BIOGRAPHY

Praised for his “beautiful tone” and “subtlety” (MusicWeb International), Hungarian-born László Rózsa enjoys a versatile musical career as a recorder player, researcher, and educator.

László studied recorder with Peter Holtslag at the University of Music and Theatre Hamburg and at the Royal Academy of Music in London. As a soloist and chamber musician he has performed across the UK, Europe, North America, and China. László is the principal recorder player of Scotland’s Dunedin Consort, and he has shared the stage with multiple other leading period orchestras, including Spiritato, La Nuova Musica, and Oxford Baroque. He has appeared numerous times on BBC Radios 3 and 4, and his playing can be heard on albums published by Linn Records, Resonus Classics, Veterum Musica, TNW Music, and Huth-Records.

László is passionate about contemporary music, and he has premiered several new works for his instrument. He enjoys collaborating with composers; recent projects include working with Nicholas Olsen, Timothy Cooper, and István Láng. László is a founding member of the chamber groups Ensemble 1604, which aims to explore and create new music that engages directly with the sound world of early music, and Scots Baroque, which experiments with a fusion of techniques and genres including improvisation and folk styles.

Besides his performing career, László nurtures a growing profile as a researcher. He holds a PhD degree in historical musicology from the University of Glasgow where his thesis was supervised by John Butt and David McGuinness, and was generously supported by a full scholarship from the Arts and Humanities Research Council. His research focuses primarily on performative and sociocultural aspects of early modern Italian music, and the stage behaviour and interaction of performers in various musical practices. 

In the autumn of 2023 László was appointed to the joint position of Assistant Professor of Performance & Director of Performance at the University of Nottingham. He is a committed educator, and he has also taught lessons, led workshops, and delivered lectures in various other institutions, including the University of Glasgow, McGill University, the University of York, the Royal Academy of Music, and the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.