Aladár Pege (8 October 1939 – 23 September 2006) was a

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musician from

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. He was well known for his work and was dubbed "the Paganini of

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". He was chosen as best soloist of Europe in 1970, performed at

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and worked with

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. This was quite rare during the communist era, when Hungarian (and other Eastern bloc countries') artists were seriously restricted in foreign travel. He spent his last decades teaching at the

Franz Liszt Franz Liszt (22 October 1811 – 31 July 1886) was a Hungarian composer, virtuoso pianist, conductor and teacher of the Romantic music, Romantic period. With a diverse List of compositions by Franz Liszt, body of work spanning more than six ...

Academy of Music in Budapest.

External links

Aladár Pege's Official siteMp3s of Aladár Pege's music
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pege, Aladar 1939 births 2006 deaths Hungarian jazz musicians Hungarian Romani people Post-bop double-bassists Romani musicians 20th-century double-bassists Mingus Dynasty (band) members Academic staff of the Franz Liszt Academy of Music