György Éder studied in Ede Banda’s class at the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest. After completing his degree further studies led him to the United States and Canada (Yale University, 1978, the Banff Center School of Fine Arts, 1983, University of Wisconsin, 1984–85). He was principal cellist of the Budapest Symphony Orchestra and later of the Budapest Festival Orchestra for several years. As a founder-member of the Éder String Quartet he has won international competitions (Evian, 1976; Munich, 1977), and toured in almost every European country, the United States, Australia and New Zealand several times. He has made recordings for Hungaroton, Teldec and Naxos.