Ladislau Pietro Horvath

Ladislau Pietro Horvath

Ladislau Pietro Horvath is the main conductor and solo concert master of the Solisti Fiorentini. Ladislau Petru Horvath is a manifold artist and an instructor.

Born in Transylvania, Ladislau Petru Horvath represents the fifth generation of musicians in his family. He graduated at the Music Academy George Enescu in Bucharest and continued his musical preparation with prestigious masters like Stefan Gheorghiu, Heinz Schunk, Semion Snitkovski, Stefan Ruha and Győrgy Kurtàg. He started his career as soloist and chamber musician and was awarded several first prizes in national music competitions in his homeland. Since 1990 he has lived in Florence, manifesting his musical talent in various fields. As a concert master he has earned a good reputation with conductors like Zubin Mehta, S.Ozawa, S.Bychkov, W.M.Chung, G.Pretre, I.Bolton, J.Conlon, B.Bartoletti, G.Gavazzeni, M.Minkowski playing mainly with the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Orchestra, but also as guest concert master with the International Orchestra of Italy, the Academy of Santa Cecilia Orchestra in Rome, Teatro Massimo in Palermo, I Solisti Fiorentini, the Carlo Felice Theatre in Genova, the Symphony Orchestra of Teneriffe. A versatile artist, Horvath Ladislau Petru has also devoted much time to chamber music: his Consonanza Ensemble has been invited to important music festivals in Italy (Puccini and Sorrento Festivals), Portugal and Greece (The Portuguese-Greek-Italian Festival) and Japan (Sogo-Center Osaka)As a soloist he played with the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino orchestra, Musici Mundi, I Solisti Fiorentini, the WDR-Symphony Orchestra, the Chalchidia Symphony Orchestra, the Romanian Radiotelevision Orchestra (Bucharest), collaborating with conductors like Zubin Mehta, Markus Bosch, Gerd Schaller, Ulrich Brall, Giuseppe Lanzetta, Ianis Pandasatos, Carlo Montanaro, Cristian Mandeal, Emil Simon. His soloist performances have won him the appreciation of both public and critics, conquered by his magnificent art (Enrico Gatta - La Nazione - 13 II 1998), his energetic, subtle and generous sound (Barnardino Zappa - Eco di Bergamo - 5 X 1996) his vibrating style, which combines virtuoso effects with tenderness (Paolo Pellegrini – La Nazione – 7 maggio 2003) and his enviable technique, powerful bow touch and lyrical interpretation which aimes at what Liszt used to call exécution transcendente” (Roberto Corsi – Il Corriere di Firenze – 8 maggio 2003).

His early interest in conducting stimulated him to participate as a young auditor at Sergiu Celibidache’s lectures and orchestra rehearsals in Bucharest (1977-78). He studied conducting with Constantin Bugeanu (1985-88) and Piero Bellugi (2004). He has conducted the chamber music orchestra Musici Mundi in Florence, Rome and Nairobi (1992-1999); the first audition of the Choreographic Scenes for two pianos and orchestra by Sergio Calligaris in the Reims Theatre, Florence (1994); the Capella Musicale Fiorentina (2003); the Florence Sinfonietta (2004); the Risonanza Orchestra (2005), the Palcoscenico Orchestra (Pescara, 2005); the Symphonic Orchestra of San Remo(2006); the I Solisti Fiorentini Orchestra(2007). In June 2005 he participated in the Bèla Bartok Opera Conducting Competition in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. In 2007 he was appointed soloist and principal conductor of The Solisti Fiorentini. Riccardo Muti has accepted him as assistant conductor for a concert in 2008.Ladislau Petru Horvath is also a highly appreciated violin and orchestra teacher. He currently collaborates with the Fiesole Music School, the Conservatory Luigi Cherubini, the Pescara Academy, the Orchestra Giovanile Italiana. In 2002-3 he taught master classes at the Orvieto String Festival (Director Liliana Ciulei). He has been in charge of orchestra master classes for the Orchestra Giovanile Italiana, the Mimesis Orchestra of the Maggio Musicale Academy and the Palcoscenico Project-Pescara. His students have been accepted at international violin courses (Attergau), at the European Youth Orchestra, and at prestigious Music Academies (Basel, Philadelphia). Other students have won auditions for prestigious Italian orchestras like the Scala of Milan, Pomeriggi Musicali, Carlo Felice Genova, Santa Cecilia Roma, Maggio Musicale fiorentino. He has also taught violin for The Sarah Lawrence Program in Florence, the New York University and has collaborated with the Syracuse University for didactic performances.
* [http://www.horvathladislaupietro.com The official website of Ladislau Pietro Horvath]


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