A classical violinist of Roma ethnicity, Antal Zalai is the 1st Prize Winner at the 2004 Rodolfo Lipizer International Violin Competition in Italy. His artistic activities have included collaborations with such distinguished conductors as Gilbert Varga, Fabio Luisi, Yoel Levi, Lawrence Foster, Ludovic Morlot, Gbor Takcs-Nagy, and Zoltn Kocsis as well as appearances at the Istanbul, Yuri Bashmet, George Enescu, Budapest Spring, and Sion international music festivals. Fanfare Magazine comments, "At times Zalai plays with the aristocratic aplomb of Milstein - and with a tonal luster to match. Occasionally, he's more eclectic: his reading of the Hebrew Melody combines Elman's beauty of tone, Heifetz's intensity, and Grumiaux's pure flow of sound.""An exceptional violinist, who has perfect technique, beautiful large tone, real musical finesse and maturity as well as noble personality"Igor Oistrakh