Szabó Péter
cello
Many of his recordings received enthusiastic praise and were the Editor's choices of magazines like Fono-Forum, The London Times, Repertoire, Classica, American Record Guide. He was also presented the Hungarian Classical Award of the Gramophon Magazine in 2002 for the best Hungarian Performer of the year.
Péter Szabó is a prize winner in several competitions including the National Competition in Romania and the International Competition Markneukirchen in Germany. He also was awarded a Special Prize from the International Association of Musicologists in Genf in 1994.
Concerts have taken him to many European countries as well as to the USA, South America and the Far East. He performed in such acclaimed halls like Wigmore Hall (London), Musikverein and Konzethaus (Vienna), Mozarteum (Salzburg), Tonhalle (Zürich), Kozerthaus (Berlin) and many international festivals including Pablo Casals Festival Prades, Salzburg Festival, The October Festival in Normandy, Aldeburgh Festival, the Royal Palace Festival in Stockholm, the Kissinger Sommer, the Istanbul Music Festival and the Budapest Spring Festival.
As a soloist Péter Szabó has appeared with leading orchestras including the Camerata Academica Salzburg, the Hungarian National Philharmonie, the Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Budapest Festival Orchestra and played under the baton of famous conductors like Yehudi Menuhin, Iván Fischer, Tamás Vásáry and Peter Keuschnig just to mention a few.
He is asked very often to join for chamber-music and has established himself as a regular partner with artists Zoltán Kocsis, Till Fellner, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Yurij Bashmet and Alexander Loncquich. In 1996 he formed together with Gábor Takács-Nagy and Dénes Várjon the Takács-Várjon-Szabó Piano Trio which lead to many concert tours and several CD recordings. In his concert appearances he has performed music ranging from the renaissance to the present and works closely together with contemporary composers, often giving the first public performance of their works (Veress, Lajtha, Kocsár, Kurtág, Eötvös).
As a professor Péter Szabó has given annual master classes at the European Mozart Academy all over Europe, in Bulle (Switzerland), in Sao Paolo (Brazil), Korcula (Croatia). His many CD recordings are on labels such as Naxos, Hungaroton, Electrecord, and BBC records (including works by Beethoven, Haydn, Pleyel, Chopin, Dohnányi, Liszt, Goldmark, Lajtha, Terényi, Rózsa, Seiber).
Péter Szabó holds the post of Principal Cellist for the Budapest Festival Orchestra.
Born in Transylvania in a family of musicians Péter Szabó soon started his studies at the Music Academy in Kolozsvár (Klausenburg) where he graduated with distinction in 1985. He then continued at the Ferenc Liszt Academy in Budapest with Ferenc Rados, György Kurtág and László Mező. He also took part in many Master-classes with Miklós Perényi, A. Meunier, T. Kühne and György Sebők.
Prizes
2011 Liszt Prize
Péter Szabó is a prize winner in several competitions including the National Competition in Romania and the International Competition Markneukirchen in Germany. He also was awarded a Special Prize from the International Association of Musicologists in Genf in 1994.
Concerts have taken him to many European countries as well as to the USA, South America and the Far East. He performed in such acclaimed halls like Wigmore Hall (London), Musikverein and Konzethaus (Vienna), Mozarteum (Salzburg), Tonhalle (Zürich), Kozerthaus (Berlin) and many international festivals including Pablo Casals Festival Prades, Salzburg Festival, The October Festival in Normandy, Aldeburgh Festival, the Royal Palace Festival in Stockholm, the Kissinger Sommer, the Istanbul Music Festival and the Budapest Spring Festival.
As a soloist Péter Szabó has appeared with leading orchestras including the Camerata Academica Salzburg, the Hungarian National Philharmonie, the Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Budapest Festival Orchestra and played under the baton of famous conductors like Yehudi Menuhin, Iván Fischer, Tamás Vásáry and Peter Keuschnig just to mention a few.
He is asked very often to join for chamber-music and has established himself as a regular partner with artists Zoltán Kocsis, Till Fellner, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Yurij Bashmet and Alexander Loncquich. In 1996 he formed together with Gábor Takács-Nagy and Dénes Várjon the Takács-Várjon-Szabó Piano Trio which lead to many concert tours and several CD recordings. In his concert appearances he has performed music ranging from the renaissance to the present and works closely together with contemporary composers, often giving the first public performance of their works (Veress, Lajtha, Kocsár, Kurtág, Eötvös).
As a professor Péter Szabó has given annual master classes at the European Mozart Academy all over Europe, in Bulle (Switzerland), in Sao Paolo (Brazil), Korcula (Croatia). His many CD recordings are on labels such as Naxos, Hungaroton, Electrecord, and BBC records (including works by Beethoven, Haydn, Pleyel, Chopin, Dohnányi, Liszt, Goldmark, Lajtha, Terényi, Rózsa, Seiber).
Péter Szabó holds the post of Principal Cellist for the Budapest Festival Orchestra.
Born in Transylvania in a family of musicians Péter Szabó soon started his studies at the Music Academy in Kolozsvár (Klausenburg) where he graduated with distinction in 1985. He then continued at the Ferenc Liszt Academy in Budapest with Ferenc Rados, György Kurtág and László Mező. He also took part in many Master-classes with Miklós Perényi, A. Meunier, T. Kühne and György Sebők.
Prizes
2011 Liszt Prize