Iv\u00e1n Szankov was born in Budapest on 7 March 1965. He began playing the violin aged five, before learning the piano. He graduated from the High School of Music\u00a0in P\u00e9cs as a percussionist and double bass player.<\/p>\n
In 1986, he earned his first degree at the Debrecen department of the Franz Liszt Academy of Music, as a student of K\u00e1roly Saru. Between 1986 and 1988, he studied at the Sofia Academy of Music in Todor Toshev’s post-graduate class, graduating summa cum laude.<\/p>\n
In 1988, he was invited to Los Angeles for the LA’88 double bass global meeting, where he took part in courses from the world’s leading soloists and teachers.<\/p>\n
In 1990, he graduated summa cum laude from the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest as a student of Zolt\u00e1n Tibay.<\/p>\n
In 1992, he began working as a double bass teacher at the Debrecen department of the Franz Liszt Academy of Music.<\/p>\n
Between 1990 and 1998, he was a member of the Budapest Festival Orchestra, and between 1998 and 2006 he was a member of the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra.<\/p>\n
Since 2006 he has been the lead double bass player and double bass soloist for the Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra.<\/p>\n
He has taught at the P\u00e9cs College of Music since 2008.<\/p>\n
He began a post-graduate course at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in 2009.<\/p>\n
In 2014, he completed his doctorate (DLA) at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music.<\/p>\n
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Music competitions:<\/strong><\/p>\n 1984 \u2013 Debrecen National Collegiate Competition, first place<\/p>\n 1985 \u2013 Debrecen National Collegiate Competition, first place<\/p>\n 1985 \u2013 Krom\u011b\u0159\u00ed\u017e International Competition, second place<\/p>\n 1986 \u2013 Krom\u011b\u0159\u00ed\u017e International Competition, second place<\/p>\n 1988 \u2013 Los Angeles World Competition, fourth place<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Courses:<\/strong><\/p>\n Iv\u00e1n Sztankov has held a master class in Sofia annually since 2006.<\/p>\n In 2009 he was invited to Columbia, where he held a masterclass with Gary Karr, and was also a member of the jury for the Bogota International Double Bass Competition. In the same country, he also performed Koussevitzky’s Double Bass Concerto in F-sharp minor<\/em> with the Bogota Philharmonic Orchestra.<\/p>\n In 2010, he was invited to Berlin to hold an international master class and perform a solo concert.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Recordings:<\/strong><\/p>\n To date, Iv\u00e1n Sztankov has released two solo albums with the Hungaroton Classic record label:<\/p>\n 1992 \u2013 The Virtuoso Double-Bass (HCD 31518)<\/p>\n 1997 \u2013 Double Bass Parade (HCD 31732)<\/p>\n Both records also featured his own arrangements.<\/p>\n Between 1990 and 1998, Iv\u00e1n Sztankov made numerous recordings for the Hungarian Radio and Hungarian Television that are still regularly broadcast today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"menu_order":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-87056","artists","type-artists","status-publish","hentry"],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"3.0.2","language":"en","enabled_languages":["hu","en"],"languages":{"hu":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"en":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false}}},"acf":{"old_id":"624","rovid_nev":"Iv\u00e1n Sztankov","katalogus_nev":"Iv\u00e1n Sztankov","kiemelt_kep":{"ID":120214,"id":120214,"title":"Sztankov Iv\u00e1n_N5A5423_honlap","filename":"Sztankov-Ivan_N5A5423_honlap-scaled.jpg","filesize":378985,"url":"https:\/\/www.filharmonikusok.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Sztankov-Ivan_N5A5423_honlap-scaled.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.filharmonikusok.hu\/en\/artists\/sztankov-ivan\/sztankov-ivan_n5a5423_honlap\/","alt":"","author":"951582","description":"","caption":"","name":"sztankov-ivan_n5a5423_honlap","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":87056,"date":"2022-10-25 07:40:50","modified":"2025-08-19 10:40:09","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.filharmonikusok.hu\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1807,"height":2560,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.filharmonikusok.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Sztankov-Ivan_N5A5423_honlap-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/www.filharmonikusok.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Sztankov-Ivan_N5A5423_honlap-212x300.jpg","medium-width":212,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.filharmonikusok.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Sztankov-Ivan_N5A5423_honlap-768x1088.jpg","medium_large-width":640,"medium_large-height":907,"large":"https:\/\/www.filharmonikusok.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Sztankov-Ivan_N5A5423_honlap-723x1024.jpg","large-width":640,"large-height":906,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.filharmonikusok.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Sztankov-Ivan_N5A5423_honlap-1084x1536.jpg","1536x1536-width":1084,"1536x1536-height":1536,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.filharmonikusok.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Sztankov-Ivan_N5A5423_honlap-1445x2048.jpg","2048x2048-width":1445,"2048x2048-height":2048,"person-size":"https:\/\/www.filharmonikusok.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Sztankov-Ivan_N5A5423_honlap-165x165.jpg","person-size-width":165,"person-size-height":165,"person-size-2":"https:\/\/www.filharmonikusok.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Sztankov-Ivan_N5A5423_honlap-165x220.jpg","person-size-2-width":165,"person-size-2-height":220,"album-size":"https:\/\/www.filharmonikusok.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Sztankov-Ivan_N5A5423_honlap-263x263.jpg","album-size-width":263,"album-size-height":263,"news-lead-size":"https:\/\/www.filharmonikusok.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Sztankov-Ivan_N5A5423_honlap-360x203.jpg","news-lead-size-width":360,"news-lead-size-height":203,"director-index-size":"https:\/\/www.filharmonikusok.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Sztankov-Ivan_N5A5423_honlap-359x450.jpg","director-index-size-width":359,"director-index-size-height":450,"person-lead-size":"https:\/\/www.filharmonikusok.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Sztankov-Ivan_N5A5423_honlap-555x555.jpg","person-lead-size-width":555,"person-lead-size-height":555,"slider-size":"https:\/\/www.filharmonikusok.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Sztankov-Ivan_N5A5423_honlap-1600x722.jpg","slider-size-width":1600,"slider-size-height":722}},"bevezeto_szoveg":"","hangszerek":"{:hu}nagyb\u0151g\u0151{:}{:en}double bass{:}","szemely_kategoria":"{:hu}zenekari tag{:}{:en}orchestra musician{:}","oldal_megjelenes":["zenekari"],"videok":false,"kiemeles_menube":false,"szolamvezeto":true,"szulesi_szabadsagon":false},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filharmonikusok.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artists\/87056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filharmonikusok.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artists"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filharmonikusok.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/artists"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.filharmonikusok.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}