Sándor Benkó the Kossuth Prize winning clarinettist reaches his 70th birthday in 2010. He is continuing to work in fine health and with maximum energy. He and his band give 220 concerts a year in Hungary and abroad. This concert, entitled “I’ve turned 70”, is a celebration by the Benkő Dixieland Band and their friends of this remarkable career. Sándor Benkó formed the Benkó Dixieland Band in 1957 and it is one of the best in the world and the most popular jazz group in Hungary. They have releas...ed 85 records, the very first of which became a gold disc. They have enjoyed tremendous success in Hungarian and international festivals, and besides Hungarian state honours, are proud that American presidents George W. Bush and Ronald Reagan gave them awards for their work.
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