Zsolt Török

Zsolt Török, cello (b. 1984, Cluj-Napoca) The youngest child of a family of cellists, Zsolt Török in his turn took up the study of the cello at the age of 6. After graduating from the “Sigismund Toduţă” Music High School of Cluj-Napoca, he studied for the Bachelor's and Master's degrees at the „Gheorghe Dima” Music Academy, in the class of Professor Vasile Jucan, member of theTransylvanian Quartet. He won several national and international awards, including the Jury's Special Prize at the „David Popper” International Cello Competition, Hungary, (2003), the 2nd Prize and the Popularity Prize at the „Sigismund Toduţă” Competition (Cluj-Napoca, 2005). Since 2005, he has been a member of the „Transylvania” Philharmonic of Cluj-Napoca. As a soloist, he performed with the Satu Mare, Sibiu, Oradea, Cluj-Napoca and BraÅŸov Philharmonics.