“The ideal soloist with an exquisite, confident tone, who always tries to impress the audience with his virtuosity” (P. Connors, Bachtrack), violinist Robert Lakatoš, won First Prize at the prestigious International Violin Competition Pablo de Sarasate in Pamplona, ​​Spain in 2015. This success opened the door to his international career on the world’s most renowned music stages.

Robert Lakatoš performed with the symphony orchestras of Navarre, Malaga, Madrid, Göttingen, Krakow, Monterey, Zurich, Istanbul, Buenos Aires, Belgrade, Novi Sad, as well as many other orchestras throughout Europe and the world.

He has worked with some of the most eminent conductors of today such as Gabriel Feltz, Uroš Lajovic, James Judd, Manuel Hernandez Silva, Lior Chambadal, Anthony Witt, and many others.

Robert Lakatoš was born in Novi Sad in 1991. He grew up in a musical family, where his father, Imre Lakatoš, was his mentor. He later graduated in the class of Dejan Mihailović at the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad. He continued his studies at the University of Arts in Zurich, and at the same time specialized with top artists such as A. Rosand and J. Rachlin. These experiences provided him with a lasting artistic quality that he developed by engaging in both concert and teaching activities.

Robert Lakatoš currently works as professor of violin at the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad as well as the Faculty of Music in Belgrade.

He is the winner of the Spark of Culture award for 2017, a prize for contemporary art given by the Institute for Culture of Vojvodina to young artists under 35 years of age.

Robert plays on an Antonio Stradivari violin from 1709, from the private collection of the famous luthier Vladimir Radisavljević. He plays with a bow of Radosavljević’s make.