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András Adorján is a Hungarian-born flutist known for his expressive phrasing and rich timbre. He is also a prolific recording artist and has recovered and reintroduced lost and unknown works by several important flute composers.

Adorján was born in 1944 in Budapest, and as a child he played the piano and a Hungarian shepherd's flute. When he was 12 years old, he started taking flute lessons from Vilmos Bántai in Budapest. However, this was quickly interrupted by the beginning of the Hungarian Revolution. Adorján and his family fled to safety in Denmark, where he was eventually able to resume his flute studies with Johan Bentzon and Erik Thomsen. During his years studying dentistry in Copenhagen, he spent every summer at the International Summer Academy in Nice, which was taught by Jean-Pierre Rampal. In 1968, Adorján completed his dentistry schooling and began studying with Aurele Nicolet in Freiburg, which was recommended by Rampal. That same year, he also won the Jacob Gade Prize in Copenhagen and the Concours Internationale de Flûte laureate at Montreux.

After winning the first grand prize of the Concours International de Flûte in Paris in 1971, Adorján began touring internationally and performed with many of the top chamber ensembles and orchestras. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, he performed as principal flutist for the Royal Stockholm Opera, the Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra of Baden-Baden, the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Gürzenich Orchestra of Cologne, and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Around 1981, he discovered the manuscript for Franz Doppler's Concerto for two flutes, in the attic of the house belonging to Karl Doppler's grandson.

In addition to unearthing lost and forgotten works, Adorján has also commissioned and inspired new works from several contemporary composers, including Ferenc Farkas, Alfred Schnittke, and many others. In 1987, he began teaching at the Musikhochschule in Cologne, and he taught at the Musikhochschule in Munich from 1996 to 2012. He also performs and records in collaboration with his wife, flutist Marianne Henkel, and with his sons, David (cello) and Gabriel (violin). Adorján continues to be in high demand as a lecturer, performer, and recording artist. ~ RJ Lambert

While Lajos Lencses may not be widely known to the average classical concertgoer or record buyer, he is generally considered one of the most talented oboists in Europe. He has appeared on over 30 recordings and has actively promoted contemporary music for the oboe. Lencses is not only a virtuoso oboist but is equally talented on the oboe d'amore and English horn. While he has attained nearly the level of acclaim of iconic oboist Heinz Holliger, Lencses has chosen to balance his career as a soloist by remaining the first chair oboist in the Stuttgart Radio Orchestra. His repertory is amazingly broad, taking in works by J.S. Bach, Vivaldi, Cimarosa, Handel, Rosetti, Mozart, Dittersdorf, Bellini, Koechlin, Nielsen, Françaix, Martinu, and contemporary Hungarian composers Sandor Balassa, Frigyes Hidas, and Josef Soproni. Stylistically, he is known for his ingratiating tone, lyrical sensibilities, and brilliant technique. Lencses has recorded for a variety of labels, including Hänssler Classics, Hungaroton, MD&G, Capriccio, CPO, and Bayer. Some of his recordings are featured on theme-oriented CDs, like Romantic Classics and Romantic Oboe Concertos, offered by reissue labels like Brilliant Classics and Madacy Records.

Lajos Lencses was born in the small town of Dorog, Hungary. His first advanced studies were at the Budapest Academy of Music. Later on he studied at the Paris Conservatory of Music. Lencses gained his first important breakthrough when he captured first prize at the Geneva International Competition in 1968. He then launched his international career and was soon recognized as among the finest oboists in Europe.

He became a member of the Stuttgart Radio Orchestra and has served as the ensemble's principal oboist. By the 1980s Lencses was an active recording artist and in 1990 received the Diapason d'Or, the most prestigious French award given to a recording artist.

Throughout the 1990s and especially in the new century, Lencses remained busy in the recording studio, often focusing on the byways of the repertory (Franz Xaver Richter's F major Oboe Concerto, for example, on CPO from 1994) but also devoting attention to more mainstream offerings, like the 2003 Carus CD of the Mozart Concerto for Oboe in C major, K. 314. Among his later recordings is a 2007 Hänssler Classics release that is typical of his fearless nature to champion the unusual but worthy: the disc features oboe works by the little-known nineteenth century female composer Clémence de Grandval.