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.^[1]

• 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

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• 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

• Personal Website
• Radio NZ Concert Interview with Jozef Luptak
• "Jozef Lupták", website of Slovak Music Centre, accessed 5 June 2020