Erno Kallai plays Bartok: First Rhapsody (live)

Béla Bartók: First Rhapsody

Erno Kallai, violin
Janos Balazs, piano

Recorded live at Duna Palace, Budapest, 2010, January

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Biography

Erno Kallai is establishing himself as one of the most exciting and charismatic young violinists today. Most recently Erno made his debut with the New York Philharmonic, under conductor Daniel Boico, playing Brahms' Violin Concerto at the "Young People's Concert.

Erno Kallai made his Carnegie Hall debut in 2008, performing Prokofiev's Violin Concerto no. 2 with the Juilliard Orchestra, led by James DePreist, which was critically acclaimed by the Strad Magazine. He has played in venues such as Avery Fisher Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Chicago's Symphony Hall, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, McCarter Theater, and the Palace of Arts in Budapest. As a devoted chamber musician, he has performed chamber music concerts with world renowned violinist Itzhak Perlman and members of the Perlman Music Program. He has played for Hungarian radio and television, and appeared on the McGraw-Hill Company's "Young Artists' Showcase" with host Bob Sherman on WQXR. Erno's regular recital partners include pianists Rohan De Silva and Janos Balazs, and he has also collaborated with Mattias Jacobsson, guitarist.

Erno Kallai has won numerous awards and prizes, including first prize of the Carl Flesch International Violin Competition in 2008, first prize at the Juilliard Concerto Competition in 2008, a Valerie Beth Schwartz Career Grant from Salone de Virtuosi in 2007, and awards from the Semmering Music Festival in 2004 (which included the best interpretation of a work by Kodaly, and an award for the best interpretation of a Viennese Classic work with his performance of Mozart's Violin Concerto No.5), among others.

Born in Budapest, Hungary, Erno Kallai began early violin training with his father, and already at the age of twelve he had been admitted to the Exceptionally Talented Children's class of the Franz Liszt University of Music. In 2006 he moved to the United States to study with Itzhak Perlman at the Juilliard School, where he is currently working on his master's degree as a full scholarship student.

Erno Kallai is playing a 1721 Petrus Guarnerius violin, a generous gift from the Juilliard Rare Instrument Collection.

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[Lindacello]

His style is really perfect

[Lindacello]

Fantastic flare!!!