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Barnábas
Keleman violin
Gergely Bogányi piano
Born in Budapest in 1978,
Barnábas started to study the violin at the age of 6
and at 11 entered the famous Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music as
a student of Ezter Perenyi and from which
he graduated in 2001. During his Academy years he also took
lessons and master classes from Isaac Stern, Ferenc Rados, György
Pauk and Thomas Zehetmair.
While still a student, Barnábas
won First Prize in Salzburg's Mozart Competition in 1999. In
2001, the year of his graduation, he won third prize and the
Queen Elizabeth Competition in Brussels. His most recent success
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prestigious
Indianapolis International Violin Competition, where he also
won six of the eight special-prizes. He also been awarded the
Sándor Vegh Prize in Hungary.
This young and exiting violinist has already established himself
as one of the leading violinists of his generation, with an
extensive repertoire of both solo violin and chamber music ranging
from early Baroque to contemporary works. He has given the Hungarian
premieres of the violin concertos of György
Ligeti and Alfred Schnittke as well as
world premieres of Kurtág pieces for violin. He recently
undertook a tour of Birtain with the Budapest Symphony Orchestra,
while among his future engagements are recitals in the United
States, including a Carnegie Hall Recital debut with Gergely
Bogányi, and orchestral performances in Europe.
He has released four solo records on the Hungarian label, and
his recording with Gergely
Bogányi
of Liszt's complete works for violin and piano was awarded the
International Liszt Society. |
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Born in Hungary in 1974, Gergely Bogányi, has already
established himself as one of his generation's leading pianists.
He is an active recitalist and chamber music performer, regularly
playing with Barnábas
Keleman and the cellist Tibor Bogáni.
Gergely's
professional training began at the Ferenc Liszt academy of
Music, Budapest, with Zsuzsa Eszto and Lászlo Barányai
and continued at the Sibelius Academy, Helsinki with Matti
Raekalio followed by Indiana University, Bloomington with
György
Sebök. Annie Fisher had a major influence on his development
and he has also participated in masterclasses with Dimitri
Bashkirov, Murray Perahia and András Schiff. |
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His
international career was launched when he won first prize at
the International Liszt Competition in Budapest in 1996. Three
years later his performance on Liszt's twelve Transcendental
Studies was the highlight of the Budapest Spring Festival and
in the 2000-2001 season he included the complete works for piano
by Chopin.
He performs regularly with the Budapest Festival Orchestra under
Ivan Fischer, the Budapest Symphony Orchestra under Tamás
Vásáry and the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
under Leif Segestram and has given recitals in Japan, Korea,
Germany, France and Italy. In 2000 he was awarded the Liszt
Prize by the Hungarian Government. his most recent CD of works
by Chopin was issued on the Ondine (Finnish) label in 2002.
In addition to his international career, Gergely is very active
in civic affairs within his native country. In recognition of
his contribution he was awarded Honorary Citizenship of his
home town Vac at the age of 22. |
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