Biography
Born in Switzerland as an american citizen from Hungarian-Ukrainian parents, Geza Hosszu-Legocky began to attract audiences at the age of 6, after entering the Vienna Music Academy as a special gifted violin prodigy.
His repertoire is deeply rooted in classical music but also extends to other genres such as folk, gypsy, Klezmer, Jazz, and even Pop music. His unique versatility has made him a unique figure on the concert and festival tour circuit. In 2003, he founded a gypsy-Jewish Group, “The 5 DeViLs”, for a Project in Switzerland at the Progetto Argerich, and he had immediate success. The concert was recorded by EMI classics and was chosen for a Grammy nomination.
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Going back to his interest in different genres, in 2010 Geza returned to the Salle Pleyel in Paris to perform a “Concert de Tango”, broadcasted by Mezzo and Arte. This concert was attended by the legendary Film Composer Michel Legrand who invited him to perform alongside his wife, the renowned harpist Catherine Michel, his own works, such as the famous “Umbrellas of Cherbourg”, “Summer of 42” and some of his Oscar nominated movie compositions.
Geza was chosen to play a Stradivarius Violin dating 1715, which belonged to legendary hungarian Violinist “Joseph Joachim” and was lent to him for a year by the Nippon Music Foundation. Today Geza performs on a “Lorenzo & Tomasso Carcassi” Violin dating 1766.
Since May 2011, Geza has been spending a lot of energy to form an exceptional orchestra of young prodigy soloists in Budapest, the “Bohemian Virtuosi”. In 2012, Geza and his Bohemian Virtuosi Ensemble, gave four concerts in Italy, including the Festival in Ravello where he invited Martha Argerich to perform with him again.
Biography text from Last.fm, available under CC BY-SA.