“The ideal soloist with a gorgeous, confident tone, who always strives to impress the audience with virtuosity” (P. Connors, Bachtrack), violinist Robert Lakatos, won the First Prize at the prestigious International Violin Competition in Pamplona, Spain in 2015. This young artist previously won the First Prize at the Mary Smart Competition in New York in 2013, and the prestigious awards at the Andrea Postakini Competitions in Italy and the Music Youth Competitions in Romania. These successes opened the door to his international career on renowned music stages of the world.
Robert Lakatos performed with the symphony orchestras of Navarre, Malaga, Madrid, Göttingen, Krakow, Monterey, Zurich, Istanbul, Ljubljana, Novi Sad, as well as with the Belgrade Philharmonic.
He has collaborated with eminent conductors of today, such as Gabriel Feltz, Uros Lajovic, James Judd, Manuel Hernandez Silva, Fabio Mecketti, Nicolas Milton, Lior Chambadal, Anthony Witt, Philip Greenberg, Aleksandar Markovic and many others.
Robert Lakatos was born in Novi Sad in 1991. He grew up in a musical family, where his mentor was his father, Imre Lakatos. He later graduated in the class of prof. Dejan Mihailović at the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad. He continued his studies at the University of the Arts in Zurich, and at the same time studied with top artists such as A. Rosend, J. Rahlin, R. Simovic and R. Koelman. These experiences have provided him with a lasting artistic quality that he develops by engaging in both concert and pedagogical activities.
Robert Lakatos is currently working as a violin professor at the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad. Since 2018, he has been the artistic director of the Robert Lakatos Chamber String Ensemble, composed of the artist’s students, which aims to promote young violin virtuosos.
He is the winner of the Iskra kulture award 2017, the recognition of the Institute for Culture of Vojvodina, which is awarded for contemporary creativity to a young artist under 35 years of age.
Robert plays the violin of Antonio Stradivari from 1709, from the private collection of the famous bow player Vladimir Radosavljević, whose bow he also uses.
“I had the great pleasure of collaborating with Robert Lakatos during the period when he was my student at the Zurich University of Arts in Switzerland. Robert Lakatos often shows impeccable technique and very emotional and touching musicality. I consider Robert Lakatos one of the most promising violinists of his generation. ”Rudolf Koelman
“Robert Lakatos is an exceptional violinist whose technique and temperament guarantee unforgettable music making.” Aaron Rosand
“He is one of the most promising young artists of his generation and his way of making music is in the style of the old violin tradition.” Julian Rachlin