With her recordings praised as “heartbreakingly beautiful” (Scene Magazine), “a sweeping experience” (Pizzicato), “full of emotions” (Crescendo Magazine), Hungarian-born violinist Orsolya Korcsolan concertmaster of the Anna Rothschild Ensemble Wien has established herself as one of the most versatile violin players and teachers of her generation. Her technical command and warm, compelling sound, combined with her spirit and elegant stage presence have captured audiences around the world since her debut in New York. Her latest release 'Silenced' is available Worldwide on Deutsche Grammophon.

She also recorded the Concerto for Violin Horn and Shofar by Grammy Nominee composer Miguel Kertsman with conductor Dennis Russell Davis and the London Philharmonic Orchestra for Naxos America. Highlights of her upcoming season include Kurt Weill’s Concerto for Violin at the Wiener Musikverein. As a chamber musician, Ms Korcsolan has performed with artists such as Grammy nominee clarinet player David Krakauer, and with mandolin player Avi Avital – a Grammy nominee, Echo Award winner, and Deutsche Grammophon artist. She has shared the stage with distinguished conductors such as Lorin Maazel, Zubin Mehta, Christoph Eschenbach, Valeri Gergiew and Michael Tilson Thomas.

As a soloist, she gave the Hungarian premiere of Karl Amadeus Hartmann’s Concerto Funebre at the Budapest Music Center and Adam Kondor’s 2nd Concerto for Violin at ORF-Austrian Broadcasting Company. She has served as an ambassador for the Jewish Summer Festival in Budapest, as the artistic advisor and artist-in-residence for the Vienna Jewish Cultural Festival, Artist in Residence for the Jewish Cultural Festival Budapest and took part in the "Missing Links" concert series at the Holocaust Memorial Centre and regular guest artist at the Exil Arte Zentrum Vienna.

Committed to education and sharing her passion for music, Ms Korcsolan holds regular international masterclasses. She is also the founder and director of the Musikschule in Wien im Palais Palffy where she works with the next generation of exceptional young violinists in Vienna. Ms Korcsolan graduated with distinction at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, in the class of Eszter Perenyi and Geza Kapas. She continued her studies at The Juilliard School in New York with Dorothy DeLay and Itzhak Perlman where she received her second Master of Music DEGREE. While in New York, she won both the Dorothy DeLay and the Cornelius Vander Starr Awards.

Vilmos Oláh, Hungarian classical violinist.

Oláh has performed as a soloist on five continents. In addition to his appearances at numerous festivals and in many of the world's music capitals, he has also served as an ambassador of Hungarian culture in countries less frequently visited by classical musicians, such as Cuba, Vietnam, Qatar, Thailand, Lebanon, China and Taiwan.

In 2005, he joined the Liszt Award-winning Auer String Quartet, with whom he recorded all ten of László Lajtha's quartets as well as the composer's chamber music for piano and strings.

Since 2010-2023 he has led both the Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Siam Philharmonic Orchestra as first concertmaster.

Professors and mentors: Yehudi Menuhin, Isaac Stern, Ruggiero Ricci, Dénes Zsigmondy, Loránd Fenyves, Tibor Varga, László Dénes, Tamás Vásáry, Péter Eötvös, José Cura, Yuri Simonov, Riccardo Frizza, János Kovács, Ádám Fischer, Dénes Kovács

Competitions

János Koncz Violin Competition, 1986, first prize

János Koncz Violin Competition, 1989, first prize

Mozarteum Summer Academy, Salzburg, 1991, first prize

János Koncz Violin Competition, 1992, first prize
Pacem in Terris International Music Competition, Bayreuth, 1992, first prize

Grand Luc Adolph Violin Competition, Luxembourg, 1995, first prize
Leó Weiner Chamber Music Competition, Budapest, 2000, first prize (string trio category)
Leó Weiner Chamber Music Competition, Budapest, 2000, first prize (sonata category)

Educational activity

1999-2001 Mahidol University, violin professor

2002-2004 Dénes International Music Academy, artistic director

2007- masterclasses as a guest professor: Liszt Academy of Budapest, University of Szeged, Pécs  Music Department, Bartók Conservatory of Budapest, Conservatory of Békéscsaba, Debrecen , University of Saigon, Hanoi, Seoul,  Beijing Central Conservatory, Shanghai, Tokyo, Bangkok, Taipei, Kolkata, Mumbai, New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Havanna, Buenos Aires.

