Jozef Lupták
# Jozef Lupták

Jozef Lupták (born 30 December 1969, Slovakia) is a Slovak cellist and artistic director. He is a performer of classical and contemporary cello repertoire as well as Chassidic and Roma-Gypsy revivalist music in Eastern Europe and is the artistic director of the Konvergencie Festivals in Slovakia.

## Awards

* Award for Cultural Activity in Music for "After Phurikane", 2010 & 2011
* Nomination for the Crystal Wing Awards, 2010
* Frico Kafenda Award, 2009
* Award from the Minister of Culture for Success as Concert Artist & Konvergencie Festival, 2009
* May Mukle Cello Prize, Royal Academy of Music, London, 1997
* Banff Centre for the Arts, Long Term Artistic Residency, Canada, 1994
* International Cello Competition, Liezen, Austria, 1994
* International Competition for Young Cellists, Jury Prize, Murcia, Spain, 1989

## Selected discography

Source:

* In the space of love, Evgeni Irshai, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Slovak Music Fund, 2013
* Chassidic Songs: Chassidic Jewish Music with Rabbi Baruch Myers, Konvergencie Records, 2010
* After Phurikane: Ancient Roma Songs Anew, Zudro 2010
* Namah Chamber music by Peter Machajdík, Hudobný fond CD © 2008 SF 00542131
* Jozef Luptal-Cello Live Recital from St John's, Smith Square, Slovak Music Centre
* Cello-Bach, Jeffery, Burgr, Iršai, Zagar, Wolff, Improvisations: MI 2001
* Johann Sebastian Bach – Complete Suites for Solo Cello – BWV 1007–1012: First complete Slovak Recording, Porta Libri, 2001
* Music For Cello – Vladimír Godár: Slovart Records 1999
* Chamber Music of Vladimír Godár: Albrecht Quartet, Nora Skuta, Slovart Music 1996
* Slovak Composers (Matej, Zagar, Burlas): Veni ensemblom /Slov.hudobný fond/1992 Musica/1996
* Philip Ratliff – String Quartett: Banff Centre Label, 1994
* Brahms – Sonate F dur, Hindemith – Solo Sonate, M.Burlas- Agónia: with pianist Nora Skuta, OPUS Records, 1994
