TAMÁS FEJES

Tamas Fejes has been a member of world-class orchestras where he played in leading/co-leading positions working together with top conductors and soloists in the UK, Germany and in Switzerland. He is currently the Assistant Leader of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Tamas has been invited to teach, conduct masterclasses and coach in summer schools and several universities across the USA, Hungary and the UK.
Since 2003 Tamas has been a Part Time Lecturer of violin and chamber music at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.

As an active and keen chamber musician, Tamas founded the Fejes Quartet in 2006. They have had residencies, concert tours, CD recordings (Nimbus,Toccata Classics), educational projects, and masterclasses in France, Italy, Hungary and in the UK collaborating with eminent musicians, e.g. Raphael Wallfisch among others.

As a soloist Tamas has regularly played concertos and recitals in the UK, Belgium, Hungary, Italy and Switzerland. His repertoire includes all the major violin concertos, from Baroque to 20th century. In 2016 he recorded Bach!s complete Sonatas and Partitas for unaccompanied violin, released under Discovery Music and Vision label (DMV120), and launched the CD in two performances at the RSNO centre to huge acclaim.

Born into a family of musicians in Hungary. At the age of 10 Tamas won second prize in the János Koncz national violin competition.
Studied at the F. Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, and while there, he gave numerous recitals also organised by Jeunesses Musicales and was invited to make several appearances on radio and television.
He moved to London to continue his studies at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama and was an active participant of masterclasses, chamber music seminars, and festivals in the UK, Germany, Hungary, Spain and the USA.