About
The musician was born in 1979 in Budapest. Christoph spent his childhood in Venezuela, where he first performed with the Maracaibo Symphony Orchestra at the age of 8. Upon returning to his homeland, he received a professional education at the F. Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, and then interned in Paris with Professor Eduard Wulfson, who introduced the young artist to the traditions of the Russian violin school. Over the past few years, Christoph has taken part in master classes organized by E. Wulfson as a visiting professor.
Kristof Barati has achieved success at renowned performance competitions. He is the winner of the International Violin Competition in Gorizia (Italy, 1995), the second Grand Prix of the M. Long and J. Thibaud Competition in Paris (1996), the third prize and the special prize of the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels (1997). Already in his youth, K. Barati performed in concert halls in Venezuela, France, Hungary and Japan, and over the past few years the geography of his tours has expanded significantly: France, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, the USA, Australia... Kristof Barati performed at the opening of the V. Spivakov Festival in Colmar (2001) and at the opening of the Szigeti Competition in Budapest (2002). At the invitation of the French Senate, he played at the closing concert of the Raphael exhibition from the Luxembourg Museum; took part in a number of gala concerts in Paris with the Orchestre National de France under the direction of Kurt Masur (2003). In 2004, he made a successful tour with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Marcello Viotti, and also performed in France, Italy and the USA. In 2005, he made his debut at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw with the Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Roger Apple, and a year later, he performed for the first time in Germany with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin. The musician's Russian debut took place in January 2008 at the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory. In June 2008, the violinist performed in the same hall as part of the Elbe - Musical Island of Europe festival with the Moscow Soloists ensemble under the direction of Yuri Bashmet.