Kossuth Prize-winning violinist Ferenc Bang\u00f3 was admitted to the Liszt Academy\u2019s Special School for Exceptional Young Talents in 1987 to study under Prof. Andr\u00e1s Kiss. Later on, he took private lessons with Istv\u00e1n Ruha and Prof. J\u00f3zsef S\u00edv\u00f3 and attended master classes with Ruggiero Ricci and Gy\u00f6rgy Pauk winning awards at several international competitions, both in Hungary and abroad. He joined the Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra in 1998. Since June 2008, he has served as the concertmaster of the Grazioso Chamber Orchestra, formed from members of the Hungarian National Philharmonic and led by artistic director Zolt\u00e1n Kocsis until his death. In September 2009, he also became concertmaster of the Solti Chamber Orchestra and he has performed as a soloist with both ensembles several times a year since then. He joined the world-famous Kod\u00e1ly String Quartet in September 2014 and was promoted to concertmaster of the Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra in April 2015. As a soloist, he has collaborated with such artists as Alexander Sitkovetsky, J\u00e1nos Kov\u00e1cs, Torleif Thed\u00e9en, Zolt\u00e1n Kocsis, Tam\u00e1s V\u00e1s\u00e1ry, Jen\u0151 Jand\u00f3, Alina Ibragimova, \u00c1d\u00e1m Medveczky, Barnab\u00e1s Kelemen, Ilya Hoffman, Natalia Tchitch, Krist\u00f3f Bar\u00e1ti, Gergely Madaras, Dora Schwarzberg and Sergei Nakariakov. On Hungary\u2019s national holiday 15 March 2022, he received the Kossuth Prize as a member of the Kod\u00e1ly String Quartet.<\/p>\n
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