Gábor Boldoczki
Born: 1976
Subject: trumpet
Academic degree, university position: DLA degree, senior lecturer
Studies:
State Music School of Kiskőrös – teacher: Sándor Boldoczki (trumpet)
Leó Weiner Secondary School of Music, Budapest – teacher: András Kis (trumpet)
Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music – teachers: Zoltán Szűcs, Zoltán Kovács (trumpet, chamber music)
University of Music Karlsruhe – Prof. Reinhold Friedrich (trumpet)
Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, Doctoral School (2010: DLA degree)
Teaching activities:
Since 2010: visiting lecturer at the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music
Major concerts, orchestral membership:
He was the first trumpet soloist worldwide to be invited to perform the trumpet concertos of Michael Haydn at the Salzburg Festival in 2004. He regularly gives guest performances at renowned concert halls such as the Musikverein Vienna, the Philharmonie Berlin, the Salle Gaveau and the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris, KKL Lucerne, or the Palace of Arts in Budapest. Furthermore, he has followed concert invitations to several cities in South America and China.
Besides his classical repertoire, Gábor Boldoczki has been in demand for contemporary music and their world premiere performances. In 2006 he accompanied Gidon Kremer and the Kremerata Baltica for the world premiere of Georg Pelecis’ “Revelation“ at the music festival “Les muséiques” in Basel. He premiered the Trumpet Concerto by Boris Papandopulo at the International Music Festival in Dubrovnik as well as László Dubrovay’s Trumpet Concerto No. 2 in Budapest in 2003. In the summer of 2010 he performed as an “Artist in Residency” at the Festival Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, and in December 2010 he made his debut at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam with the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Yakov Kreizberg.
In 2015 he gave the world premiere of Krzysztof Penderecki’s first trumpet concerto at the Musikfestspiele Saar.
Recordings:
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 Gramophone Magazine as "Disc of the Month" in April 2008.
His versatile repertoire ranges from Bach to Penderecki, from Vivaldi to Shostakovich to Hindemith, Takemitsu, Ligeti and Arvo Pärt.
His CD-productions have been published by the renowned label Sony BMG (former Sony Classical):
28 October 2002: “Glanz der Trompete”
23 August 2004: “Gábor Boldoczki Plays M. Haydn, J. Haydn, W. A. Mozart and J. N. Hummel”
17 November 2006: “Italian Concertos”
2 November 2007: “Händel, Telemann”
7 November 2008: “Gloria “ – Bach, Händel, Purcell
2010: “Bach” – Works by Johann Sebastian and Carl Philip Emmanuel Bach
2013: “Tromba Veneziana” – Works by Antonio Vivaldi
Awards and honors:
In 1996 he was awarded at the international music competitions in Porcia, Italy and Geneva, Switzerland.
In 1997 he won the Yamaha Foundation Award as well as the 1st prize at the Hungarian National Music Competition in Pilisvörösvár.
At the Prague Spring International Music Festival he won first place and the special award for the performance of a contemporary work.
The year 1997 brought him two outstanding international successes: at age 21 he won the ARD International Music Competition in Munich, and then he collected the “Grand Prix de la Ville de Paris” at the most distinguished trumpet competition of all, the Third International Maurice André Competition in Paris. At the same contest he also received the special award for the performance of a contemporary work composed for the occasion.
In October 2003, his first CD recording “Glanz der Trompete” netted him the German Phono Academy’s award for “Best newcomer”, followed by the Echo Klassik prize as “Instrumentalist of the Year” for 2008.
2013: Ferenc Liszt Award
“Musician of the Year” award by the Hungarian Academy of Arts
"Artist of the Year" for the 2022/23 concert season at MÜPA.
In 2023 he has been elected to be a member of the MMA Music Section.
Homepage: www.gabor-in-concert.com
Contact: info [at] gabor-in-concert [dot] com
Photo: Marco Borggreve
