Gábor Tarkövi: a portrait
Hardly any orchestral instrument is as exposed as the trumpet. In this film, Gábor Tarkövi – principal trumpet with the Berliner Philharmoniker since 2005 – explains that a trumpeter has to have good nerves. He also describes how the sound of a gold or silver-finished trumpet differs, and talks about his love of folk music and Mahler’s symphonies, in which the trumpet often has a special status.
Hardly any instrument of the symphony orchestra is as exposed as the trumpet, as its powerful and direct sound effortlessly reaches listener and even the smallest errors are noticeable. As a virtuoso of this instrument you have to have good nerves and the desire for challenges, as Gábor Tarkövi explains in this film. Tarkövi, who comes from a Hungarian family of professional musicians, has held one of the two principal trumpet positions with the Berliner Philharmoniker since 2005. Previously, he held the same position at today’s Konzerthausorchester Berlin and the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks.
A film by Torben Jacobsen (2018)
Gábor Tarkövi
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