Koltai Katalin
guitar
Place of Birth
Budapest
Date of Birth
1982
Orchestra
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Katalin Koltai was born in Budapest. She started to play the guitar at the age of 8. She pursued her studies in the Bartók Béla Conservatory and in the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music in Budapest, where she graduated in 2007 summa cum laude as a classical guitar soloist in the class of József Eötvös. She also studied by Antigoni Goni in the Royal Conservatory of Bruxelles, and by Carlo Marchione in the Conservatorium Maastricht.
She has been regulary performing solo recitals and chamber music concerts in several countries (Hungary, Germany, Denmark, Belgium, Latvia, Finland, Estonia, Holland, Spain, UK, Ukraine). She performed at various music festivals (Thy Chamber Music Festival - Denmark, Festival - Interpretation of Spanish Song in Granada - Spain, Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival - Finland, Contemporary Music Festival of Young Composers, Budapest - Hungary, Greenwich International Early Music Festival - London UK). In the spring of 2006 she held a masterclass and gave two solo recitals in Riga, Latvia.
Katalin Koltai plays very frequently chamber music with different combinations of instruments. She performs with recognized artists internationally like Éva Bodrogi (singer), Christopher Orton (recorder soloist), Annamária Láng (actress). Since 2008 she plays often in the Orchestra of the Hungarian State Opera.
In 2007 she recorded her first solo CD. She made the World Premier recording of the guitar concerto by Harold Schiffmann in 2008 with the Györ Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Antal Mátyás. The CD is distributed among others by Naxos Music Library.
Katalin Koltai is very active in the performance and comissioning of contemporary music; she has given numerous first performances, and has received several dedications.
She has been regulary performing solo recitals and chamber music concerts in several countries (Hungary, Germany, Denmark, Belgium, Latvia, Finland, Estonia, Holland, Spain, UK, Ukraine). She performed at various music festivals (Thy Chamber Music Festival - Denmark, Festival - Interpretation of Spanish Song in Granada - Spain, Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival - Finland, Contemporary Music Festival of Young Composers, Budapest - Hungary, Greenwich International Early Music Festival - London UK). In the spring of 2006 she held a masterclass and gave two solo recitals in Riga, Latvia.
Katalin Koltai plays very frequently chamber music with different combinations of instruments. She performs with recognized artists internationally like Éva Bodrogi (singer), Christopher Orton (recorder soloist), Annamária Láng (actress). Since 2008 she plays often in the Orchestra of the Hungarian State Opera.
In 2007 she recorded her first solo CD. She made the World Premier recording of the guitar concerto by Harold Schiffmann in 2008 with the Györ Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Antal Mátyás. The CD is distributed among others by Naxos Music Library.
Katalin Koltai is very active in the performance and comissioning of contemporary music; she has given numerous first performances, and has received several dedications.
| Year | Title | Publisher | Code | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Antonio Nava: Flute and Guitar Duos | Hungaroton | HCD 32706 |