Cello
The solo cellist of the Vienna Philharmonic, chamber musician and soloist Peter Somodari grew up in Veszprém, where he began playing the cello at the age of four at the Leopold Auer Music School. He continued his studies at the Franz Liszt Music Academy in Budapest with Laszlo Mezö, Miklos Perényi, György Kurtàg and Ferenc Rados, and in Germany with Gustav Rivinius.
Peter Somodari was the first solo cellist in the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra. He was a member of the Amar Quartet and the Keller Quartet. As an internationally renown cellist he has collaborated with musicians such as Christian Tetzlaff, Leonidas Kavakos, Patricia Kopatschinskaja, Boris Pergamenschikov, Truls Mork, Alexej Lubimov, Jonatan Gilad and Marta Gulyas. Since 2012 he has been the principal solo cellist in the orchestra of the Vienna State Opera.