkpot
  • Ástor Piazzolla, Le Grand Tango, (2004), Channel Classics CCS 19804 Reviews: Classics Today, Audiophile Audition, Oakland Tribune[permanent dead link‍] Klassik.com(in German)
  • Piazzolla, Mozart, Granados, de Falla
  • J.S. Bach, (2013) Channel Classics CCS SA 34713

References

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  1. ^ "Katona Twins – Press Reviews". Margaret Murphy Management. Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 30 March 2007.
  2. ^ a b c "Katona Twins". Peoplesound. Retrieved 30 March 2007.
  3. ^ Culshaw, Peter (21 March 2005). "Symphony for two:Twin peaks of classical music". The Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 16 April 2005. Retrieved 30 March 2007.
  4. ^ "Concert cycles". Hermana Brauna Fonds. November 2005. Retrieved 30 March 2007.
  5. ^ "Katona Guitar Duo 14 – 28 Feb 2002". The Music Network. 2002. Archived from the original on 12 October 2006. Retrieved 30 March 2007.
  6. ^ Clements, Andrew (7 July 2004). "London Sinfonietta, Cheltenham Festival". The Guardian. UK. Retrieved 30 March 2007.
  7. ^ a b "Borletti-Buitoni Trust Awards 2004". Borletti-Buitoni Trust. 21 March 2005. Archived from the original on 3 March 2007. Retrieved 30 March 2007.
  8. ^ "Dates". Katona. 2007. Archived from the original on 17 March 2007. Retrieved 30 March 2007.
  9. ^ "YCAT Artists Past & Present". Young Concert Artist Trust. Archived from the original on 13 August 2007. Retrieved 30 March 2007.
  10. ^ "Alumni: Past Competition Winners". Concert Artists Guild. Archived from the original on 20 August 2007. Retrieved 30 March 2007.
  11. ^ "Jury". International Guitar Festival Heinsberg. 2007. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 30 March 2007.
  12. ^ "A young hungarian guitar duo show great promise in a recital of Rodrigo rarities". Gramophone. February 2002. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 30 March 2007.
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