Imre Zsoldos

Born: March 26, 1919, Budapest, Hungary Died: August 25, 1985 Hungarian soloist trumpeter and conductor. He learnt to play the trumpet having private lessons from 1938 to 1941. His career started in the 50's performing in popular night clubs (e.g. Moulin Rouge in Budapest). He had been the colleague of the Hungarian Radio from 1948, later the conductor and soloist of the Magyar Rádió Tánczenekara (in English: Hungarian Radio Dance Orchestra). He was the founder of Stúdió 11 in 1963. His wife, Sárosi Katalin was a pop singer in the 60's. Their son, Zsoldos Gábor, continued the musician career of his parents. The trumpeter of soul died in a car accident.