Oszkár Varga

21 December 1989

Hungary

He was born in Novi Sad in 1989 and started taking violin classes there. When he was 18, he was admitted to the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music. He has been a participant of international masterclasses in Kaposvár, Bergamo and Karellis with musicians like Dejan Bogdanovich, Barnabás Kelemen, Alexander and Albert Markov. Having been invited by the latter, he spent three months in New York in the academic year 2009, and while being there, he won a full scholarship to the Long Island Conservatory of Music. In 2014-2015, as a member of the Kelemen Quartet he toured Europe's most prestigious chamber music halls. Recently, Mr Varga has appeared as a soloist and chamber music partners of greatly renowned artists at Hungarian and international festivals. Presently, he is a PhD student at the Doctoral School of the Liszt Academy.

Repertoire:

Preliminary

Bartók: Rhapsody No. 1, BB 94

J. S. Bach: Violin Sonata No. 1 G minor, BWV 1001 – 1. Adagio

Semi-final

Bartók: Sonata for Solo Violin, BB 124

Final

Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, K. 219

Grand Final

Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 2, BB 117