24/04/2018
Dear friends, this year's Festival features another name of both national and international reputation.
Born in Braşov, Romania, Zoltán Réman graduated from the “Gheorghe Dima” Academy of Music, where he studied clarinet under the guidance of Professor Ioan Goilă.
After graduating in 1989, he worked at the Magyar State Opera in Cluj-Napoca until 2017 as a clarinetist. Between 2000 and 2009 he worked as the first clarinetist with the Oradea State Philharmonic Orchestra, and since 2009 he has been the first clarinetist of the Transylvania State Philharmonic in Cluj-Napoca. Between 2007-2010 he held the solo clarinet position with the “Philharmonie der Nationen”, based in Hamburg.
He was a founding member and first clarinetist of the “Europe Symphony”, led by W. Gröhs.
As a founding member of the “Anonymus” Contemporary Music Ensemble, conducted by Péter Szeghő, he has participated in numerous musical premieres of works by living composers.
He is periodically invited to chamber music festivals such as “Tiberius” in Târgu-Mureş or “DeCameron” in Cluj-Napoca.
As a saxophonist, Zoltán Réman has performed in numerous instrumental recitals and has had solo appearances in Romania and abroad, from the end of the `90s, accompanied by various orchestras, conducted by Ilarion Ionescu-Galaţi, Mihail Agafiţa, Zs. Jankó, Sz. Kulcsár, Romeo Râmbu, and György Selmeczi.
In 2011 he founded, together with Sándor Deák, István Makkai, and Antal Kelemen, the “Transylvanian Saxophone Quartet”, a unique ensemble in the chamber music landscape in Romania, with which he achieved notable success. The Quartet has performed in numerous concerts both in Romania and abroad, as well as in festivals, the most important being the “George Enescu” Festival, in 2015.