Oszkár Varga studied with renowned artists such as Dejan Bogdanovich, Barnabás Kelemen, Katalin Kokas, Rita Wagner and Albert Markov, and also had lessons with Zakhar Bron, Ferenc Rados and Ivry Gitlis.
In 2014–2015 he was a member of the Kelemen Quartet, with whom he toured Europe’s most prestigious chamber music halls, the Laeiszhalle, Hamburg; Wigmore Hall, London; the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam; BOZAR, Brussels; the Musikverein, Vienna; Sala Verdi, Milan; and Teatro La Fenice, Venice. He is a regular player in CHAARTS Chamber Artists and Camerata Bern.
He has appeared regularly as soloist and chamber musician at the Karellis Music Festival in France; in Arnhem, Netherlands; Jerusalem, Israel; the Lockenhaus Chamber Music Festival, Austria; Prussia Cove, UK; and at the most significant festivals in Hungary, including Kaposfest, the Auer Festival, Ars Sacra and Festival Academy Budapest. A dedicated contemporary musician, he has performed Witold Lutosławski’s String Quartet, Steve Reich’s Music for 18 Musicians with the composer present, and various works by György Ligeti, Péter Eötvös and László Tihanyi to great critical acclaim.
He has collaborated with artists including Miklós Perényi, Nicolas Altstaedt, Barnabás Kelemen, Katalin Kokas, Albert Markov, Alexander Markov, Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Alina Ibragimova, Alina Pogostkina, James Boyd, Jonathan Cohen, Maxim Rysanov, László Fenyő, Boris Brovtsyn, Ditta Rohmann, Zoltán Fejérvári, Gábor Csalog and Emőke Baráth, and has appeared as soloist with renowned orchestras such as the Wiener Kammerorchester, Budapest Danubia Orchestra, Pannon Philharmonic and Miskolc Symphony Orchestra.
In the 2025–2026 season he performed a sonata recital at the Palace of Arts, Budapest with Zoltán Fejérvári; works by Schnittke in the Grand Hall of the Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest; and numerous concerts featuring the music of György Kurtág in Hungary, Italy and Poland as part of the composer’s centenary celebrations. Oszkár Varga is currently a professor of chamber music at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest.
