Zempléni László

Zempléni László (born in 1947) completed his music studies at the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest. From 1969 to 2008 he was tympanist of the Hungarian State Opera Orchestra. At the same time he taught percussion instruments and chamber music at a music school, and for several years at the Ferenc Liszt Music Academy. The fruit of his almost four decades of work in music teaching includes much chamber music and numerous works for string orchestra and wind ensembles, which he composed specifically for young people studying music.