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This is the Artist Database of BMC, which includes information about composers, musicians, orchestras, choirs and groups that are either Hungarian or Hungarian by origin or live in Hungary, as well as information about releases recorded with them.

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Gálfi Csaba

viola
Place of Birth
Budapest
Date of Birth
1974
Orchestra
Auer Vonosnégyes (Auer Quartet) / Weiner-Szász Kamaraszimfonikusok (Budapest Chamber Symphony) / Free Style Chamber Orchestra
 
Born in 1974 in Budapest, he started to learn to play the violin at the age of seven. For ten years he was leader of the viola section in the Saint Stephen Youth Symphony Orchestra. At the Franz Liszt Acadeemy of Budapest he studied with Sándor Devich and attended master classes of Isaac Stern, Norbert Brainin, Siegmund Nissel, the Alban Berg and Cleveland String Quartets. He was winner of the Lukács Viola Competition in 1999. Between 1998 and 2000 he was member of the National Philharmonic Orchestra. Since 2000 he has been member of the Liszt and Auer String Quartets. He got married in 2005 and is father of two children.
 
Year Title Publisher Code Remark
2002 Szőllősy András: III. Concerto, Tristia (Maros-sirató), Fabula Phaedri, Miserere, Töredékek Hungaroton HCD 31727
2003 Vidovszky László: Zwölf Streichquartette; Twelve duos BMC Records BMC CD075
2003 Dohnányi Ernő: Fisz moll zongoranégyes; Nászinduló; C-moll zongoraötös Op.1
(Dohnányi, Ernő: Piano Quartet in F sharp minor; Wedding March; Piano Quintet in C minor Op.1) 		Hungaroton HCD 32148
2004 Music Colors - Hungarian Contemporary Music (1989-2004) BMC HMIC BMC PCD 015 Not for sale - only for promotion
2007 Lajtha László: Vonósnégyesek (Összkiadás) I.
(Lajtha, László: String Quartets (Complete) Vol. 1) 		Hungaroton HCD 32542 Complete edition
2007 Lajtha László: Vonósnégyesek (Összkiadás) II.
(Lajtha, László: String Quartets (Complete) Vol. 2) 		Hungaroton HCD 32543 Complete edition