Péter Barczi - NOSPR

Péter Barczi was born in Hungary and initially studied modern violin. After graduating, he dedicated himself to historical performance practice and studied baroque violin in Budapest, Dresden, Trossingen and Basel with Piroska Vitárius, Simon Standage, John Holloway, Anton Steck and Chiara Banchini. Since 2021, Péter Barczi has been a permanent member of the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, with whom he had previously performed frequently and also appeared repeatedly as concertmaster. Péter Barczi plays 2nd violin in the Almaviva string quartet. He is also concertmaster of the Camerata Basel and a member of the baroque orchestra La Cetra and the Orchestra of the J. S. Bach Foundation St. Gallen. In 2006 he founded the highly successful Capricornus Consort Basel. The quality of the ensemble is documented on ten CD recordings on the Christophorus label. The recordings of the Capricornus Consort Basel have been honoured with numerous awards, including the Diapason d'Or, the International Classic Music Award, an ECHO Klassik, an OPUS Klassik and the German Record Critics' Award.