Roby Lakatos (born 1965) is a violinist from Hungary who combines jazz, classical, and Hungarian

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Career

Lakatos was born in 1965 into a family of

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violinists descended from

János Bihari János Bihari (21 October 1764 – 26 April 1827) was an influential Kingdom of Hungary (1526–1867), Hungarian Romani people, Romani violinist. He is one of the founders of Romani academic music and the musical genre verbunkos. By the m ...

, a composer who influenced Brahms and Liszt. He was introduced to music as a child. When he was nine years old, he made his public debut as first violinist in a Romani band. In 1984 he won first prize for classical violin at the Béla Bartók Conservatory of Budapest. Roby Lakatos hungarian violinist

For the next ten years, he led the house band at a Brussels restaurant where he was complimented by

Yehudi Menuhin Yehudi Menuhin, Baron Menuhin (22 April 191612 March 1999), was an American-born British violinist and conductor who spent most of his performing career in Britain. He is widely considered one of the greatest violinists of the 20th century. ...

for his performance of a piece by Liszt. In March 2004, he appeared with the

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in the orchestra's Genius of the Violin festival with

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. Lakatos recorded a Prokofiev album with Polina Leschenko, Christian Poltéra, and

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; ''Klezmer Karma'' with the

Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra The Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra (Liszt Ferenc Kamarazenekar) is a chamber orchestra based in Budapest, Hungary. The chamber orchestra took its name from the great Hungarian composer Franz Liszt Franz Liszt (22 October 1811 – 31 Jul ...

, Yiddish singer Myriam Fuks, and accordionist Aldo Granato; ''Roby Lakatos with Musical Friends'' with

Stéphane Grappelli Stéphane Grappelli (; 26 January 1908 – 1 December 1997) was a French jazz violinist. He is best known as a founder of the Quintette du Hot Club de France with guitarist Django Reinhardt in 1934. It was one of the first all-string jazz bands. ...

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Tony Lakatos Antal "Tony" Lakatos (born 13 November 1958 in Budapest) is a Hungarian Jazz saxophonist (tenor, soprano saxophone). He lives in Frankfurt, Frankfurt (Germany). Lakatos attended the Béla Bartók Conservatory in Budapest from 1975 to 1980, then m ...

(his brother), Marc Fosset, and the Vieuxtemps Quartet.

Discography

* 1991: ''In Gypsy Style'' * 1998: ''Alouette König der Zigeunergeiger'' * 1998: ''Lakatos'' * 1999: ''Post Phrasing Lakatos Best'' * 1999: ''Live from Budapest'' * 2002: ''Kinoshita Meets Lakatos'' * 2002: ''As Time Goes By'' (Deutsche Grammophon) * 2004: ''The Legend of the Toad'' * 2005: ''Fire Dance'' (Avanticlassic) * 2006: ''Klezmer Karma'' (Avanticlassic) * 2006: ''Rodrigo y Gabriela'' as guest * 2008: ''Roby Lakatos with Musical Friends'' * 2008: ''Boleritza'' as guest * 2009: ''Gypsy Violin Virtuoso'' * 2012: ''La Passion: Live at Sydney Opera House'' (Avanticlassic) * 2015: ''Antonio Vivaldi: The Four Seasons'' (Avanticlassic)

References

External links

Official site

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