Academic degree, university position: Doctorate (PhD), lecturer
Born: 1977.
Studies:
1995–2002: Franz Liszt University of Music, Budapest: piano major. Degree: Master of Music with Honours. Professors: Sándor Falvai, István Gulyás, Sándor Devich
2002–2004: Yale University School of Music USA: piano major. Degree: Master of Music in Piano Performance. Professors: Péter Frankl, Boris Berman
2015–2023: Royal College of Music London, doctoral programme. Degree: PhD. Supervisors: Dr Natasha Loges, Dr Jane Roper, Dr Ferenc János Szabó
Masterclasses: András Schiff, Zoltán Kocsis, Dmitrij Bashkirov, Lev Naumov, Menahem Pressler, Claude Frank, John O’Conor
Teaching experiences:
Shenandoah University Conservatory (USA, 2009–2011), Graduate Teaching Assistant in Piano
Royal College of Music London (2019 – 2020), Graduate Teaching Assistant
Memberships:
Franz Liszt Society, Budapest
Kalász Art and Educational Foundation: member of board of trustees
Major concerts include:
New York Carnegie Hall, Weill Hall, USA
New York Hungarian Cultural Centre, USA
Berlin Konzerthaus Grand hall, Germany
Berlin Konzerthaus Mendelssohn hall, Germany
Leipzig Gewandhaus Grand hall, Germany
Munich, Philharmonia am Gasteig, Germany
Wiesbaden, Kurhaus, Germany
Paris, Theatre du Châtelet recital hall, France
Rome, Teatro di Marcello, Italy
Milan, Teatro Dal Verme, Italy
Como Theatre, Italy
Växjö Konserthus Grand hall, Sweden
Washington Embassy of Hungary, USA
New Haven, Yale University Sprague hall, USA
Texas Christian University, Ed Landreth Auditorium, USA
Boston University Concert hall, USA
Shenandoah Conservatory Armstrong Concert hall, USA
Delhi International Centre New-Delhi, India
Bombay Experimental Theatre, India
London, Russian Cultural Centre, UK
Vienna, Collegium Hungaricum, Austria
Rome, Accademia d’Ungheria, Italy
Trieste, Conservatorio Tartini, Tartini hall, Italy
Stuttgart, Hungarian Cultural Institute, Germany
Berlin, Hochschule der Künste concert hall, Germany
Bucharest, Hungarian Cultural Centre, Romania
Kishinev, Organ hall, Moldova
Venues in Budapest:
Palace of Arts, Béla Bartók National Concert Hall
Zeneakadémia Grand hall
Zeneakadémia Solti hall
Opera
Pesti Vigadó
Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Ceremonial hall
Congress hall of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Institute for Musicology, Bartók hall
Marble Hall of the Hungarian Radio
Soloist at International Festivals include:
Cliburn Piano Institute, USA
European Piano Forum, Berlin
EuropaMusicale, Berlin
EuroMusica Vitae, Sweden
Bartók Marathon Berlin
Como Autumn, Italy
Kodály Festival, India
Oktoberfest Poona, India
Budapesti Spring Festival
“The Piano”
Liszt Festival, Gödöllő, Hungary
“Piano Feast” Piano Festival, Tiszadob, Hungary
“Savaria Interforum” Szombathely, Hungary
Fazioli Piano Festival, Liszt Academy of Music Budapest
Orchestras and conductors he collaborated with include:
Budapest Festival Orchestra, Zoltán Kocsis
Danubia Symphonic Orchestra, Domonkos Héja
Budapest Philharmonic Society Orchestra, György Győriványi-Ráth
Musica Vitae Chamber Orchestra (Sweden), Péter Csaba
Symphonic Orchestra of the Liszt University of Music, Sándor Devich
Savaria Symphonic, Szombathely, Izaki Masahiro
Awards and honors:
1996: Liszt Academy of Music, “Andor Földes” Piano Competition, 1. prize
1997: Liszt Academy of Music, “Leó Weiner” Chamber Music Competition, 1. prize
1998: International “Gandolfi” Piano Competition, Italy, 1. prize
2000: International Piano Competition, Trieste, Italy, 1. prize
2006: Gramofon – award: “Outstanding Young Artist of the Year”
2006, 2007, 2008: Fischer Annie Scholarship Award
2024: American Brahms Society “Karl Geiringer” Award
Recordings:
“The 125 years of the Franz Liszt Academy of Music” 2000.
LISZT album, in the Generali’s CD set of international competition winners, Generali CD ROM CH043, 2001.
“Mozart & Brahms” chamber recording with Gábor Devich and Anita Miskolczi. Vox Artis VA 008, 2006.
The complete piano works of Carl Goldmark “World premiere” Vol. 1. solo album, Hungaroton Classics HCD 32387, 2006.
The complete piano works of Carl Goldmark “World premiere” Vol. 2. solo album, Hungaroton Classics HCD 32493, 2007.
The complete piano works of Carl Goldmark “World premiere” Vol. 3. solo album, Hungaroton Classics HCD 32612, 2009.
The complete piano works of Carl Goldmark “World premiere” Vol. 4. works for four-hands with Balázs Szokolay. Hungaroton Classics HCD 32673, 2012.
He’s also made numerous radio and television recordings.
Lectures at international musicological conferences:
International Goldmark Conference, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Institute for Musicology, Budapest, 2015
London International Piano Symposium, 2018
BFE/Royal Musical Association Conference, University of Cambridge, 2020
Royal College of Music, London “Doctoral Showcase” 2022
American Brahms Society – American Musicological Society Conference, Minneapolis, USA, 2025
Publications:
Doctoral thesis:
Tihamér Hlavacsek, “The Piano Music of Carl Goldmark 1830–1915” (PhD diss., Royal College of Music London, 2024). https://researchonline.rcm.ac.uk/id/eprint/2523/
Co-author of Grove Music Online’s revised entry on Carl Goldmark:
David Brodbeck, Tihamér Hlavacsek, and Balázs Mikusi, “Goldmark, Carl,” Grove Music Online, ed. Deane Root, accessed 27 January 2023, https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/display/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000011384?rskey=8L3WIe&result=1
Tihamér Hlavacsek, “Franz Liszt and Carl Goldmark,” Liszt magyar szemmel no. 59 (2025. augusztus): 12–19.
Website: http://www.tihamerhlavacsek.com
Contact: hlavacsek.tihamer@academy.liszt.hu