Gergely Bogányi Piano Recital Presented by Liszt Academy

Kossuth and Liszt Prize-laureate Gergely Bogányi has been an active participant on the domestic music scene for decades. Born in 1974, he started playing piano aged just four; he gained admission to the Liszt Academy Special School for Young Talents at 10 years old, before continuing his studies at the Helsinki Sibelius Academy, and finally at the Indiana University of Bloomington, over which time he was a student of László Baranyay, Zsuzsa Esztó, Matti Raekallio and György Sebők. His most important competition victory was the 1996 Liszt Ferenc International Piano Competition. There is a special place for Chopin in the repertoire of Bogányi: in fact, he played all of the works for solo piano written by the Polish artist over two days at Müpa in Budapest. The performance of works by Liszt and Mozart also plays an important role in his oeuvre. In recognition of his achievements, he was awarded the Junior Prima Prize in 2008, and a Prima Prize in 2011. This solo recital features works by Schumann and Schubert.