2019 honorary member of JASTA (Japan String Teachers Association), ADMA (Association de Musique Asie), TMEA (Thailand Music Educators Association).

2021 Estabilished as a curator the “Master violin for the Ring Foundation ” with Maestro, Adam Fischer, Maestro Tamas Vasary, Maestro  Jose Cura  to support young talented musicians.

2021 Became the Honorary Advisor of JASTA Okinawa Branch

Awards and Recognitions

Lajtha Award, 2010

Dohnányi Award, 2013

Ferenc Liszt Award, 2018

EMMY Award, 2018

Knight of Malta, 2020

Thomastik-Infeld Artist 2022

Media

The Violin Alone (an American biographical film developed through the PBS television network, 2017)

Mr Olah is playing on a fine Italian violin (Ex-Ligeti)

provided by the Government of Hungary.

Graduated from the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music as a student of Dénes Kovács. She studied at the direction of renowned professors. She participated in masterclasses of Sandor Vegh and the LaSalle Quartet German chamber music course. She was the director of different ensembles such as the Budapest Strings and Danubius Quartet. Since 1985 she is a professor of the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music and since 1998 professor of the University of Debrecen Faculty of Music as well. She has performed almost in all the countries of Europe as a soloist and as chamber musician, too.

Studied at the Franz Liszt Musicacademy with Sándor Nagy in Budapest and graduated at the Mozarteum, Salzburg with Thomas Riebl and Veronika Hagen. Dénes Ludmány had a scholarship from the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra and played regularly with the Camerata Salzburg with such names as Zubin Mehta, Lorin Maazel, Roger Norrington, Leonidas Kavakos or Emmanuel Ax. He joined the Spanish Cuarteto Quiroga in 2007 for four years. After returning to Hungary, 2012 Ludmány became principal violist of the Budapest Opera House, then member of the National Philharmonic Orchestra of Hungary. Since 2018 he is violist of the Szigeti Quartet to practice the highest and most complex form of chamber music performing home and abroad. His musical way was highly influenced by Rainer Schmidt (Hagen Quartett), Hatto Beyerle (Alban Berg Quartett), András Keller and Gábor Takács-Nagy. He is viola professor of the Debrecen University and chamber music teacher of the Franz Liszt Musicacademy in Budapest.

