Vilmos Szabadi

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Vilmos Szabadi (born 1959) is a

violinist
who has enjoyed an international reputation since the 1980s.

In 2020 the ‘Artist of Merit’ prize was given to him by the Hungarian Government. In 2018 the Bartók-Pásztory prize was awarded him. He is the double prize winner (1999, 2002) of the prestigious MIDEM Festival in Cannes, FRANCE. “PRIMA”, Franz Liszt, HUNGAROTON prized artist. Head of Violin Department of the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, Budapest. So far 59 CDs were released by his contribution, mainly by HUNGAROTON record company. He is invited whole over the world giving master classes as Tokyo, Helsinki, Austria, Singapore and USA etc. In the previous years he is steady Jury members of leading international violin competitions. Szabadi studied under Professor Ferenc Halász at the

Hungarian Radio Violin Competition and the following year in the Jenő Hubay competition in Budapest. In 1985 Szabadi was awarded third prize at the international Jean Sibelius Violin Competition in Finland
where he has since been invited to perform regularly and to give master classes.

His career as an international concert violinist took off when

Prince Charles to perform at the celebration in honour of Sir Georg Solti's 80th birthday held at Buckingham Palace
in 1992.

He has played in the following countries;

, Turku, Tampere, Kuopio, Kajaani, Lappenranta etc.

  • USA: New York, Washington, Indianapolis, Cleveland
  • Canada: Toronto, Montreal
  • Israel: Tel-Aiv, Jerusalem
  • Lebanon
  • South Korea: Seoul, Busan
  • Taiwan: Taipei

Conductors with whom he has appeared include Simonov, Ceccato, Nelson, Gardelli, Tabachnik, Loughran, Berglund, Renzetti, Kamu, Haenchen, Vásáry, Kobajashi, Adam and Ivan Fisher. He has recorded for the BBC, Radio Classique (France), NDR (North German Radio), BRD (Bavarian Radio), Irish Radio, and many other radio and TV stations.

Discography

He is the double prize-winner (1999, 2002) of the

Dohnányi Violin Concertos, and the complete Bartók edition (issued by Hungaroton
, the Hungarian record company) which includes Szabadi's version of the early Bartók violin sonata. So far he has recorded 58 CDs / LPs / CDVs for several companies. From 1996 he has been the only violinist in Hungary to be contracted as an exclusive artist for the Hungaroton Classic record label. In 1999 the Hungaroton Prize was awarded to him.

Instrument

Szabadi usually plays an instrument on loan from the Hungarian state collection - a

Palacio Real).[citation needed
]

Chamber music

In 1995 Szabadi established, as Artistic Director, a chamber music festival in

Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra: the following year the trio made its debut in the hall of the Musikverein
to critical acclaim.

In 2006 Szabadi marked the

Mozart anniversary with a number of concerts featuring works by that composer. In Manchester he played the violin sonatas with Andrew Wilde (pianist)
.

References

  1. ^ "Waiting for Godollo". The Herald. Herald & Times Group. via HighBeam Research. May 29, 1999. Archived from the original on April 14, 2016. Retrieved September 15, 2012.

External links

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