Gábor Rejtő

Gábor Rejtő was a Hungarian cellist that performed in chamber music ensembles. Gábor came to BMC for a performance with the Gordon String Quartet. A college bulletin shared a blurb about his arrival,

"GORDON STRING QUARTET Jacques Gordon, First Violin, Walter Hagen, Second Violin, Kras Malno, Viola, Gabor Rejto, ‘Cello

Founded twenty years ago in New York by Jacques Gordon, then Concertmaster of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. In addition to long winter tours, it has given during the last ten years the famous concerts at Music Mountain Falls Village in Connecticut. Besides playing the classic repertoire it has given first performances of many works by contemporary composers."

A short bio of Gábor was shared on Cello Bello by Stephen Balderston,

"Gabor Rejto was founding member of the Alma Trio, cellist of the Paganini String Quartet, and the Hungarian Quartet. Throughout his career, he played both as a soloist and in concerts with major symphony orchestras, such as Vienna, Budapest, Rome and Warsaw. His 1952 5-week New Zealand tour with Yaltah Menuhin was greeted with critical and popular acclaim.

Rejto was born in Budapest in 1916. His early cello teachers included Frederick Teller and, importantly, Adolf Schiffer — a pupil of and assistant to David Popper.

Rejto served on the faculties of the Manhattan and Eastman Schools of Music (1949-1954). From 1954 until his death he was Professor of Cello at the University of Southern California. He led the Music Academy of the West summer program for gifted cellists, and gave extremely popular master classes to cellists and chamber musicians alike.

As a performer he distinguished himself as a soloist and in the most important areas of chamber music: duo, trio and string quartet. His concert tours took him literally all over the world: throughout the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Europe, Japan and Africa."