To book József Lendvay for a solo concert or as concertmaster, Please feel free to contact him at info@lendvayensemble.com or via phone: +31 (0)6 47086698. See videos below for an impression. For list of repertoire please contact the above mailadres or phone number.
József Lendvay is one of the most outstanding contemporary violinists. Thanks to his virtuoso skills and charisma, he has gained enormous popularity all over the world. Born in Budapest in 1974, he began learning to play the violin at the age of five. Initially taught by his father, József Lendvay Sr., after a few years he had his first successes one of them being the 1st Prize in a competition for young violinists held in Hungary’s capital. At the age of eight, he became a student of Franz List Academy of Music, Budapest, in professor Miklos Szenthelyi’s class of violin. He also learnt from such famous violinists as Sir Yehudi Menuhin, Ida Haendel, Igor Oistrakh, Ruggiero Ricci, Jaap van Zweden, Sandor Vegh and Dorothy DeLay.
His talent and accomplishments were already appreciated in 1997 when he received the Gold Cross from the President of the Republic of Hungary.
József Lendvay’s repertoire is highly impressive as it includes most violin works, both solo, chamber music as own arrangements. He has cooperated with the best soloists and conductors like Yuri Bashmet, Vadim Repin, Andrea Bocelli, Sir Simon Rattle, Sir Yehudi Menuhin and Prof. Krzysztof Penderecki. For a long time he has been collaborating with Budapest Festival Orchestra (BFO), conducted by maestro Iván Fischer. The result of the cooperation was the recording of Johannes Brahms’s Hungarian Dances, orchestrated by Iván Fischer, and published by Philips. József also performed with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Philharmonic of the Nations, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, and Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Jozsef Lendvay won the “Echo Prize” award, in the category of Klassik ohne Grenzen, for his Lendvay CD, recorded for Sony Classical. For a long time, the album topped classical music charts in South Korea and Japan.
József has been concertmaster of the Philharmonic Orchestra of the Nations with conductor Justus Franz with whom he has toured extensively.
Concerts in Australia:
17 and 18 May 2024 József Lendvay – Queensland Symphony Orchestra (qso.com.au)
Ravel-Tzigane with Queensland Symphony Orchestra- Australia
Tickets via: József Lendvay – Queensland Symphony Orchestra (qso.com.au)
26 May 2024 at the Toorak-Melbourne Australia with pianist Edward Neeman
Program:
- Bloch: Baal Shem
- Brahms: Sonata no.3 in D minor
- Ravel: Tzigane
Tickets via: Live at Toorak: Hungarian Virtuoso, József Lendvay Tickets, Sun 26/05/2024 at 6:00 pm | Eventbrite
28 May 2024 at the Great-Sydney Australia with pianist Edward Neeman
Program:
- Bloch: Baal Shem
- Brahms: Sonata no.3 in D minor
- Ravel: Tzigane
Tickets via: Live at the Great: Hungarian Virtuoso – József Lendvay Tickets, Multiple Dates | Eventbrite