Western Illinois University College of Fine Arts and Communication

Istvan Szabό

WIU School of Music viola professor Istvan Szabό is a graduate of the University of Illinois (M.M., D.M.A.) and of the "George Dima” Academy of Music in Cluj, Romania with a double major in Viola Pedagogy and Performance.  He studied at the University of Illinois with Rudolf Haken. While a student at the “George Dima” Academy of Music, Szabό studied Chamber Music with Ferdinand Weiss, Ilse Laszlo-Herbert and Viola with Albert Derzsi and Marius Sueresan. Szabό participated in Masterclasses with Karen Tuttle, Hatto Beyerle (founding member of the Alban Berg String Quartet), Sandor Devich (founding member of the Bartok String Quartet), Amadeus String Quartet, Schubert String Quartet, and Pal Szabo(Vegh String Quartet).

Dr. Szabό has performed with numerous internationally renown string players such as the Shanghai String Quartet, Suren Bagratuni, Randolph Kelly, Natalia Khoma, Ann Yeung, Danweng Jiang, Dmitry Berlinsky, and Keng‑Yeun Tseng. Many of Szabό’s performances have been broadcasted on WILL‑ FM radio.

Dr. Szabό was the recipient of many chamber music awards including First Prize in the "George Dima" International Chamber Music Competition. In 1995 he was awarded the First Bartok Prize by Sandor Devich of the Bartok String Quartet and Norbert Brainin of the Amadeus String Quartet. In the summer of 2001, Szabό was appointed visiting lecturer at the University of Illinois . Between January of 2001 and May 2005 he served on the Eastern Illinois University Music Department faculty.

 

 

Office Location: 201 Browne Hall
Office Phone: 309/298-1367
Email: I-Szabo@wiu.edu

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