János Rolla

János Rolla ( Kőtelek , 30 of September of 1944 ) is a violinist and conductor Hungarian . In 1985 he was awarded the Kossuth Prize, the highest cultural distinction awarded by the Hungarian state. Between 1962 and 1968 he studied at the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest , where he was a student of the violinist Dénes Kovács . Since the foundation by Sándor Frigyes of the Ferenc Liszt Chamber Orchestra , Rolla has been its concertmaster and, since Friges' death in 1979, its musical director. With this orchestra he has made numerous recordings in which soloists such as the trumpeter Maurice André , the flutist Jean-Pierre Rampal , the violinists Alexander Schneider and Henryk Szeryng or the pianist Tamás Vásáry have participated.. Almost all of these recordings were released by the Hungaroton record company .