"One of the finest young violin talents of the day" as recognized by the legendary pianist György Sándor, hungarian violinist Orsolya Korcsolán is quickly establishing herself as a dynamic recital soloist, versatile chamber musician and innovative music educator.

At age 12, Orsolya was admitted into the  Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music Budapest, where she enrolled in the program "Exceptional Talents' Class". She continued her formal training there, studied with Prof. Eszter Perényi, Prof. Géza Kapás and graduated Summa Cum Laude with a Master of Arts Degree. In addition to her solo work she studied chamber music with Ferenc Rados (mentor of famous pianist András Schiff) and Géza Németh (Bartók String Quartet) at the Liszt Academy. Ms. Korcsolan moved to the United States to study at The Juilliard School in New York where she was one of the last students of the legendary pedagogue Dorothy DeLay and studied subsequently with Itzhak Perlman and Masao Kawasaki. Orsolya Korcsolán is the first hungarian violinist who was awarded  a Master of Music Degree in violin performance from The Juilliard School, presented by Oscar  winner actor Morgan Freeman.

Among other violinists Ms. Korcsolán had the remarkable opportunity to be invited to perform at the Dorothy DeLay Memorial Concert in New York, conducted by Itzhak Perlman. Orsolya had appeared in festivals throughout the world: Budapest, Jerusalem, Sapporo, Orford, Kuala Lumpur  and Schleswig-Holstein. As concert and recital soloist  Ms. Korcsolán has performed  in Austria, Canada, England, France, Hungary, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico and the United States. An avid  chamber musician, Ms. Korcsolán also collaborated with artists such as the solo clarinet player Peter Schmiedl and concertmaster Rainer Küchl of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.

Orsolya has an abiding curiosity and multifaceted interest in jewish music. On her debut CD "Mosaic" she recorded  jewish master pieces for violin and piano with Judit Kertesz which will be launched  at the Synagogue of Győr, Hungary in 2009. Program includes pieces by Bloch, Ravel, Perlman and Lavry.  She has been an advocate of jewish music since her childhood and  has been captivating audiences in the most prestigious Synagogues throughout Hungary: in Szeged, Zalaegerszeg, the Dohány Street and the Újpest Synagogue. As  guest artist shared  the stage  with leading eastern european cantors of our time. While in New York she gave recitals at The Jewish Guild for the Blind.

A regular, close collaborater with Ádám Kondor and other living composers, Ms. Korcsolán  is a passionate presenter of new music - a characteristic which is reflected in her diverse programs and her enthusiasm for premiering new works. She performed the word premiere of  Kondor's "Douze Coups" for two violins in New York City and his  "Nurong Lullaby" for violin, horn and piano in Graz, Austria. Highlights of her 2008-2009 season include recordings of hungarian contemporary music and the world premiere of Kondor's new chamber opera in which Orsolya will be leading the ensemble.

After performing Mozart's G-Major Violin Concero for Sir Georg Solti at the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival at the age of 16 in Germany, Orsolya received an invitation to play in his Carnegie Hall Orchestra.  She served as a concertmaster of the Pacific Music Festival Orchestra in Sapporo, Japan, of the Shira International Symphony Orchestra in Jerusalem, Israel ,of the Liszt Academy Symphony Orchestra in Budapest, as principal violinist of the Juilliard Symphony in New York and of the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival Orchestra in Germany.  Orsolya Korcsolán is presently first violinist with the critically acclaimed Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra which is housed in the world famous Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur. Ms. Korcsolán performed under the batons of  such distiguished conductors as Sir Georg Solti, Lorin Maazel, Zubin Mehta, André Previn, Michael Tilson Thomas, Pierre Boulez, Sir Neville Marriner, Christoph Eschenbach, Kees Bakels ,Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Valery Gergiev and Semion Bichkov.

While in New York, Orsolya Korcsolán won the Dorothy DeLay Scholarship Award as well as the Cornelius Vander Star Scholarship Award. She received the Hungarian State Scholarship in Budapest  and was a winner of the Scholarship of the  American Joint Foundation Hungary. Ms. Korcsolán was the first prize winner of the Budapesti Szemle and the  second prize winner of the Zathureczki Ede Memorial Competition  and received the special prize for the best performed contemporary performance piece. Orsolya is extensively involved in music education and has been recognized for its engaging and interactive programs for students. She is a founder of the highly-praised educational  program  "Illustrated Chamber Performance Series" at Dewan Filharmonik Petronas in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia where she leads the MPO Chamber Players. An active and passionate organizer of music outreach, Ms. Korcsolán is committed to sharing music with others through intensive learning experiences. She has given presentations to children and conducts master classes for violin students in Malaysia.

Orsolya Korcsolán performs on a violin crafted by Johannes Rombach of Vienna in 2004.