Zsolt Kalló

Violinist Zsolt Kalló is a major force in the historical performance movement in his native Hungary. The founder of the Authentic Quartet and the director of the chamber orchestra Capella Savaria, he has also performed as a concertmaster or soloist with a variety of other ensembles. Kalló was born in Győr in northwestern Hungary, between Budapest and Vienna, on March 6, 1967. He enrolled at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, Hungary's premier music school, in 1985, studying there with Eszter Perényi and graduating with honors in 1990. Kalló went on for further stud...