Linda Kollati was born in Hungary, the country that is rich in musical heritage. At age 3, she started her musical studies where she was accepted in the Kodaly Concept based kindergarten class of Katalin Forrai, who was one of the most famous students of Zoltan Kodaly.
She picked up her main instrument, the cello at the age of 8. In 1990, she was awarded 3rd place in the National Cello Competition of Music Schools. Linda studied at the Conservatory of Attila Jozsef Science University of Szeged in 1999 with distinction. In the same year, she won 1st place at the Janos Starker National Cello Competition and she also won the Special Prize awarded by Janos Starker.
During her studies at the Franz Liszt Music Academy and State University of Budapest, Hungary she was honoured by the attention of the late David Soyer (founder member of the Guarnieri Quartet-USA) and she spent 6 months in New York studying with the great master. Linda graduated in 2005 in which, in the final year she studied at the CNSMD de Lyon, France with Anne Gastinel. She holds a MA Degree in performance cello and teaching.
Linda moved to London in 2006. A year later, she started to do post graduate studies with Stefan Popov at Guildhall. She has developed great interest in education and soon she became a Music Specialist at a private childcare company. She started to work based on the Kodaly Concept. She also took part in Dalcroze Courses which she has become very passionate about. Her posts included Cello Teacher and Chamber Music - and Musicianship Teacher at the Colourstrings Music School which is based on the Hungarian Kodlay Concept. She became the Head of Music in an independent school in West London.
Linda still performs and has wide range of interest. She has a genuine love for theatre and has enjoyed playing the cello numerous theater projects. She has worked together with several composers and DJs and recorded commercial and electro-minimal music sets. She has performed recitals in numerous places in Europe and took part in festivals and masterclasses of cellist such as Valentin Fejgin, Janos Starker, Johannes Goritzki just to name a few. Linda is commited to Waldorf Education and has been studying the works of Rudolf Steiner for more than a decade.