Crisp and delicate: the Eggner Trio in Sydney

By Zoltán Szabó, 10 November 2015

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Reviewed at City Recital Hall, Sydney on 9 November 2015

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Zoltán Szabó

Zoltán Szabó is a cellist and musicologist. Having migrated from his native Hungary to Australia in 1985, he worked with the Australian Chamber Orchestra in Sydney until 1991, when he became Principal Cello with Opera Australia. In 2017, he was awarded with a Doctor of Philosophy degree (PhD). Currently, he is teaching music history and musicology at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.

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