Kristóf Baráti facts for kids

Kristóf Baráti is a talented Hungarian violinist. He was born in 1979 and is known for playing classical music.

Growing Up with Music

Kristóf Baráti was born in Budapest, Hungary, in 1979. He grew up in a family where music was very important. His mother played the violin, and his father played the cello. Kristóf started learning the violin from his mother. Later, he studied with Vilmos Tátrai, who started the famous Tátrai Quartet.

For a big part of his childhood, Kristóf lived in Venezuela. He started playing with major orchestras when he was only eight years old. When he was eleven, he performed a special concert at a festival in Montpellier, France.

Kristóf later moved back to Hungary. He studied at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest. In 1996, he went to Paris to study with Professor Eduard Wulfson. Professor Wulfson had learned from famous violinists like Yehudi Menuhin and Nathan Milstein. He taught Kristóf the high standards he had learned from his own teachers.

Amazing Performances and Awards

Kristóf Baráti has won many important awards in music competitions around the world. In 1995, he won first prize at a competition in Gorizia, Italy. The next year, in 1996, he won second prize at the Long-Thibaud-Crespin Competition. In 1997, he won third prize and the audience award at the Queen Elisabeth Competition. He was the youngest person to compete there!

In October 2010, Kristóf won the Sixth International Paganini Violin Competition in Moscow. This was a very big achievement. In 2014, he received Hungary's highest cultural award, called the Kossuth Prize.

Kristóf often performs in Hungary with the Budapest Festival Orchestra. He also plays with the Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra. He has played with many other famous orchestras around the world. These include the Mariinsky Orchestra and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. He has worked with many leading conductors too.

Kristóf Baráti plays a very special violin. It is called the "Lady Harmsworth" violin. It was made in 1703 by a famous maker named Antonio Stradivarius. The Stradivarius Society of Chicago lets him use this amazing instrument.

Music Recordings

Kristóf Baráti has recorded many albums. These recordings let people all over the world listen to his beautiful music. Here are some of his recordings:

• Ravel: Violin Sonata No. 2; Bartók: Solo Violin Sonata; and Bowen: Piano Sonatas No. 5. (2007)
• Paganini: Violin Concertos 1 & 2. (2009)
• J. S. Bach: Six Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin. (2010)
• L. van Beethoven: Complete Violin and Piano Sonatas. (2012)
• Eugene Ysaye: Six Sonatas for Solo Violin. (2013)
• Paganini: Violin Concertos 1 & 2. (2014)
• Brahms: Complete Sonatas for Violin and Piano. (2014)
• Korngold: Violin Concerto and Violin-Piano Sonata. (2015)
• The Soul of Lady Harmsworth. (2016)
• W. A. Mozart: Complete Violin Concertos. (2017)