Piano master course by Tamás Ungár at the Liszt Academy

Time:

16 March 2016 (Wed)

17 March 2016 (Thu)

Place:

Liszt Academy Main Building, Room X
(1061 Budapest, 8 Liszt Ferenc Square)

Liszt Academy students may apply as active or passive participants. Anyone interested may apply as passive participants. Participation is free of charge.

Active participants may receive credit points for participation.

To apply, writet o Ms. Ágnes Szabó at szabo.agnes[at]zeneakademia.hu

Application deadline: 11 March 2016

Tamás Ungár, Professor of Piano at the Texas Christian University, Director of  PianoTexas International Academy & Festival, has earned worldwide acclaim for his powerful performances and innovative programming. Throughout his extensive career he performed in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, England, Germany, Hungary, Holland, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, People's Republic of China, Romania, Taiwan, and the United States. As the first performing musician ever to receive the coveted British Leverhulme Fellowship, he served as Artist-in-Residence at York University during the 1984-85 season. Dr. Ungár records exclusively for CALA Records.

Since 1989 Tamás Ungár has been a regular guest teacher at the most important music centers in China. In 2006 he was appointed as Artistic Director of the Beijing International Piano Festival and Artistic Advisor for the Zhou Guangren Summer Piano Institute.

Dr. Ungár's most influential teachers included Alexander Sverjensky at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Lajos Hernádi at the Liszt Academy in Budapest and György Sebök at Indiana University, where he was awarded the Doctorate in Music. Prior to his present position he taught at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, the Purcell School, England and at the University of California at San Diego.