Pannon Philharmonic

The Corpus Trombone Quartet was founded in 2001 by young students of the
Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music.

The members are: András Sütő, Péter Pálinkás, Róbert Káip and Dániel Viktor
Nagy.

Their most important aim was to get acquainted with the repertoire for
trombone quartet and to popularise it among professionals of music and the
public at large.
The members of the ensemble are recognized soloists at the same time. They
have been prizewinners of important national music competitions.

However, they started working on the development of teamwork and of a
homogeneous sound with great pleasure. During the first years of their
collective career they complied with a great number of invitations, such as
exhibition openings, celebrations, national and international festivals and
they played in prestigious concert halls of Budapest, for example in the
Hungarian Radio and the Radio of Central Germany, in the National Museum, in
the great hall of the Liszt Music Academy, Béla Bartók Hall of MÜPA in
Budapest, etc.

The Quartet had a concert with Steven Mead in 2004.
In 2005 they had a lot great concerts and courses in Slovakia ( Zilina ),
USA ( New Orleans ) Switzerland ( Festival of Jura ),
Britain ( Manchester,Huddersfield,Glasgow).

After these concerts they had the opportunity to make their first recording
with the Hungarian Radio, which can still often be heard. In autumn of 2001
the ensemble participated in their first international competition, the 7th
Chamber Music Competition for Brass Ensembles in Passau, where they were
given a Special Award.

After that they spent one year and a half working on repertoire and
improving their ensemble playing. They attended the workshop of Armin
Bachmann at the Liszt Academy in 2001, then Edgar Manyak's workshop in the
Brass Festival of Szekszárd for two consecutive years.

In March 2003 they participated in an international chamber music
competition in Illzach in France where they got into the final round, and
they were given a honourable mention for being the best brass ensemble.

In August 2003 they won the trombone quartet competition in Finland, which
was organized by the International Trombone Association. In September they
came out first in the 5th Philip Jones International Chamber Music
Competition in Guebwiller, France.

In November of 2004 they won the Jan Koetsier International Trombone Quartet
Competition and were awarded with the 4th Prize in the 8th Chamber Music
Competition for Brass Ensembles in Passau.

Thanks to these victories, they gained the sponsorship of the Michael Rath
Company that gave them free run of excellent new instruments.

Their most important goal is to perform works of Hungarian contemporary
composers both in Hungary and abroad. Their repertoire includes pieces of
many important composers throughout the history of music, from Bach to
Hidas. They are conversant with both classical music and jazz.

During the preparation they received support of their teachers and friends:
Csaba Wagner, Tivadar Sztán, Pál Makovecz, Gusztáv Hona, Zoltán Kovács,
András Fejér, Sándor Balogh, Ferenc Kócziás, Frigyes Varasdy, Gábor Adamik,
The Michael Rath Musical Instruments Manufacture and many others, who they
feel grateful to.