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1986 – 1993
Bratislava Conservatory (under Mária Karlíková)
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1991 – 1992
member of the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra, headed by Claudio Abbado
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1993 – 1998
Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava (under Anna Hölblingová and Ewald Danel)
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1994 – 1995
member of the United Philharmonic Orchestra in Vienna, headed by Richard Edlinger
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1994, 1995, 1997
summer academies organised by the Vienna Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst, held in Semmering, studying solo and chamber music (under Eszter Perényi and Michael Frischenschlager)
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1995
member of the Slovak Philharmonic, headed by Ondrej Lenárd
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since 1997
co-founder and leader of the Pressburger Quartet
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2000
soloist for the CLEP orchestra, headed by Jean-Marcel Kipfer
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2000 – 2002
Conservatoire Supérieur de Paris – extra studies oriented towards solo, chamber, and orchestra playing (Suzanne Gessner – violin, Luc Héry – concert master classes); leader of the Quatuor International de Paris string quartet
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since 2000
has worked with the Solamente Naturali ancient music ensemble, and also as a member of the string Szathmáry Duo (with his brother, Ladislav Szathmáry, on the cello)
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since 2002
head of the second violin section and soloist for the Musica aeterna ancient music ensemble
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2003
the summer academy of the Vienna Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst, held in Reichenau, studying chamber playing – string quartet (Norbert Brainin – Amadeus Quartet; Sándor Devich and László Mezö – Bartók Quartet; Rainer Schmidt – Hagen Quartet; Milan Škampa – Smetana Quartet)
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2005 – 2007
Vienna Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst, postgraduate studies of chamber music – string quartet (Johannes Meissl – Artis Quartett Wien)
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since 2005
member of the Solistes Européen Luxembourg symphony orchestra, headed by Jack-Martin Händler
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2006
summer academy of the Vienna Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst, held in Reichenau, chamber playing – string quartet (Johannes Meissl, Peter Schuhmayer – Artis Quartett Wien; Sándor Devich – Bartók Quartet; Pavel Klusoň – Prague Quartet; Ferenc Rados)
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Gabriel Szathmáry performed at many festivals at home and abroad, both as a member of chamber orchestras and as a soloist (the Salzburger Festspiele, the Bachfest in Leipzig, the Prague Spring, Young Prague, the Wien Modern, the Bachhét in Budapest, and more).