Musical artist
Antal Zalai
(Hungarian: Zalai Antal; born
Antal Szalai
January 31, 1981) is a
Hungarian
concert
violinist
.
Antal Zalai began his
classical
violin studies at the age of five. He graduated from the
Royal Conservatory of Brussels
in 2009 where he was a student of
Kati Sebestyen
. Prior to his studies in
Brussels
, his teachers were Laszlo Denes,
Peter Komlos
and Jozef Kopelman in
Budapest
.
In addition, Zalai has attended masterclasses with
Isaac Stern
,
Pinchas Zukerman
,
Erick Friedman
,
Tibor Varga
,
Lewis Kaplan
and
Gyorgy Pauk
.
At age 15 he gained international recognition by performing the
Bartok Violin Concerto No.1
at Lord
Yehudi Menuhin
's 80th anniversary tribute gala concert at the Grand Hall of the
Franz Liszt Academy of Music
in Budapest on 1 October 1996. In the development of his career, Zalai has enjoyed collaborations with eminent conductors such as
Fabio Luisi
,
Paavo Jarvi
,
Yoel Levi
,
Lawrence Foster
,
Gilbert Varga
,
Shlomo Mintz
,
Ludovic Morlot
, Laurent Petitgirard,
Enrique Batiz Campbell
,
Yip Wing-sie
, and
Gabor Takacs-Nagy
.
He made his
UK
debut in
Liverpool
in 2008 where he performed the
Glazunov Violin Concerto
with the
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic
and conductor
Ludovic Morlot
. He performed the same violin concerto at his
Berlin
debut in 2008, as soloist of the
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
in the
Berliner Philharmonie
.
In April 2010 Zalai made his
Viennese
debut in the
Vienna Symphony
's "Fruhling in Wien 2010" gala concert conducted by Fabio Luisi in the Wiener
Musikverein
. He won the opportunity during an online competition on the internet platform
Talenthouse
.
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As a
recitalist
, Antal Zalai has performed in the
Carnegie Hall
Weill Recital Hall in
New York City
, the
Kennedy Center
Terrace Theater in
Washington, D.C.
, the Grand Hall of the
Moscow Conservatory
, the
Victoria Hall (Geneva)
, the Concert Hall of the
Royal Conservatory of Brussels
and the
Chan Centre for the Performing Arts
in
Vancouver
among others.
Discography
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- 1999 The
Leo Weiner
Album
BMC CD 018
- 2001
Bach
/
Kreisler
/
Ysaye
/Petrovics
BMC CD 017
- 2003
Leopold Auer
Hungaroton HCD32156
- 2010
George Enescu
Violin Sonatas Nos. 1?3
Brilliant Classics 9165
- 2011
Bela Bartok
Complete Works for Violin Vol.1
Brilliant Classics 9236
- 2012
Bela Bartok
Complete Works for Violin Vol.2
Brilliant Classics 9270
- 2013
Bela Bartok
Complete Works for Violin Vol.3
Brilliant Classics 9276
- 2017
Niccolo Paganini
: 24 Caprices, Op.1.
AZ1
- 2017 Virtuosity Vol.1.
AZ2
- 2017 Virtuosity Vol.2.
AZ3
- 2019 Virtuosity Vol.3.
AZ4
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