Roberto Trainini was born into a non-musical family in a deep south-Italian town. He began his studies at the age of 10 when his father’s uncle Saverio Loiacono (who was a principal cellist in Buenos Aires at the Teatro Colon) returned from South America and asked if Roberto would like to try to play the cello. Since then the cello has never left his side. At first, Roberto studied with Vincenzo Caminiti and Pietro Bruno in Bari; and was awarded first-prize at the two major national youth cello competitions in Italy. It was at the age of 19 that Radu Aldulescu listened to his playing and took him into his class, with a full scholarship, at the International Menuhin Music Academy in Switzerland; there he had the possibility of studying chamber music with Lord Yehudi Menuhin and Walter Levin, as well. Subsequently, he went on to study cello and chamber music with Michel Strauss, Steven Isserlis and Niklas Schmidt; but the biggest influence remains that of his teacher and mentor in Hamburg: Wolfgang Mehlhorn. He was awarded several prizes at important international Cello Competitions (Markneukirchen, Belgrad, Rome, Hamburg, amongst others) and was a principal cellist at the Lüneburg Opera and the SSO Singapore. Then, his solo career took off with his debut in Iasi (Romania) performing the Dvorak Cello Concerto under the baton of Michele Santorsola. He is, nowadays, a sought after soloist in Poland, Germany, Austria, Turkey, South Africa, Romania, Cyprus, Italy, China, Japan, Mexico and Argentina. Co-founder of the Hamburger Streichsextett, Roberto was a permanent member of the Salzburger Solisten; a chamber music group that performs worldwide. A passion of his is the re-discovery of the Italian Solo Repertoire of the XX Century (together with M. Santorsola); the Castelnuovo-Tedesco Cello Concerto is a part of this project which also includes Respighi, Casella, Ghedini, and Malipiero. Furthermore, he studied and performed Sofia Gubaidulina’s “Canticle of the Sun” with the composer herself in Germany; and was awarded in 2012 the Premio Cartagine per la Musica in Rome. Roberto is currently a Cello Professor at the Claudio Monteverdi Conservatory in Bolzano, Italy, as well as at the Academia de Arte de Florencia in Mexico City and an invited guest Professor at the Radom College of Music. He regularly holds Masterclasses in Poland, Mexico, Italy, Spain, Ukraine and Argentina. Since 2014 Roberto is a recording artist for Brilliant Classics; his highly acclaimed recording of Giuseppe Martucci's Cello Sonatas and Pieces with Massimiliano Ferrati was the first of a series of cello and piano releases. In 2016 the Cesar Franck A major Sonata and Beethoven's Kreutzer Sonata, in duo with Cristiano Burato, will be released. Since 2012 he is a Professor of violoncello at the Hochschule Für Musik Bozen and since 2015 he is also a Professor of violoncello at the Academia de Arte de Florencia. Additionally, he is currently recording the Complete Bach Cello Suites, as well as his own transcription of the Chaconne from Bach's second violin partita for Aevea/OnClassical. Roberto performs on two cellos made specially for him by Alessandro Ciciliati in 2009 and 2014, and occasionally on the "Ex-Vatican" Stradivarius, kindly loaned to him by the Academia de Arte de Florencia

JÓZSEF KISS oboist graduated from the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in 1986 as a student of Péter Pongrácz, and was a professor at this institution for more than two decades. In 1984 he won "Bronze Medal" at the Toulon International Oboe Competition and got the Grand Prize of the Hungarian Radio National Woodwind Competition. For almost ten years he was principal oboist of the Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, from 1992 to 2009 he held the same post with the Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra.

In 1998 and 2001 he prized "Artist of the Year" by the National Philharmonic Orchestra. Since 1997 he has been a guest professor at the Musashino Akademia Musicae in Tokyo.

He has been a member of the Budapest Wind Ensemble and the New Budapest Wind Quintet. He was awarded Liszt Prize in 2005.

Until 2010 he was an associate professor at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music and now he is a professor at the Hochschule für Musik Detmold.

He made several solo and chamber music recordings for Naxos and Hungaroton. He performs regularly with the Camerata Salzburg.

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Graduated as a student of Béla Kovács from Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music in 1991. He won a scholarship to the orchestra of the Hungarian National Opera as 1st clarinet player. 1992-2000 principal clarinet at the Budapest Festival Orchestra. Since 1993 he has been professor at the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, Budapest. Since 2000 he has been principal clarinet and soloist of the National Philharmonic Orchestra. He has won several international and national competitions. Award:„Artist of the Year” 2002.

Graduated from the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, then he studied at the Vienna Universität für Musik und Künste Darstellende. Prized at several national and international competitions. Awarded the Hara László jr. Prize, he was one of the winners of the Végh Sándor Competition organized by Budapest Festival Orchestra in 2009. He regurarly plays with the Budapest Festival Orchestra and founding member of the Corridor bassoon quartet. He gave concerts both soloist and as a chamber musician. He is the professor of University of Debrecen Faculty of Music since 2009.

Clarinet and saxophone artist, graduated from the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music in 1998. He followed his studies at the Paris Conservatoire, and at the Conservatoire National de Musique et de Dance de Montreuil. Winner of international competitions, both as a soloist and as a chamber musician. Saxophone professor of the University of Debrecen Faculty of Music, and the Egressy Music Secondary School, Budapest. Alto saxophonist of the Budapest Saxophone Quartet. He obtained doctoral degree at the Academy of Arts, Banska Bystrica in 2014. For his teaching activities got Artisjus Teacher Award in 2008 and 2010.

