Vionlin Teacher
Tibor Gyenge, Concertmaster of the Staatskapelle Dresden – chief conductor Christian Thielemann – has established a reputation as one of the most distinguished performers of his generation. Gyenge is regularly invited to renowned international concert halls and festivals,such as Carnergie Hall, Musikverein Wien, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Sankt Petersburg Philharmony, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Santander Festival, Lucerne Festival, Mozarteum Salzburg, the Salzburg Easter Festival and the International Shostakovich Days in Gohrisch.
As a passionate chamber musician, Tibor Gyenge is co-founder and alternating first violinist of the Fritz Busch Quartet, which consists of members of the Staatskapelle Dresden. He plays in various chamber music ensembles with artists such as Denis Matsuev, IstvánVárdai, Robert Oberaigner, Michael Schöch, members of the Ebène and Lindsay Quartets, as well as with soloists of the Vienna and Berlin Philharmonics.
Tibor Gyenge has performed as a soloist with the Staatskapelle Dresden, the Hungarian Chamber Orchestra, the Camerata Pro Musica and Savaria Symphony Orchestra, Hungary and the State Philharmonic Satu-Mare “DinuLipatti”, Romania
He plays regularly in the concert series”kapelle21″ with members of the Staatskapelle Dresden, which is dedicated to the performance and promotion of the music of the 20th and 21st centuries. In this context he received important encouragement from working with composers such as ArvoPärt, Sofia Gubaidulina, Aribert Reimann, Simone Fontanelli and Péter Eötvös.
In addition to his orchestral and concert activities, Tibor Gyenge devotes himself to teaching young violinists with great enthusiasm and passion. He worked at the Nuremberg University of Music, first as assistant to Prof. Daniel Gaede, and later as a lecturer. He currently teaches as a mentor at the Giuseppe Sinopoli Orchestra Academy of the Staatskapelle Dresden and gives master classes internationally.
Born in Sibiu, Romania in 1989 into a Hungarian-Romanian family of musicians, Tibor Gyenge received his first violin lessons from his father. Subsequently he attended the Béla Bartók Music School and the Music HighSchool in Szombathely before moving to Austria to study at the Kunstuniversität Graz under Prof. Silvia Marcovici (Violin) and Prof. Chistian Euler (Chamber music). In 2012 he completed his bachelor’s degree with distinction. From 2014 to 2016 Tibor Gyenge studied for a master’s degree under Prof. Daniel Gaede at the Nuremberg University of Music. During these years he also held a teaching position at the university.
His musical education was further enriched at numerous masterclasses given by star violinists such as Zakhar Bron, Leonidas Kavakos, Daniel Stabrawa, Itzhak Rashkovsky, Krzysztof Wegrzyn and Ulf Hoelscher. Tibor Gyenge received further important impulses in the tradition of the Hungarian violin school from György Pauk, Vilmos Szabadi, András Ágoston and Kristóf Baráti.
After a 12-month contract with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, he was engaged as Concertmaster at the State Philharmonic in Nuremberg. Since 2016 Tibor Gyenge has been assistant 1st concertmaster of the Staatskapelle Dresden.
Tibor Gyenge plays a violin made by Robert König & Michael Betcher.