Born in 1962 in Pécs, Hungary. Eotvos studied with Roland Zimmer and Franz Just at the Franz Liszt High School of Music in Weimar. He won several international competitions between 1985 and 1988. He has since toured extensively through Europe, including concerts in Austria, Bohemia, Germany, Greece, Lithuania, Romania, Sweden and Slovakia. He has taught numerous master classes, and has often been a member of international juries at guitar competitions. He is the artistic director of the International Guitar Festival of Esztergom, Hungary and currently teaches at the Liszt Ferenc High School of Music in Budapest. He founded the guitar department there in 1992, as well as, in his native Pécs. Jozsef Eotvos is also reponsible for establishing guitar classes at university level in in Hungary in 1996. He is also an accomplished composer. We are looking forward to the first recording of Eotvos playing Eotvos.

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Johann Sebastian Bach: The Art of Fugue - Die Kunst der Fuge - BWV 1080 (released 2003). Arranged and played by József Eötvös on 8 string guitars built by Frank-Peter Dietrich, Germany & Karl-Heinz Römmich, Germany - $24.50 - 2 CD set EJ-06WZ This cd is remarkable not only for its technical achievement but for its musical depth and sensitivity. He has done it again. This time Eotvos uses two differently tuned 8 string guitars to record "The Art of Fugue" He is able to get each complete piece. His arrangement is mostly for two voices each on the two guitars. The interactive bonus material on disc 2 is an added treat and very enjoyable. It contains some printable scores of four of the pieces in PDF format and the audio of one of the two guitar tracks, so is able to play along with Joszef.CD 1: (43:17) - CD 2: (45:54) "The most joyous version of The Art of Fugue I've ever heard." - Jan Hanford

J. S. Bach: Goldberg Variations BWV 988 transcribed for guitar by József Eötvös  $24.50 - Book 98099 Mel Bay Publications, Inc., in conjunction with the distinguished guitar and lute music publisher Chanterelle Verlag of Heidelburg, proudly presents this landmark solo guitar transcription of the Bach Goldberg Variations. Hailed by guitar savants as the guitar transcription of the century, these skillful, challenging settings of Bach's Aria and 30 variations are intended for advanced classic guitarist. This book is written in standard notation only with suggested ornaments and articulations. 80 pages. Overall Difficulty:  Advanced.

J. S. Bach: Goldberg Variations BWV 988 Compact Disc performed by József Eötvös - $15.00 - Compact Disc EJ-01WZ Bach's impressive sequence of variations, known to us as the "Goldberg Variations," was written for a keyboard instrument about 1741 as the 4th part of "Clavier Übung." Allegedly, it was intended to be performed by Johann Gottlieb Goldberg. The original version of the Goldberg Variations, written for harpsichord, is a highly taxing piece for any performer. It requires crossed hands, with double and chord trills. The guitar version involves additional hardships, such as the transcription for a modern instrument in general and, in particular, achieving idiomatic solutions for articulations problems caused by the fundamental difference between keyboard and plucked instruments. Performer József Eötvös here performs his own transcriptions, wherein the interpretation and the soloist's concept of articulation emphasize his deep knowledge of style, making it almost seem that the work was originally composed for guitar.

J. S. Bach: The Complete Lute Works transcribed for guitar by József Eötvös  $22.50 - Book ECH110 This edition contains J.S. Bach's lute works arranged for guitar. Most of these works were for the lute or the lute-harpsichord, a keyed instrument with gut strings that could imitate the lute with its colorful sounds. The arranger has retained the structure and character of the originals as much as possible, based mainly on consultation of the original sources, and has attempted to emulate the clarity of Bach's own manuscripts. Where works required significant alteration to be playable on guitar, the questionable parts have been reconstructed to arrive at the best solution which is the closest to the original. Fingerings have been added only where necessary. Extensive notes on the arranging process are included. Notation only. 128 pages. Overall Difficulty: Advanced.

