BANFALVI, BELA

Bela Banfalvi, violin

The Hungarian violinist Béla Báinfalvi was born in Budapest in 1954 and on completing his studies at the Liszt Academy there joined the teaching staff. He spent three years, from 1979, as leader of the Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra and was invited in 1982 to join the Bartók String Quartet. In 1985 he left the quartet in order to lead the Budapest Strings, a chamber orchestra with which he has made a number of tours. As a soloist, chamber music player and leader of a chamber orchestra, he has given over 700 concerts, appearing throughout Europe, in Japan and in America, with a number of recordings for various companies. He teaches at the Budapest Academy and in 1985 was awarded the Bartók-Pásztory Prize.

Albums featuring this artist are available for download from ClassicsOnline.com
101 CLASSICS - The Best Loved Classical Melodies	8.508004
101 GREAT ORCHESTRAL CLASSICS, Vol. 7	8.551147
BAROQUE FAVORITES	8.571096
BAROQUE MASTERPIECES	8.553221
CENTRE (THE), Vol. 2	8.554903-04DX
Chamber Music (Romantic 19th Century) - SCHUBERT, F. / WEBER, C.M. von / SPOHR, L. / BRAHMS, J. / GRIEG, E. / SCHUMANN, R. / BOCCHERINI, L.	C49010
CINEMA CLASSICS, Vol. 10	8.551160
CLASSICAL FAVOURITES	8.550521
DISCOVER THE CLASSICS, VOL. 3: The Concerto	8.554486-87
DITTERSDORF, C.D. von: Harp Concerto in A major / La Prise de la Bastille / Die 4 Weltalter (Concerto Koln, Cappella Coloniensis)	C71121
GREAT ORCHESTRAL CLASSICS 7 (Australia)	8.570042
HANDEL : The Best of Handel	8.551115
HANDEL FESTIVAL, Vols. 1-3	C10987
MOZART ERA (Meister der Mozart-Zeit) - KRAUS, J.M. / NAUMANN, J.G. / SALIERI, A. / ROSETTI, A. / DITTERSDORF, C.D. von / GLUCK, C.W.	C67100-02
NAXOS SELECTION: Highlights	8.571000
SVEN GORAN ERIKSSONS - Klassiska Favoriter	8.503135
SVENSKA FOLKETS ONSKEKONSERT	8.557192