Geza-Julius Hosszu-Legocky

Géza Hosszu-Legocky was born in Lausanne, Switzerland in 1985 as a direct descendant into a legendary Hungarian gypsy violin tradition. He first took private lessons in Geneva and then continued his classical studies at the Vienna Academy of Music. He started his advanced training in 1993, under the guidance of Marina Sokorova and Dora Schwarzberg and with Tibor Varga in Sion.

He had his first TV performance for the Austrian Television "ORF" at the age of 9. Shortly after he started a series of concerts with the national Hungarian orchestra in Budapest and had been on tour in Italy and France. In 1998 he was invited to play in the movie "The Red Violin".

He performs equally well in classical music or with his own ensemble "5 DeVils" in the Hungarian-gypsy style. Géza was very much influenced by the playing of the legendary Michael Rabin.

Géza has worked with M. Argerich, C. Dutoit, N. Freire, I. Gitlis, I. Haendel, R. McDuffie, G. Montero, V. Repin, R. Ricci, G. Tomassi and the Capuçon brothers. These collaborations have taken him to the festivals of Ruhr Piano in Dortmund, Buenos Aires, Lugano, Aspen, Ludwigsburg, Tapei, Verbier and many others.

And he has played concerti with orchestras such as the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio-France or chamber orchestra such as the Kremerata Baltica. Recently he performed with Akané Sakai in Sintra, Portugal and with his ensemble the 5 DeVils at International Music Festival of Aegina, Greece.