László HUDACSEK 

Percussionist László Hudacsek was born in Hungary. He has been a soloist with the Berlin Symphony Orchestra, Bruckner Orchestra Linz, Ensemble Resonanz Hamburg, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra under conductors James Conlon, Heinz Holliger, Péter Eötvös, Mauricio Kagel, Roland Kluttig, Zsolt Nagy, Karlheinz Stockhausen...

He completed his Concert Exam with honors, and subsequently studied percussion in Debrecen with József Vrana and in Karlsruhe with Professor Isao Nakamura and Prof. Péter Eötvös in his ensemble for new music. From 1990-93 he was percussionist with the Pécser Symphony. From 1994-2000 he was an assistant and musical partner to professor Nakamura.

He has played with the Saarland Radio Orchestra, Ensemble Modern (Frankfurt), Ensemble recherche (Freiburg), Ensemble Muskfabrik (Cologne), Ensemble Cologne, Stockhausen Ensemble, Israeli Contemporary Players, Klangforum Vienna, etc.

László Hudacsek received top honors at various competitions and foundations, e.g.- 1994/96/98- Darmstadt Summer Courses; 1995-97- for the project "percussion and electronics -new media", the graduation scholarship of the state of Baden-Wuerttemberg; 1996- price winner of the "13th Japan wind and Percussion Competition - Tokyo; and 2003- guest artist at ZKM, for the realization of the vibraphone solo piece "RAYS "of Karl Heinz Stockhausen. 

Hudacsek was guest artist at several music festivals, including "Berliner Festwochen", "Music Biennale" and "Maerz Music" (Berlin), "Ars Musica" (Brussels), "Eclat Festival" (Stuttgart), Melos-Ethos Festival (Bratislava), "Music Triennale" (Cologne), "Ars Electronica" (Linz), "Prague Spring", Schleswig-Holstein, Tel Aviv Biannale, "Warsaw Autumn", "Wien Modern" (Vienna), Festival d´Autumne à Paris. 

He has appeared in prestigous concert halls across Europe, America and Asia, among others the Concertgebouw (Amsterdam), "Konzerthaus" as well as the chamber music hall of the "Philharmonie" (Berlin), Philharmonic Concert Hall and WDR (Cologne), Elbphilharmonie (Hamburg), I.C.A. (London), Radio France: Messiaen Hall (Paris), Spanish Hall (Prague), Mozarteum (Salzburg), "Liederhalle" (Stuttgart), "Konzerthaus"(Vienna), Music Centre (Jerusalem), "Museum of Art" (Tel Aviv), Sala Cecilia Meirelles (Rio de Janeiro), Bario Hall (Tokyo), Alti Hall (Kyoto)... 

Premieres (selection): Valerio Sannicandro's Births for percussion solo and ensemble (Darmstadt Summer Courses), Jörg Mainka's Mitschnitt at the South German Radio Karlsruhe, Mauricio Kagel's L ' Art Bruit as Isao Nakamura's assistant in the Cologne Philharmonic Concert Hall, Robert HP Platz's Andere Räume at WDR Cologne, Wolfgang Rihm's Séraphin-Sphäre with Ensemble Recherche in the Philharmonie Brüssel, Shida Shoko's Rashomon at the Japanese Culture Institute Deutschlandfunk Cologne, Karlheinz Stockhausen: STRAHLEN/RAYS for one percussionist and 10-channel electronics in the ZKM Karlsruhe.