Erno Kallai is establishing himself as one of the most exciting and charismatic young violinists today. Erno made his Carnegie Hall, Stern Auditorium debut in 2008 with the Juilliard Orchestra which was critically acclaimed by the Strad Magazine.

Erno Kallai made his debut with the New York Philharmonic in 2011, and has appeared as a soloist with the Danubia Orchestra, CEI Youth Orchestra, Boca Raton Symphonia, Gyor Philharmonic, Weiner-Szasz Chamber Symphony, and the Roma Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra. Erno has played in venues such as Avery Fisher Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall, Chicago's Symphony Hall, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, McCarter Theater, Adrienne Arsht Center in Miami, and the Palace of Arts in Budapest. As a devoted chamber musician, he has performed chamber music concerts with world renowned violinist Itzhak Perlman and members of the Perlman Music Program. Erno has played for Hungarian radio and television, France Musique, the McGraw-Hill Company’s “Young Artists’ Showcase” with host Bob Sherman on WQXR, and was also featured in Elle magazine in 2010.

Erno Kallai has won numerous awards and prizes, including first prize of the Carl Flesch International Violin Competition in 2008, first prize at the Juilliard Concerto Competition in 2008, a Valerie Beth Schwartz Career Grant from Salone de Virtuosi in 2007, first prize at the Alexander & Buono International String Competition, and awards from the Semmering Music Festival in 2004 (which included the best interpretation of a work by Kodaly, and an award for the best interpretation of a Viennese Classic work with his performance of Mozart’s Violin Concerto No.5), among others.

Born in Budapest, Hungary, Erno Kallai began early violin training with his father, and already at the age of twelve he had been admitted to the Exceptionally Talented Children’s class of the Franz Liszt University of Music. In 2006 he moved to the United States to study with Itzhak Perlman at the Juilliard School, where he is currently finishing his master’s degree as a full scholarship student.

Erno Kallai is playing a 1721 Petrus Guarnerius violin, a generous gift from the Juilliard Rare Instrument Collection, and using a bow by bowmaker Howard Green.