Ádám Banda was born in 1986 in a small Hungarian town, Balassagyarmat. He started to play the violin at the age of eight. He was admitted to the special talents  class of the Ferenc Liszt  Academy of Music in Budapest at an early age, his Professor being Eszter Perényi. Between 1998 and 2003 he won three national competition in Hungary. In 2001 he was awarded the Ferenc Halász prize and in 2003 he won the Carl Flesch International Violin Competition. In 2004 he was chosen for the Pro Europe award and in 2005 he was the absolute winner of the Dubai International Violin Competition.