Gábor Boldoczki

Born in Szeged, Hungary, in 1976 and grown up in Kiskörös Gábor Boldoczki with his brilliant play is the exceptional trumpeter of his generation. At the age of 14 this he won the first prize at the National Trumpet Competition in Zalaegerszeg, Hungary. Following his studies at the L.-Weiner-Conservatory, the young musician continued at the Franz Liszt Conservatory in Budapest and as a master class student under Professor Reinhold Friedrich before starting his international solo career. By winning the internationally renowned music competition of the ARD in Munich, Boldoczki celebrated his final breakthrough at the young age of 21. He then received the Grand Prix de la Ville de Paris at the most distinguished trumpet competition of all – the Third International Maurice André Competition in Paris. He was awarded the coveted Prix Davidoff sponsored by the Reemtsma Foundation in August 1999, then in October 2002 the highly esteemed Prix Young Artist of the Year. In October 2003 the German Phono Academy awarded Gábor Boldoczki the Echo Classic Prize for Classical Music.

During his European tour he performs with well known orchestras (e.g. Symphony Orchestra of the Bayerischer Rundfunk, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Beijing Symphony Orchestra, Sinfonia Varsovia, Berlin Symphony Orchestra, Gulbenkian Symphony Orchestra, Festival Orchestra Budapest, Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra) and chamber orchestras (e.g. Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra, Camerata Salzburg, Zurich Chamber Orchestra, Munich Bach Collegium, Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra) as well as gala performances with Edita Gruberova.

Boldoczki is the first trumpet soloist worldwide to be invited to perform the trumpet concerts of Michael Haydn at the Salzburg festival. Furthermore, he regularly follows concert invitations to South America and China. For considerable time he is a very welcome interpreter for contemporary music and their world premiere performances.

Starting at the Musikverein Vienna in November/December 2008, Gábor Boldoczki will tour in Europe together with the Sinfonia Varsovia. At the same time SonyBMG will release a new CD. It includes sonatas for trumpet and organ as well as sonatas for trumpet, cello and cembalo. He will be accompanied by Hedwig Bilgram and László Fenyö.

Boldoczki’s Shostakovich recording for piano, trumpet and orchestra partnered by the Gulbenkian Orchestra led by Lawrence Foster and the pianist Lise de la Salle was selected by the Grammophone Magazine as Disc of the Month in April 2008.