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Antal Pusztai Antal Pusztai was born in Györ (Hungary) in 1978. After the first guitar lessons by his father he studied classical guitar in Frankfurt am Main (Stephan Werner), Wien (Inge Scholl Kremmel, Alvaro Pierri). His musical education was completed at masterclasses of Ede Roth, Ivan Folk and Attila Remenyi. Already during his studies he started to compose guitar music wich is influenced by several styles in between classic, jazz and world music. Antal Pusztai is playing concerts in all over Europa and in the USA. He is playing concerts with Pat Metheny, Miguel Delagin and Szakcsi Lakatos Bela. Ralph Towner about Antal Pusztai and Wonderland "As a member of the team of judges at the 2006 European Guitar Awards, I was delighted and astonished at the muiscality and technical prowness of Antal Pusztai`s performance as he captured the first prize. Here, he presents the wide range of his marvellous compositional and playing skills for all to hear. He truly establishes a new virtuosic direction fort he voice of the classical guitar" May 2007, Ralph Towner Antal Pusztai is an exceptional acoustic guitar young talent who performs both classical and jazz music in perfection. He was born in Hungary in 1978 and started playing the guitar at the age of seven. His first lessons were given to him by his father. He studied with Inge Scholl Kremme at the conservatory in Vienna, with Ede Roth at the Gyõr university and with Konrad Ragossnig and Alvaro Pierri at the "Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien". Besides his considerable solo activities Antal Pusztai plays with diverse jazz bands and in a duo with Miguel Delaquin. With his own vivid compositions, his incredible viruosity and his lyrical playing, Antal Pusztai knows how to enthusiate both experts and his audience. He received numerous First Prizes at international jazz and classical competitions, including: 2003/04: Herbert von Karajan scholarship http://www.karajan.org/en/centrum/scholarship/fellowship_grant_04_03.asp 2006: 1st European Guitar Award http://www.guitarfoundation.de/english/aktuelles/europeanguitaraward2.htm |