József Lendvay
- Company
- Würth Philharmoniker
- Job title
- Violin virtuoso
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József Lendvay is a Hungarian violin virtuoso. His father, “Csócsi” Lendvay, is one of the most popular performers of Eastern European folk music both in Hungary and internationally. From an early age, young József received intensive classical music training. At just seven years old, he won the first of many violin competitions.
József Lendvay studied at the Béla Bartók Conservatory and the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest. Even today, the internationally renowned soloist József Lendvay remains deeply influenced by the origins of his musicality — the brilliant, vibrant folk traditions and his intense, virtuosic classical training.
As a result, his classical solo performances sound more powerful and emotional, while his folk interpretations come across as lighter and more virtuosic. József Lendvay served for many years as concertmaster of the Philharmonie der Nationen and is a regular guest soloist with the Budapest Festival Orchestra. Additionally, he has appeared frequently in The Hague, Berlin, St. Etienne, Bern, Los Angeles, Aspendos, and Shanghai, performing with the National Symphony Orchestra (NSO), the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, and the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. He has collaborated with renowned conductors including Iván Fischer and Sir Simon Rattle.
With his ensemble "József Lendvay & Friends" and their program featuring a staged dialogue between classical composers and the folk melodies and dances of Eastern Europe, József Lendvay has achieved international success.
As a soloist, József Lendvay has performed in numerous concerts with the Würth Philharmoniker, playing violin concertos by Paganini, Beethoven, Bach, Tchaikovsky, and Bruch at the Carmen Würth Forum, among others. He has also appeared with the Würth Philharmonker at family concerts, the Bundesgartenschau in Heilbronn, and on tour in cities such as Palermo and Rorschach.
Most recently, with the concert format "Ungarisch-Dynamisch", he performed alongside an ensemble of the Würth Philharmoniker in Schwäbisch Hall, Rorschach and Künzelsau.
