Geza Hosszu-Legocky

At the age of twelve, being a prodigy, Hosszu-Legocky was invited to perform at the Verbier Music Festival as a special guest performance with legendary Ida Haendel and Vadim Repin.

The very next year Geza is invited on a tour in the USA including the Aspen Music Festival to perform a concert for NPR evening reaching over 3 million listeners.

At the age of 14 Hosszu-Legocky made his big debut performances. He performed with major orchestras and conductors, such as the NHK Philharmonic Orchestra with Charles Dutoit, The Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra under Myung-Whun Chung and Thierry Fisher, the Swiss-Italian Radio Orchestra under Jacek Kapszsyk. Geza had also the great privilege to construct projects with Chamber Orchestras such as The Kremerata Baltica with Gidon Kremer.

Son enregistrement en direct par EMI Classics avec la légendaire Martha Argerich de la Sonata no. 1 de Schumann a été choisi en 2004 comme meilleure performance de musique de chambre de l’année et a été nominé pour un Grammy Award. Depuis lors, ils ont effectué des tournées dans toute l’Europe, l’Amérique du Sud, les États-Unis et l’Asie.

Son intention d’apporter ses qualités de musicien classique à d’autres genres tels que la musique folklorique a fait de lui une figure unique dans le monde de la musique classique.

En 2003, il a fondé un groupe tzigane, « The 5 DeViLs », pour un projet en Suisse au Progetto Argerich, et il a connu un succès immédiat. Avec l’ensemble, ils ont effectué des tournées dans des salles de concert à guichets fermés dans le monde entier. Ils ont célébré les 20 ans d’existence de l’ensemble au Festival international d’Édimbourg en 2023.

Geza’s musical colleagues includes artists such as, Martha Argerich, Mischa Maisky, Steven Isserlis, Maxim Vengerov, Gidon Kremer, Nicola Benedetti, Sayaka Shoji, Vadim Repin, Steven Isserlis, Charles Dutoit, Thierry Fischer, Theodosia Ndkou, Gabriela Montero, Michael Guttman, Michel Legrand, Giorgia Tomassi, Lily Maisky, Wynton Marsalis to mention a few.

In 2009 Geza was chosen by a jury of legendary musicians, Violinist/Conductor Lorin Mazeel, cellist János Starker, violinist Kyung Wha Chung to receive The 1715 « Ex Joachim-Aranyi » Stradivarius Violin on loan to him by the Nippon Music Foundation in Tokyo.

Since 2023, Geza has performed at renowned venues such as the Budapest Academy Hall, Paris Philharmonic Great Hall, Bordeaux Opera Auditorium, Edinburgh International Festival, Guangzhou Opera Hall, Jiangsu Grand Theater and Athenaeum in Bucharest.

Notable First time performances include the Schumann Quintet with Martha Argerich, Steven Isserlis, Yuri Revich and Lyda Chen-Argerich, special guest performance with the legendary tromper player Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Ensemble in Bucharest, appearing with Nicola Benedetti on CNN in London and performances for Medici.Tv alongside Martha Argerich, Iddo Bar-Shai, and Theodosia Ndkou in Chantilly, France. Geza was a guest artist at the opening of Maxim Vengerov's "Viva Vengerov" concert celebration in Hamburg, performing Grieg's Violin Sonata No. 3 with Karin Lechner. In June 2024 he will present his ensemble "The 5 DeViLs" and their new program "Evolution" in Hamburg, joined by Mischa Maisky, Sascha Maisky, Lily Maisky and Martha Argerich and Marie Francois.

Highlights of the season 2024/2025 include performances of “All Brahms” with the New Japan Philharmonic Orchestra and more.