SHOSTAKOVICH, D.: Cello Concerto No. 1: I. Allegretto (Masterclass with Peter Szabo) (Jambor, Homor)
Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat Major, Op. 107
Composer: Shostakovich, Dmitry
Szabo, Peter
Homor, Zsuzsanna
Jambor, Janka
Television Director: Braggion, Maurizio
Catalogue Number: iClassical041
Peter Szabo from Hungary is the principal cellist of the Budapest Festival Orchestra and gives Masterclasses worldwide. As solo cellist of the World Orchestra for Peace, founded by Sir George Solti, he received in 2010 the UNESCO Artist for peace. In that same year he was awarded the Franz Liszt Prize for artistic accomplishments given by the Hungarian State.
In 2010, Peter Szabo has founded the Sinfonietta Pannonica Chamber Orchestra, of which he is the artistic director and conductor. Szabo studied at the Music Academy in Kolozsvar (Klausenburg) and at the Ferenc Liszt Academy in Budapest with Ferenc Rados, Gyorgy Kurtag and Laszlo Mezo where he graduated "Cum laude" in 1991.