Graduated from Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music. He followed postgraduate studies at Prof. Reinhold Friedrich in Karlsruhe (Germany) for two years. He has got several prizes both at national and international competitions. Since 1999 he has been solo trumpeter of the Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. He has been awarded the Fischer Annie Performers’ Prize. He was winner of Sándor Végh Competition of the Festival Orchestra in 2009. He has been professor of the University of Debrecen Faculty of Music since 2008.

He graduated from the Franz Liszt Academy of Music, then from the University of Debrecen. He obtained his doctoral degree at the Academy of Arts, Banska Bystrica in 2014. He is a founding member of the Danubia Symphony Orchestra and the Ewald Brass Quintet. From 1998 to 2017 he was a member of the symphony orchestra of the Hungarian State Opera, from 1998 he is a member of the Intermodulation Chamber Ensemble and from 2005 of the UMZE Ensemble. In September 2018, he founded the Debrecen Horn Ensemble with his students. Since 2003, he has regularly held courses both in Hungary and abroad, and has been a jury member and chairman of national brass music meetings and competitions.

He has won several prizes as a member of the Ewald Brass Quintet. 1st Prize and Special Prize in Narbonne, 1998; 3rd Prize in Moers, 1999; 3rd and 2nd Prize in Munich, 1999/2001; 2nd Prize in Passau, 2000; 1st Prize in Bremen; 1st Prize and Special Prize in Jeju, South Korea, 2001; 2nd Prize in Athens, USA, 2001; 1st Prize in Munich, 2000, 2003, 2005; Artisjus Prize, 2002; Liszt Ferenc Prize, 2005; Gramophone Prize, 2008; Prima Junior Prize, 2008.

Records, recordings (selection): 1999 - Westdeutsche Rundfunk, 2001 - "Chamber Music" (Grammy Records), 2003 - Mitteldeutsche Rundfunk, - Bayerische Rundfunk, - "Popular Music" (Allegro Thaler), 2005. - Bellon Brass Quintets (Hungaroton), 2006 - Ramsöe Quartets (Hungaroton), 2007 - Pezel & Reiche: Tower Sonatas (Hungaroton), 2008 - J. H. Schein: Chamber Music for Brass (Hungaroton), 2009 - "Popular Music 2." (Ewald Brass).

As a member of various ensembles, he performed in many countries of the world: USA (Carnegie Hall), France (Louvre), England (Wallace Collection), Austria (Mozart Academy), Russia (Philharmonia), Scotland, Spain, Benelux, Switzerland, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia, Germany, Sweden, Italy, China, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, Morocco, etc.

Graduated from Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music (Budapest) in 1990 as a student of Ferenc Steiner. Since 1983 he was a founding member of the Academia Brass Quintet, which won several international competition prizes: Barcs 1st prize, Narbonne 2nd prize, Gmünd 2nd prize. Between 1987 and 2000 he was a member of the Hungarian National
Philharmonic Orchestra, where he won the "Artist of the Year" award in 1995.
Since 1997 he is the solo trombone artist of the Deutsches Symphonie Orchester Berlin. Between 2001 and 2006 he was an instructor at the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music in Budapest.

He was a member of the jury of the ARD (Munich) in 2007 and the International Trombone Competition (Markneukirchen) in 2010. His first solo CD recording - published by Hungaroton Classic in 2000 under the
title "Name-Game" - won Artisjus Award. He won this award again in 2008 and also in 2012. In 2011 released his new album titled "C'est la vie"; by Hungaroton Classic with the pieces of Hungarian contemporary composers, which ones composed for him. András Fejér was awarded at several international trombone competitions: 3rd prize in Prague (Prague Spring) and special prize for the performance of Czech pieces, 2nd prize in Toulon and 3rd prize in Munich (ARD) where 1st and 2nd prizes not awarded by the jury. He performs regularly as a soloist both in Hungarian and in European cities since 1989. Most of his repertoire consist of pieces composed by Hungarian contemporary composers -- trombone solos, electroacoustic, chamber and concert pieces - most of them composed for him. In 2012 he was awarded Franz Liszt Prize.

Giovanni Bertolazzi won the 2nd Prize at the “Franz Liszt” International Piano Competition in Budapest, along with as well as five other special awards in 2021.

