Zsolt Kallai

Hungarian violinist °Szentes, Hungary. He was born to a family of musicians where playing violin had been passed on from father to son over four generations. He studied at RAYCO Academy in Budapest, a music school with an orchestra to which only very gifted gypsy children are admitted and which is dedicated to the preservation of Hungarian gypsy music. Thanks to the efforts of this school the tradition of this unique music continues to be preserved. Zsolt also studied classical violin with private teachers, including Csontha András and Nándor Banyák. He died in a car accident in 2004.