Anton Kontra was born and grew up in Hungary and trained by Ede Zathureczky in Budapest. He has won prizes at the Bach Competition in Leipsig and the Wienawski competition in Warsaw. He is one of the leading violin soloists in Scandivavia, and for a generation has functioned as a unique dynamo in Danish musical life - as the leader of the Kontra Quartet, as the leader of the Zealand Symphony Orchestra and as a soloist. Among his recordings is Per Nørgård’s Violin Concerto Helle Nacht. Besides his work in the Kontra Quartet, Anton Kontra is today leader of the Malmö Symphony Orchestra.
04/03/2011 Classics Today (9/9)
01/01/2011 International Record Review
17/12/2010 Classique Info
01/11/2010 OPUS
01/11/2010 Ensemble
13/10/2010 Crescendo
19/09/2010 Musicweb International
06/09/2010 Svenska Dagbladet
15/01/1994 Gramophone
15/01/1994
15/07/1992 BBC Radio
20/05/1992 Fanfare
15/05/1992 HiFi Vision
15/05/1992 American Record Guide
CD 8.207001 (2010)
7 CD box set of all Holmboe's string quartets in the highly acclaimed recordings by the Kontra Quartet
CD 8.224131 (2001)
This unsurpassed series concludes with Holmboe’s very last work, completed by his pupil Per Nørgård
CD 8.224128 (2001)
Penultimate CD in the definitive series with String Quartets 17, 19 and 20, written in the 1980s
CD 8.224127 (1999)
Strygekvartet nr. 13-15, skrevet i en intens periode midt i 1970’erne
DCCD 9302A-B (1999)
CD 8.224101 (1998)
Three strong quartets from the beginning of the 1970s – a very fruitful period for Holmboe
CD 8.224073 (1997)
Grand recordings of String Quartets 7, 8 and 9, composed in the mid-1960s
CD 8.224047 (1997)
En symfonisk hyldest til livet og kærligheden – med den smukke Violinromance som bonus
CD 8.224026 (1996)
String Quartets 2, 5 and 6, the starting shots for Holmboe’s immersion in the genre
CD 8.224007 (1995)
Five highly varied fruits of Per Nørgård’s fascination with the cello
DCCD 9203 (1993)
DCCD 9006 (1992)
DCCD 9113 (1992)