« The fastest-fingered fiddler in the world :» The Daily Telegraph
Hungarian violinist Roby Lakatos is not only a scorching virtuoso, but a musician of extraordinary stylistic versatility who defies definition. Having been described as everything from gypsy violinist or “devil’s fiddler” to classical virtuoso to jazz improviser to arranger, he is the kind of universal musician so rarely encountered in our time - a player whose strength as an interpreter derives from his abilities as an improviser and composer. Being part of the famous dynasty descending from János Bihari, “King of Gypsy Violinists”, who won the admiration of Beethoven, Haydn and Liszt and was the secret star of the Congress of Vienna, Lakatos has collaborated with Stéphane Grappelli and Michel Legrand, won the admiration of Sir Yehudi Menuhin, and performed with the biggest jazz names like Herbie Hancock and Quincy Jones on every famous stage including New York’s Carnegie Hall, London’s Royal Albert Hall, Tokyo’s Santory Hall, and the Sydney Opera House.