Julius Horváth

Second violin of the Moyzes Quartet since 2022, Július Horváth sits in one of Slovakia's longest-established professional quartets, beside Jozef Horváth, Alexander Lakatoš and Ján Slávik. Outside it he has played with Cappella Istropolitana, including Vivaldi's concerto for four violins, and in programmes of the Slovak Philharmonic and the Slovak Chamber Orchestra. Horwath appeared as a violin soloist at the Thracia Summer Music Festival in Plovdiv in 1997. He was born in Bratislava and left the National Conservatory there as its best student, having studied with Albín Vrteľ; from 1991 he worked with Michael Frischenschlager at the Vienna Music University, and with the professors Grach and Pereny besides. A third prize at the Beethoven competition came in 1989, a first prize at the national competition in Bratislava in 1990. Solo and chamber concerts have taken him through Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and the Czech Republic, and he has played with the Solistes Europeens in Luxembourg.