Zsolt-Tihamér Visontay began playing the violin in 1988 taking lessons at the music school in Magedeburg and has since gone on to study under Professor Jost Witter at the Schloss Belvedere music school and the Franz Liszt music academy in Weimar.

As a soloist, Zsolt is the recipient of international music prizes including the International Louis Spohr Violin Competition and the International Henry Marteau Violin Competition. Solo engagements include performing with a number of German orchestras. In 2005 he became the leader of the European Union Youth Orchestra (EUYO), performing under conductors including Vladimir Ashkenazy, Bernard Haitink and Sir Colin Davis, and a year later he also became Concert Master of the Philharmonic Orchestra in Altenburg-Gera and led orchestras touring throughout Europe, Russia, Asia and Africa. Zsolt was appointed to the position of Joint Concert Master of the Philharmonia Orchestra in 2007.