# Dénes Kovács

> Dénes Kovács was a Hungarian classical violinist and academic teacher, described as "pre-eminent among Hungarian violinists". He won the Carl Flesch International Violin Competition in 1955. In his career as a soloist and recording artist, he premiered and recorded the works of 20th-century Hungarian composers, and was also noted for his recordings of Bartók and Beethoven. From 1967 to 1980, he headed the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, Hungary's principal music college. He received many national awards including the Kossuth Prize (1963).

*(1930–2005) Hungarian classical violinist*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/denes-kovacs

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Singer / Musician ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220))
- **Category:** Musicians
- **Born:** 1930-04-18
- **Died:** 2005-02-11
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 38.5 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.8 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 9.0 / 100
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- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Discogs](https://www.discogs.com/artist/833601)
- [دينس كوفاكس](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B3_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%B3)
- [Dénes Kovács](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A9nes_Kov%C3%A1cs)
- [Dénes Kovács](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A9nes_Kov%C3%A1cs)
- [Dénes Kovács (violonisto)](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A9nes_Kov%C3%A1cs_(violonisto))
- [Dénes Kovács](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A9nes_Kov%C3%A1cs)
- [Dénes Kovács](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A9nes_Kov%C3%A1cs)
- [Kovács Dénes (hegedűművész)](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kov%C3%A1cs_D%C3%A9nes_(heged%C5%B1m%C5%B1v%C3%A9sz))
- [コヴァーチ・デーネシュ](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B3%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1%E3%83%BC%E3%83%81%E3%83%BB%E3%83%87%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8D%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A5)
- [Ковач, Денеш](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%87%2C_%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%88)
- [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/5e2b00b8-cc05-42f5-980a-9119b4b05044)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q463003)

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