Hungarian guitarist (born 1978)

Musical artist

Antal (Tony) Pusztai (born 7 May 1978) is a cl*ical guitarist who is known as both a jazz musician and a cl*ical guitarist.

He was born in Györ, Hungary on 7 May 1978. When he was seven, his father started to teach him how to play the guitar. Later on, he studied under the tutelage of Professor Ede Roth at the Györ conservatorium. From 2005 to 2009, he was taught by Professor Alvaro Pierri at the University of Music and the Performing Arts in Vienna.

Between 1998 and 2014 he was awarded fifteen first prizes in guitar compe*ions both in Europe and in the USA. Some of his awards include the Herbert von Karajan Music Compe*ion in Vienna, the Montreux Jazz Guitar Compe*ion in 2004, the European Guitar Award in Dresden in 2006, and the Lee Ritenour Six String Theory in Los Angeles in 2014. He was performing with many well-known soloists and orchestras, including Erwin Schrott, Dalibor Karvay, Ralph Towner, Rosenberg Trio, Al di Meola, Pat Metheny, Lee Ritenour, and the Jánoska Ensemble.

His first solo album was recorded in Hungary in 2000 and the second in 2007 by the Wildner Records. In 2015 he was a featuring artist on the album ‘Twist of Rit ’with Lee Ritenour, which was nominated for a Grammy. Since 2017 he is the guitarist of Fortissimo Music Band *web

In September 2021, Pusztai established a quintet bearing his name with his fellow bandmates from the Fortissimo Music Band *web

Contents

• 1 Discography
• 2 Intentational Guitar Compe*ions, Awards
• 3 Interviews
• 4 External links

Discography

• Beyond My Dreams (2000)
• Wonderland (Wildner, 2007) - Production Studio: Kleine Audiowelt
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Intentational Guitar Compe*ions, Awards

• 1998: International Guitar Compe*ion in Kutna Hora, Czech Republic: 1st place
• 1999: Yamaha International Guitar Compe*ion, Vienna – Austria: 1st place
• 2000: ‘Attila Zoller’ International Guitar Compe*ion, Budapest – Hungary: 1st place
• 2001: Radio Music Awards – Hungary
• 2002: Baross Gábor Award – Hungary
• 2003: Herbert von Karajan Scholarship – Austria
• 2004: Montreux Jazz Guitar Compe*ion – Switzerland: 1st place
• 2005: International Guitar Compe*ion, Weikersheim – Germany: 1st place
• 2006: European Guitar Compe*ion, Dresden – Germany: 1st place
• 2014: Lee Ritenour's Six String Theory - Grand Price Winner

Interviews

• Interview by Kádi Péter (in Hungarian)
• Interview (14 July 2004) by magazine "Hangszer és Zene" (in Hungarian)

External links

• Info
• Biography (Harmonia Cordis International Cl*ical Guitar Festival, Tirgu Mures / Marosvásárhely)
• Biography (Internationale Gitarrentage Wetzlar)
• Biography (International Guitar Festival in Balatonfüred)
• Biography (Fidelio) (in Hungarian)
• Biography (BMC: Budapest Music Center) (in Hungarian)
• Herbert von Karajan scholarship
• Photos at an open-air concert in 2004