Attila Némethy

Academic degree, university position: Master Teacher

Born: 05.09.1956    Budapest

Studies: Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, School for Exceptional Young Talents – professors: Mrs. Miklós Máthé, Lajos Hernádi, Pál Kadosa  1968-1977

Recordings:

Radio and television recordings in Madrid, Brussels, Frankfurt and Tokyo

Orchestral memberships:

Concertgebouw Amsterdam Symphony Orchestra, Frankfurter Radio Symphony Orchestra, Timişoara Symphony Orchestra, Brussels Philharmonics, Bavarian Radio Orchestra, Athens Philharmonics, Tokyo Philharmonics, MATÁV Symphony Orchestra, Hungarian State Orchestra, MÁV Orchestra, Miskolc Symphony Orchestra, Debrecen Symphony Orchestra.

Teaching experiences, visiting lectureships, master classes, lectures: Since 1986: Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, Piano Department, School for Exceptional Young Talents

Other activities:

For the last 40 years, he has been a regular jury member at music competitions, and has given several master classes in Hungary and abroad, including Schondorf, Pécs, Balassagyarmat, Budapest, Miskolc, Nyíregyháza, Debrecen, Beijing, Seoul, Sapporo, Pusan and Tegu.

He is a permanent jury member at numerous piano competitions for Hungarian music schools, secondary schools and universities, as well as at the National Piano Competition for Music Teachers in Szekszárd.

2000: jury member at the International Liszt Piano Competition in Weimar

2014-2020: jury member at the International Ferenc Liszt Piano Competition in Korea

For decades, he has been the editor and host of several classical music programs at the Hungarian Radio.

Major concerts:

Athens, Madrid, Brussels, Amsterdam, Antwerp, Rotterdam, Paris, Beijing, Tokyo, Rome, Budapest, Timişoara, Berlin, Helsinki, Dresden, Leipzig, Warsaw, Sofia, Belgrade, Bratislava, Vienna, Toronto.

Awards and honors:

2015: László Lajtha Award

Several Awards of Excellence by the Hungarian Radio

2018: Bilicsi Award

2024: Erzsébet Szőnyi Award

Competition and career successes of his students:

Ádám Balogh: student of the School for Exceptional Young Talents of the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music – a dozen competition wins in Hungary and abroad

Zsolt Balog: 1st prize at the Leó Weiner National Chamber Music Competition; 2nd prize at the 1st International Harpsichord Competition in Budapest (1st prize was not awarded)

Cho Younghoon: 2nd prize at the Béla Bartók International Piano Competition in Szeged, 1st prize at the Liszt Piano Competition in Korea

Krisztina Deli: an acknowledged professor at several universities of Mexico

Gábor Farkas: 3rd prize at the Ferenc Liszt International Piano Competition in Budapest; 1st prize at the International Liszt Piano Competition in Weimar; and many other competition wins

Ernő Fehér: 2nd prize winner at the Béla Bartók International Piano Competition in Szeged, and the holder of numerous other competition awards; professor at the Music Academy of Pusan, Korea

Krisztina Fejes: 2nd prize at the Béla Bartók International Piano Competition in Szeged

Angelika Fuchs: 3rd prize at the Ferenc Liszt International Piano Competition in Utrecht

Ivett Gyöngyösi: Junior Prima award holder and the winner of numerous international piano competitions

Ádám Hegyes: 3rd prize at the Béla Bartók International Piano Competition in Szeged

Péter Kiss: 3rd prize at the Hungarian Radio National Piano Competition

Gergely Kovács: 2nd Prize at the International Piano Competition, Budapest

Tünde Krasznai: Best new pianist discovery in South East Asia

Zsófia Némethy: 1st prize at the Béla Bartók International Piano Competition in Szeged

Ádám Szokolay: numerous national and international competition wins

Mrs. Diána Szokolay Szőke: 1st prize at the Béla Bartók International Piano Competition in Szeged

Márton Takáts: 1st prize at the Béla Bartók International Piano Competition in Szeged

Zsuzsanna Tihanyi: 2nd prize at the Hungarian Radio National Piano Competition (first prize was not awarded), 3rd prize at the Béla Bartók International Piano Competition in Szeged

Noémi Utasi: winner of many national and international competitions

Bálint Zsoldos, Károly Zentai, László Holics, Gábor Monostori: regular performers at renowned concert halls through Hungary and the world

Many of his international – primarily Japanese – students have been awarded at international competitions.