Brass masterclass with Tamás Pálfalvi

Friday 16 May 2025, 10.30am
The New Space, New College Gradel Quadrangles, Mansfield Road OX1 3TZ
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Free, registration required.

Tamás Pálfalvi is a virtuoso trumpet player and teacher at the at the Franz Lizst Conservatorium. Pálfalvi won the first Fanny-Mendelssohn-Förderpreis in 2015, and he was also awarded the WEMAG Soloist Award at Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. 

Pálfalvi has also performed at venues and festivals including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Suntory Hall, NCPA Beijing, Pacific Music Festival and Bologna Festival. He has played with orchestras such as Royal Philharmonic and Budapest Festival Orchestra and under the baton of Fabio Luisi, Christoph Eschenbach, Peter Eötvös, Matthias Pintscher and Zoltán Kocsis. 

Released in 2015 by Berlin Classics, Pálfalvi’s début CD Agitato features works by Vivaldi, Telemann and Handel, intertwined with contemporary works. It was met with rave reviews internationally, with Bavarian Radio listing it as “CD of the Month” and NDR as “CD of the Week”. 

The masterclass at New College is generously endowed by the Davison Young Musician Foundation. 

The masterclass is open to all brass players at the university (solo or ensemble). Anyone is welcome to spectate.