Biography
Seattle-based violist Márta Hortobágyi Lambert is an active performer and educator whose work is distinguished by collaborative artistry and a commitment to community engagement.
Márta currently serves as Director of Education and Community Engagement at Seattle Chamber Music Society (SCMS), where she leads the Academy for Chamber Music, the String Quartet in Residence Program, and designs community programming to expand access to the rich world of chamber music. In addition to her administrative role, Márta performs as a substitute violist with the Seattle Symphony Orchestra, the Pacific Northwest Ballet, Seattle Opera, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, and has appeared as a guest artist with Jigsaw Chamber Ensemble, Flatirons Chamber Music Festival, and The Concert Truck.
A dedicated educator and advocate for the arts, Márta is on faculty at the SCMS Academy for Chamber Music, where she coaches pre-college chamber ensembles. In 2026, she served as a jury member for the Seattle Young Artists Music Festival Association and presented a masterclass for Chamber Music Guild. Her previous teaching appointments include the Eisman Center for Preparatory Studies in Music at Queens College, Kinhaven Music School, and Suzuki on the Island, where she also served in an administrative capacity. She has held fellowships in music theory and ear training at The Juilliard School and has worked with students through Juilliard’s Morse Fellowship and Yale University’s Music in Schools Initiative.
An active chamber musician, Márta has collaborated with distinguished artists including Miriam Fried, Ida Kavafian, Colin Carr, Maria Lambros, and Michael Kannen. Her festival appearances include Ravinia Steans Music Institute, Donaueschingen Musiktage with Talea Ensemble, Prussia Cove, Portland Chamber Music Festival, Four Seasons Winter Workshop, and Kneisel Hall, where she was a founding member of the prize-winning Blue Hill String Quartet.
Márta is the recipient of the Dean’s Prize from Yale University and the Presser Foundation Graduate Music Award from The Juilliard School. She was also awarded the C.V. Starr Fellowship and the Richard F. French Doctoral Prize at Juilliard for her dissertation, The Viola as a Voice of Lamentation: The Story Behind the Sound.
When not performing or teaching, Márta enjoys reading, dog watching, and being outside.