The cimbalom virtuoso, soloist in the Hungarian Opera and Broadcasting Company, Viktória Herencsár was born in Budapest and began studying the cimbalom (hammered dulcimer) at the age of three. A pupil of Ida Tarjáni Tóth, she graduated with honours from the Liszt Ferenc National Conservatory of Music in Budapest in 1973. This fervent ambassador of the Hungarian hammered dulcimer appears in concerts of classical and popular music throughout the world, both as a soloist and with large symphony and chamber orchestras (Berliner Simphonie,, Hessischer rundfunk, Spanian National Symphony, Barcelona Symphony, Dresdener Philharmony, Radio-Símphony of Stockholm, Kempens Symphony, Würtzburger Philharmony, Philharmony of Stuttgart, RAI Symphony, etc.)
In addition, she gives lectures on the history, the repertory and the teaching of the cimbalom, and was appointed president of the first World Congress of the hammered dulcimer (Hungary, 1991.) Till 1997 she was the cimbalom professor in the "Szent István király" Music school an Conservatory of Music in Budapest (Hungary). Since 1997 she is cimbalom professor in the Music Departmant of the Academy of Culture in Banska Bystrica (Slovakia) and in the International Music Camp in Balassagyarmat (Hungary).

She is president of the Cimbalom World Association since 1991. More television and broadcasting companies made with her recording. She was honoured with "Nivo" prize of the Broadcasting Company (1983), and the "Artisjus" prize for the interpretation of the Hungarian music (1996)


Discographie:

Cimbalom Chambermusic (MC, 1987)
Patria (MC, 1988)
Cimbalom Magic (LP, MC, 1990)
Concerto Hongroise pour Cymbalom (CD, MC,1992)