J. S. BACH Lute Works Vol. I performed by József Eötvös, Guitar (June, 2000) $15.00 - Compact Disc EJ-03WZ BWV 995, 996, 997 - 67 mins 34 secs. "A delightful addition to the recorded works of Bach." - Jan Hanford

Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dances for Solo Guitar transcribed by József Eötvös  $14.75 - Book 20292 While originally conceived as piano duets, Johannes Brahms' Hungarian Dances (Op. 39) have been transcribed for various instrumental ensembles, including the orchestral version provided by the composer himself. In this edition, outstanding Hungarian guitarist József Eötvös has transcribed all twenty-one of the dances for solo guitar, in standard notation only with suggested fingerings. While many of these transcriptions lie well on the fretboard, this volume is recommended for the advanced classic guitarist. 72 pages. Overall Difficulty:  Intermediate-Advanced

Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dances for Solo Guitar performed by József Eötvös  Compact Disc - EJ-05WZ - $15.00 $15.00 - Compact Disc - EJ-05WZ

CHOPIN - Piano Works for guitar Volume I - performed by József Eötvös (1997) $15.00 - Compact Disc - EJ-02WZ (51 mins 38 secs) "Some of Chopin's pieces seemed to me as if they could have been composed for guitar. The sound of some works is so close to the character of the guitar -- almost as if they were calling for a guitarist to attempt to play them! . . . My selection here is subjective: on this disk you can hear the works that I liked and which I could arrange while retaining their most important musical characteristics. To complete an arrangement is a very interesting process. A known work can reveal new facets, perhaps we can also discover previously unknown qualities. The same -- and yet not the same. While the structure and character of a piece are retained, the music reaches the listener through the timbres of another instrument. I hope that these arrangements of known works will give the listener as much pleasure as I received while interpreting them." -József Eötvös 1) Nocturne - Opus 9, No.2 2) Polonaise - Opus 40, No. 1 3) Study - Opus 10, No. 3 4) Mazurka - Opus 33, No. 1 5) Mazurka - Opus 33, No. 4 6) Mazurka - Opus 7, No 1 7) Mazurka - Opus 68, No 4 8) Feuille d' Album 9) Largo 10) Fugue 11) Contredanse 12) Waltz - Opus 64, No. 2 13) Waltz - Opus 69 No. 1 14) Waltz - Opus 69 No. 2

CHOPIN - Piano Works for guitar Volume II - performed by József Eötvös, Guitar $15.00 - Compact Disc - EJ-04WZ (47 mins 7 secs) "Some of Chopin's pieces seemed to me as if they could have been composed for guitar. The sound of some works is so close to the character of the guitar -- almost as if they were calling for a guitarist to attempt to play them! . . . My selection here is subjective: on this disk you can hear the works that I liked and which I could arrange while retaining their most important musical characteristics. To complete an arrangement is a very interesting process. A known work can reveal new facets, perhaps we can also discover previously unknown qualities. The same -- and yet not the same. While the structure and character of a piece are retained, the music reaches the listener through the timbres of another instrument. I hope that these arrangements of known works will give the listener as much pleasure as I received while interpreting them." -József Eötvös 1) Polonaise - Opus 53 2) Prelude - Opus 28, No. 4 3) Prelude - Opus 28, No. 6 4) Prelude - Opus 28, No. 7 5) Prelude - Opus 28, No. 14 6) Prelude - Opus 28, No. 15 7) Prelude - Opus 28, No. 20 8) Mazurka - Opus 30, No 2 9) Mazurka - Opus 41, No 1 10) Mazurka - Opus 63, No 3 11) Mazurka - Opus 67, No 1 12) Mazurka - Opus 67, No 2 13) Mazurka - Opus 67, No 3 14) Mazurka - Opus 67, No 4 15) Mazurka - Opus 68, No 1 16) Mazurka - Opus 68, No 2 17) Mazurka - Opus 68, No 3