Zoltan Farkas

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I was born in Hungary and finished my Music School in Debrecen at the Simonffy Emil Music School in 2005, while also attaining a Geography degree there. I began teaching classical guitar in 2002, and after moving to Bristol, I joined the teaching staff of the Bristol Spanish Guitar Centre in 2008. Here I spent a good 10 years up to the time when it had to shut down, because of the unfortunate illness of its founder, Chris Gilbert. I was honoured to be called his friend by him.

While teaching there, I joined the Bristol Classical Guitar Society in 2009 too, and I became the Musical Director of it until 2012. Since the closure of the Bristol Spanish Guitar Centre in 2017, I have been teaching privately.

I just gained my Master of Arts in Music Education Degree, Guitar, from the Béla Bartók Faculty of Music in Miskolc, Hungary, where I was learning from Sándor Papp, the Director of the Béla Bartók Faculty of Music.

I am a classical guitar specialist and would be delighted to teach you how to play the classical or Spanish guitar, as well as blues.

Music Qualifications & Achievements:

• Master of Arts in Music Education, Guitar, MEd (Grade of diploma: Excellent), 2025
• Master of Science Degree, Geography, 2018
• Winning third prize at the III. Danubia Talents Liszt International Online Music Competition in 2021.
• Music School Diploma, Guitar, 2005
• Language examination, komplex B2, 2018
• Holding an SIA licence, and I am also DBS checked
• Trinity grade 8 practical examination diploma
• TV recordings and concerts from Hungary and England

My masters were Ferenc Szabolcs, a jazz and blues musician in Ózd, Hungary, Ádám Bálint, a teacher of the Emil Simonffy Music School in Debrecen and a member of the Debrecen Guitar Quartett, Péter Katona, a member of the famous Katona Twins and Sándor Papp, the Director of the Béla Bartók Faculty of Music, Miskolc, Hungary.

I just gained my Master of Arts in Music Education Degree, Guitar, from the Béla Bartók Faculty of Music in Miskolc, Hungary, with excellent results, where I was learning under Sándor Papp, the Director of the Béla Bartók Faculty of Music.

In 2021, I won the third prize of the III. Danubia Talents Liszt International Online Music Competition.