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Salzburger Festspiele 2010
Mozarteum July 29 & August 01, 2010
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Culture and Convention Centre Lucerne 2010
Schumann 200 Years - Nachtkonzerte
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Concert Tour in Japan 2010
Tokyo Symphony Orchestra & Recital with Lily Maisky
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Biography
Swiss violinist Géza Hosszu-Legocky was born in 1985, educated in Austria and studied with Dora Schwarzberg, Ruggiero Ricci, Ivry Gitlis, Ida Haendel and Tibor Varga. He holds a dual Swiss and American citizenship and currently resides in Brussels, Belgium.
Praised by musicians, audiences, and music critics as a rising "tour de force" in the classical music scene, Géza Hosszu-Legocky's critical acclaim culminated with the nomination of two Grammy® Awards.
A regular guest at most major international festivals, around the world including Aspen Festival (USA), Beppu Festival (Japan), Buenos Aires Festival (Argentina), Ludwigsburg Festival (Germany), Lugano Festival (Italy), Ruhr Piano Festival (Germany), Saratoga Festival (USA), Taipei Festival (Taiwan), Verbier Music Festival (Switzerland), la Roque d'Anthéron & Bel Air Festival (France) and many others.
He collaborated with such conductors as Charles Dutoit, Myung-Whun Chung and Thierry Fischer and his partnerships have included artists such as Martha Argerich, Nelson Freire, Gautier Capucon, Renaud Capucon, Gidon Kremer, Vadim Repin, Gabriela Montero, Lily Maisky and Giorgia Tomassi
This year Géza will make debuts at the Salzburg Festival and Lucerne Festival.
He plays on the Stradivarius 1715 "Joachim" kindly loaned by Nippon Music Foundation of Japan.
Praised by musicians, audiences, and music critics as a rising "tour de force" in the classical music scene, Géza Hosszu-Legocky's critical acclaim culminated with the nomination of two Grammy® Awards.
A regular guest at most major international festivals, around the world including Aspen Festival (USA), Beppu Festival (Japan), Buenos Aires Festival (Argentina), Ludwigsburg Festival (Germany), Lugano Festival (Italy), Ruhr Piano Festival (Germany), Saratoga Festival (USA), Taipei Festival (Taiwan), Verbier Music Festival (Switzerland), la Roque d'Anthéron & Bel Air Festival (France) and many others.
He collaborated with such conductors as Charles Dutoit, Myung-Whun Chung and Thierry Fischer and his partnerships have included artists such as Martha Argerich, Nelson Freire, Gautier Capucon, Renaud Capucon, Gidon Kremer, Vadim Repin, Gabriela Montero, Lily Maisky and Giorgia Tomassi
This year Géza will make debuts at the Salzburg Festival and Lucerne Festival.
He plays on the Stradivarius 1715 "Joachim" kindly loaned by Nippon Music Foundation of Japan.
"The 5 DeViLs"
In 2003, he released his first EMI Classics recording performing traditional Hungarian Gypsy music with his ensemble.
Known for his passionate and fiery interpretations of classical, jazz, and Hungarian gypsy music, he first made his public debut at the age of 9 on Austrian Television "ORF". Since then, he has performed with the National Hungarian Orchestra of Budapest and performed in Argentina, France, Germany, Spain, Japan, Italy,and the USA.
Video /DVD
 | Géza has made a cameo appearance as a gypsy violinist in Francois
Girard's 1998 Academy-award winning film The Red Violin.
This documentary was exhibited at the world's major international film
festivals, including the Cannes Film Festival and won numerous awards
including the PRIX ITALIA 2002 Documentary on "Music and Arts" |
 | In 2001, he and Martha Argerich were profiled in Georges Gachot's feature film Conversations Nocturnes.this documentary was awarded with the followings prizes: Prix Italia 2002 (Documentary on Music and the Arts); Golden Prague 2002 (Czech Crystal for Best Documentary & Best Film Students Jury); Premio Asolo (Per La Sezione Biografia D' Artista 2003); and Unesco 2002 (Prix "Citation Musique" 26eme Festival Intl. du Film d'Art et Pédagogique) |