Zoltan Farkas

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 gained my Master of Arts in Music Education Degree, Guitar, in 2025, 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.