Earned his Bachelor's Degree from “B. Marcello” Conservatory of Music in Venice and continued his piano studies with Epifanio Comis at “V. Bellini” State Institute of Music in Catania, where he obtained his Master's Degree in Piano Performance and in Chamber Music with top honours.

During his studies, he also attended several piano masterclasses held by distinguished pianists and pedagogues such as Lily Dorfman, Joaquín Achúcarro, Matti Raekallio, Boris Berezovsky, Stephen Kovacevich and Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.

He won more than 40 prizes in international piano competitions, including the 1st Prize at the “Siegfried Weishaupt” Piano Competition in Ochsenhausen (2017), the 1st Prize at the “Sigismund Thalberg” International Piano Competition in Naples (2018) and the 4th Prize at the “Ferruccio Busoni” International Piano Competition in Bolzano (2019). In June 2019 he received the “Alkan Award for Piano Virtuosity” in Milano.

Since January 2020, Giovanni is artistically supported by Cultural Association “Musica con le Ali”.

He has been awarded the “Tabor Foundation Award” in July 2022, received from Verbier Festival Academy during the Verbier Festival (Switzerland).

Giovanni has performed at major venues including Teatro La Fenice in Venice, Fazioli Concert Hall in Sacile, Palazzo Pitti in Florence, Teatro Politeama Garibaldi in Palermo, Teatro Bellini in Catania, Sala Verdi in Milan Conservatory, Palazzo del Quirinale in Rome, “Franz Liszt” Academy of Music in Budapest, Liszt Ferenc Memorial Museum in Budapest, Landesmusikakademie in Ochsenhausen, Kadrioru Kunstimuuseum in Tallinn, Steinway Hall in London, Eglise de Verbier.

He has also been a guest of prestigious musical organizations such as the Accademia Filarmonica of Verona, Amici della Musica of Padua, Bologna Festival, Amici della Musica of Florence, Victoria International Arts Festival of Malta, Alion Baltic Music Festival of Tallinn, Verbier Festival, Zoltan Kocsis Festival in Debrecen and the Cziffra Festival in Budapest, where he was also invited to record a program dedicated to Beethoven and Liszt for Bartók Rádió.

Highlights of his career include appearances with the Hungarian Philharmonic Orchestra (conducted by Gergely Vajda), Orchestra del Teatro La Fenice (conducted by Maurizio Dini Ciacci) and Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana (conducted by Daniel Smith).

He officially performed on the World longest Concert-Grand Piano at his first public presentation, the BORGATO Grand-Prix 333 (3,33 metres long).

He has recorded a new CD entirely dedicated to Franz Liszt, released in April 2022 and published by Borgato Collection. The album, recorded on a Borgato Grand-Prix 333, has been awarded the “Supersonic Pizzicato Award” by Pizzicato Magazine (Luxembourg), the 5 Stars from Rivista MUSICA (Italy) and has been nominated for the ICMA (International Classical Music Awards) 2023.

 

He graduated from Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music in the class of Kornél Zempléni. He is college full professor and head of department at University of Debrecen Faculty of Music. He is an active performing artist at concerts as soloist and chamber artist and regularly gives master-courses both in Hungary and abroad. He has taken part in the work of the jury at a great number of piano competitions.

Gábor Farkas is one of the most outstanding pianists of his generation, a widely acclaimed interpreter of the Romantic repertoire, and regular guest at the world's most important music festivals and concert halls. He is the winner of several prestigious international competitions (Baden bei Wien, Karlstad, Budapest, Weimar). He has released several solo albums with Warner Music Hungary, Hungaroton, Toccata Classics London and Steinway & Sons Records. His prominent talent and career has been recognised by the Hungarian state with Liszt Prize and Junior Prima Prize, and he is also a Steinway Artist and prized by Aoyama Music Award. He was a professor at the Tokyo College of Music (Japan) for four years, at present he is the Head of the Keyboard and Harp Department at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest.

