Gergely Horvath

Gergely Horvath was born in Budapest (Hungary), and started playing the violin when he was 6. In 1993, he was accepted at the Zoltán Kodály Hungarian School of Choir, while at the same time studied at the Erno Dohnanyi Music School playing the violin. He played at the Ede Zathureczky Violin Competiton, and a Bartók-duos Competition in 2000 and played for concerts with the Symphonic Orchestra of Ernő Dohnányi  Music School in the Netherlands and in Switzerland.

In 2001, he was accepted at the Bartók Conservatoire, Budapest. During these years he took part in several master courses such as the Summer Academy of International Junior Musicians in Debrecen in 2003, Pal Eder’s master class, and Vilmos Szabadi’s master course in Keszthely.

After finishing the Conservatoire in 2006, he got the Louis Stevenson Scholarship at The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, studying under Peter Lissauer. In 2006 he won the Robert Highgate Prize for Violin, and as member of the the Cosmopolitan Quartet, he won all the major chamber music competitons.

Since then, he has had masterclasss with numeruous artists, such as Andras Keller, Daniel Bell, Jonathan Morton, Vladimir Mendelssohn, Christoph Richter, the Maggini Quartet, the Brodsky Quartet, and the Gould Piano Trio.

Currently, he is playing on a violin by Clement, Paris 1816, sponsored by the Sir John Barbirolli Foundation.