Ildikó Szabó – cellist
- Ildikó Szabó was born into a renowned Hungarian family of great musical tradition; her grandfather was the composer Csaba Szabó and her father Peter Szabó is solo cello of the Budapest Festival Orchestra. From a young age, she studied with László Mező in Budapest while regularly attending summer-classes with János Starker. Further studies took her to Berlin, where she attended the class of Jens Peter Maintz at the University of The Arts, and then Weimar from 2018 until 2020 under the guidance of Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt.
She is a prize-winner at 16 international competitions, including at the International Pablo Casals Cello Competition (Hungary) in 2014 at which she won a total of eight prizes. “Her technique is impeccable … She has proven herself a true artist who utterly enjoys being on stage and manages to perform to the absolute best of her capabilities in front of an audience”, says Iván Fischer, who on multiple occasions has invited Ildikó Szabó to perform as a soloist with the Budapest Festival Orchestra. Since her success at the TONALi Grand Prix Hamburg, Ildikó Szabó has developed a strong connection with Germany. She currently resides in Berlin and is a recipient of the German Academic Scholarship Foundation and the German Music Competition.
Contact:
Aude-Marie Auphan (Director)
Nicolas Papageorgiou (Director)
Videos
MAV Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Boico – May 2021
Concerto Budapest, Domonkos Héja – April 2019
September 2020
with István Lajkó (piano) – March 2019
with Jesse Flowers, guitar (July 2022)
with Jesse Flowers, guitar (July 2022)
Repertoire
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