International ArtCello Festival is a new project created to celebrate the beauty of classical cello music. We are very excited to follow the great traditions of some of the most distinguished international assemblies that promote the art of playing the cello, among which are Super Cello Festival (China), Cello Biennale Amsterdam (Netherlands), Kronberg Cello Festival (Germany) and many others.

Anne Gastinel  France
Justus Grimm  Germany
Denis Severin  Switzerland
Petru Luga  Romania

PROGRAM

KHARKIV, UKRAINE  /  29.09.2019

Masterclasses for cellists and Chamber Music Ensembles 2019

THOMASTIK

Attila Pasztor studied cello and composition at the University of Music and was trained by Daniel Schafran for six years. As a cello soloist and chamber musician he has won numerous competitions and awards and is also a successful composer of chamber and film music. In 2017 he joined Thomastik-lnfeld as a product manager, sharing his long-term musical experience and string knowledge with a broad audience and being an integral part in the development of new strings alike. Attila Pasztor plays a cello by Carlo Giuseppe Testore from 1697.
Attila Pasztor studied cello at the Vienna Conservatory with Prof. Josef Luitz and at the Vienna University Music University with Prof. Wolfgang Herzer. He did his diploma in the class of Prof. Tobias Kühne. Afterwards, he did the academic degree Magister artium.

In the years 1988 to 1994, he studied with the legendary cellist Daniel Shafran and was coached by Arto Noras. Masterclasses with David Geringas.
Honoring and prices: “Vienna Philharmonic” Prize (1990), OESTIG Prize for Contemporary Music, ORF Prize by the Austrian Radio(1987), 1 prize as a soloist at the Intern. Chamber Music Festival Austria (1987),
1st prize in the internal competition in Liezen (1992), 1st prize at the internal music competition Bayreuth (1994), 2nd prize at the Brahmswettbewerb Pörtschach. 

Regular concert activity in Europe, Asia, South America, and the USA.Solo performances and tours as a soloist with various orchestras. Solo and chamber music performances at international festivals. Artist portraits and own programs on the radio and television. Member of the several chamber music ensembles.

In 2017 he joined Thomastik-Infeld as a product manager, sharing his long-term musical experience and string knowledge with a broad audience and being an integral part in the development of new strings alike.
Attila Pasztor plays a cello by Carlo Guiseppe Testore from 1697.