Mark Ford is a marimba artist and the Coordinator of Percussion at The University of North Texas College of Music in Denton, Texas. As a Past-President of the Percussive Arts Society and the coordinator of one of the largest percussion programs in the world at UNT, Ford is an active performer and composer. Mark has been featured as a marimba soloist throughout the United States at universities, festivals and music conferences. He has performed internationally throughout Europe as well as in Japan, China, Taiwan, Australia and South America. In addition to his duties at UNT, Ford is also the Artistic Director for the bi-annual Drum Fest Marimba/Vibraphone Competition in Opole, Poland.

With over four decades of performing, teaching and composing to his credit, Mark’s recordings have established his dedication to excellence in music. Ford’s solo marimba CDs have become standards in the percussion world. His CDs have been described by PAS’ Percussive Notes as “beautiful, exceptional and virtuosic.”

Additionally, Ford has written popular works for solo marimba and percussion ensemble. His percussion compositions have been performed at universities and concert halls throughout the world and also featured on National Public Radio.

Ford is also the author of Marimba: Technique Through Music (Musicon Publications), an intermediate four-mallet marimba method book, used by conservatories and schools of music around the world.

Ford has been recognized as a leading percussion educator, and his former students perform and teach throughout the USA. Under his direction the UNT Percussion Ensemble has toured in Poland, Croatia, France and Belgium and also won the PAS International Percussion Ensemble Competition. Mark Ford is the Artistic Educational Director for Tama/Bergerault and also proudly represents Sabian Cymbals, Evans Drum Heads, Musicon Publications, Meinl Percussion and Innovative Percussion Inc. as performing artist and clinician.

He was a member of the Debrecen Philharmonic Orchestra from 1984 to 2003. He is a College Professor at the University of Debrecen Faculty of Music, from 2005 to 2018 he was the Head of Department of Brass and Percussion Instruments. Since 2007 he teaches at the Jana Levoslav Bella Conservatory in Banská Bystrica. He is a member of international juries, he’s several students are winners of national and international competitions. He obtained doctoral degree (DLA) at the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music in 2011.

Éva Bátori graduated at the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music in 1988 and continued her studies at the Vienna State Opera Studio. From 1991 she was engaged by the Oper Leipzig, where she sung especially in Mozart's operas. From 1995 she sang with Cologne Opera. Her many roles with these companies include the Countess in Le nozze di Figaro, Donna Elvira in Mozart’s Don Giovanni, Fiordiligi in Mozart’s Così fan tutte, Micaëla in Bizet’s Carmen, Mimì in Puccini’s Bohème, and the Princess in Busoni’s Doktor Faust. She made her U.S. opera debut at Seattle Opera in the title role of Puccini’s Tosca in 2001 and returned in 2004 in the title role of Puccini’s Fanciulla del West. She toured China with the Vienna State Opera and Japan with the Hungarian State Opera. In 2005 she recieved „Meritorious Artist” award. At this stage of her career singing premieres, Emil Petrovics composed his last opus for her. She is a professor of University of Theatre and Film Arts, Budapest and teaches in Vienna. She is a member of the Hungarian State Opera.

Practical lesson based on a physical approach to deepen music interpretation, to increase quality in stage/concert- and music theater performance. The program is focusing on training the musicians/composers/performers in body and spatial awareness, physical dialogue. We start from discovering and understanding the body and its musicality in relation to space, working on neutrality as a basis, articulation in all aspects and interaction. "musicalité de mouvement" is the core issue of contemporary mime and movement theater as further developed during the 24 years laboratory work of the Moving Academy for Performing Arts (MAPA-Amsterdam) and further designed as a study program for musicians in the Conservatory of Amsterdam by Virág Dezső. It includes all performing art qualities as clear focus, rhythm, energy and intensity, sensitivity and sensuality as well. This particular pedagogical program is based on training the musicians/composers/ performers in physical, spatial awareness, physical dialogue and feedback through individual, partner and group exercises. In an advanced level using instant composition as a challenge of recognizing the special qualities of the given moment and be able to make instant decision without any doubt relying on developed skills and trust. The final result shows vulnerable, playful musicians, able to surprise themselves and the spectator by a combination of preciseness and originality. www.musicalityofmovement.com