Roby Lakatos

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Roby Lakatos
Background information
Born	1965 (age 58–59) Budapest, Hungary
Genres	Gypsy jazz, classical, klezmer
Occupation(s)	Musician
Instrument(s)	Violin
Labels	Deutsche Grammophon, Avanticlassic
Website	www.roby-lakatos.com

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

Career[edit]

Lakatos was born in 1965 into a family of Romani violinists descended from János Bihari, a composer who influenced Brahms and Liszt.^[1] 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.

For the next ten years, he led the house band at a Brussels restaurant where he was complimented by Yehudi Menuhin for his performance of a piece by Liszt. In March 2004, he appeared with the London Symphony Orchestra in the orchestra's Genius of the Violin festival with Maxim Vengerov.

Lakatos recorded a Prokofiev album with Polina Leschenko, Christian Poltéra, and Martha Argerich; Klezmer Karma with the Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra, Yiddish singer Myriam Fuks, and accordionist Aldo Granato; Roby Lakatos with Musical Friends with Stéphane Grappelli, Vadim Repin, Randy Brecker, Tony Lakatos (his brother), Marc Fosset, and the Vieuxtemps Quartet.

Discography[edit]

• 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[edit]

External links[edit]

• Official site
• Museum of European Art article