Vilmos Szabadi is The Merited Artist of Hungary. He is the Prof. of the Franz Liszt Academy of Music since 1985. He was also awarded with the Bartók-Pásztory prize in 2018.
In 1982 he won first prizes (with special mention) in the Hungarian Radio and the Hubay competition (1983) in Budapest.
In 1985 he was awarded 3rd prize at the 'Jean Sibelius' Competition in Finland where he has since been invited more than 100 times for concerts and Master Classes.
He is regularly invited into the juries of leading international competitions in Singapore, Hannover and Italy among others. Establisher of the Bartók competition in Hungary (2017).
So far he recorded 60 CDs / LPs / CDVs at several companies.
He is the double prize winner (1999, 2002) of the prestigious MIDEM Festival in Cannes, France - given by the international jury and chosen these disks from more than 1000 CD whole over the world - with his DOHNÁNYI VIOLIN CONCERTOS CD and with Bartók Sonatas recording (with Márta Gulyás).
He regularly holds Mastercourses in Austria, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Finland, Greece, Japan, Korea, Singapore, USA, Canada.
In 2012 he was awarded the “PRIMA” prize, as the musician of the year, in 1999 the HUNGAROTON prize.
In 1993 the "Franz Liszt" prize given by the Hungarian Government.
His career as an international Concert violinist took off when Sir Georg Solti invited him to play Bartók 1st and 2nd Violin Concerto during the Bartók Festival at the Royal Festival Hall in London in 1988. The success of the Concert, and the CD Video released by the PHILIPS, led to invitations from the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic, BBC Philharmonic and the RTE Concert Orchestra (Ireland) among others.
He was invited for the Buckingham Palace for the celebration of Sir Georg Solti 80th birthday representing Hungary.
Later he played a recital in the Auditorio Nacionales, Madrid on the Royal Strad collection with Mo. Bashkirov, and Mo. Monighetti.
He plays on a Laurentius Storioni 1778 violin what instrument because of Mo. Zubin Mehta's intersession, was given by the Hungarian government.
He is Hungary's foremost violinist, frequent guest in the rest of the word. He has played in New York, United Nations building, Washington National Gallery of Art, London- Wigmore, -Barbican, -Royal Festival Halls, Cardiff- St. David, Belfast- Ulster, Dublin- National Concert Halls, Moscow- Bolshoy Hall, Saint-Petersburg Philharmonic Hall , Bruxelles- Saint-Michel Theater, Amsterdam-Concerbegouw, Torino- RAI Auditorium, Madrid- Auditorio Nacional, Zaragoza, Valladolid, Santander, Paris-Châtalet, -Conservatoire, Vienna -Konzerthaus, -Musikverein, Stuttgart- Liederhalle-Mozart/Beethoven Saals, Portugal Lisboa/Madeira, Helsinki- Finlandia, Tampere, Turku, Kuhmo, Canada/Toronto, Montreal, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Japan - Tokyo /Nagoya / Sapporo , South-Korea Seoul/Pousan, Daegu, Taiwan-Taipei National Concert Hall , Singapore, Vietnam Hanoi/National Concert Hall, Saigon/Opera.