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Édua Amarilla Zádory is a visiting professor at the Athenaeum Conservatoire.

Born in 1974 in Kecskemét, Hungary, Édua Amarilla Zádory showed exceptional
violin talent from a young age. At seven, she was awarded a scholarship at the Franz
Liszt-Musikhochschule and later studied under renowned violinists Habib Kayaleh
and Tibor Varga. Yehudi Menuhin recognized her potential, inviting her to his master
classes in Gstaad, Switzerland.
In 1997, she moved to Vienna, studying under Günter Pichler and Ernst Kovacic. She
has performed internationally with her ensembles, including the “Eszterházy Trio” and
the “Hungaria Piano Trio,” garnering acclaim for her performances at the Styriarte
festival and the Wiener Musikverein.
Zádory has given numerous concerts across Europe and beyond, including a
standing ovation performance of Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons” in Santo Domingo in 2008.
She has collaborated with various international artists and participated in prestigious
festivals, including the Bad Schallerbach Musiksommer and the Canberra Music
Festival.
In 2009, she won first prize at the Gaetano Zinetti international chamber music
competition. Since 2014, she has been a Guest Professor at the All-Quds University
College of Music in Jerusalem. Noteworthy projects include her album “Heavy,”
nominated for several awards in 2017, and her collaboration with the DgeArt in
Buenos Aires since 2020, promoting a young string orchestra.
She has premiered contemporaneous compositions, including Astor Piazzolla’s “Four
Seasons” alongside renowned bandoneon player Adrian Ruggieri.
Most recently, Zádory performed at the world premiere of “Humanity” by Mauricio
Charbonnier in 2023 and contributed to “Cardón” by Hernán Quintela in a special
video release at the Raggio Foundation, Buenos Aires.
Zádory plays on a Joseph and Antonio Gagliano violin from 1801 and a modern
instrument by Martin Schwalb. She is an Austrian and Hungarian citizen and a
supported artist of Tomastik Infeld.
For more details, visit: www.eduazadory.com