Trained at the Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, most important teachers and mentors have been Ferenc Rados, the Amadeus String Quartet and György Kurtág.
In 1990, she founded the Auer String Quartet which went on to win many international prizes.
Member of the Kellet Quartet since 1998, Judit Szabó has also performed with Miklós Perényi, Zoltán Kocsis, Alekszej Ljubimov, Truls Mørk and Heinz Holliger. She gives masterclasses in Europe and Asia and is a guest teacher of the summer courses at the University of Yale.
A vivid advocate of 20th and 21st century music, she is also a member of the New Hungarian Music Society (UMZE) a much acclaimed contemporary ensemble.