Academic Degree, University Position: DLA, Assistant Professor
Date and Place of Birth: Budapest, January 13, 1987
Education (years, institution, field of study):
- 2000–2005: Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music – Special Program for Exceptionally Gifted Children, Piano Major
Teacher: Gábor Eckhardt - 2005–2011: Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music – Piano Performance and Teaching
Teachers: András Kemenes, Péter Nagy, Gábor Csalog, Márta Gulyás, Rita Wagner - 2007–2009: Mozarteum Salzburg
Teacher: Imre Rohmann - 2012–2014: Stuttgart, Hochschule für Musik – Konzertexamen (postgraduate soloist studies)
Teacher: Kirill Gerstein - 2015–2018: Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, DLA Doctoral School
Supervisors: Péter Nagy, Rita Wagner
DLA degree awarded: 2023
Orchestral Membership (years, orchestra):
- 2011–2013: Budapest Festival Orchestra – Keyboard Instruments
Teaching Activity (years, institution, subjects), Guest Professorships, Notable Masterclasses:
- From 2023: Guest Professor at Hanns Eisler Musikhochschule, Berlin – Piano Major
- From 2024: Teaching Chamber Music at the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music
- 2024: Masterclass at Weiner Leó Conservatory of Music
- 2022: Masterclass at Szent István Conservatory of Music, Budapest
- From 2017: Masterclasses every 1–2 years at Bartók Béla Conservatory of Music
- 2019: Masterclass at USPI University, São Paulo
- 2015: Masterclass at the University of Arts, Kolkata
Selected Concerts (year, venue, collaborators if relevant):
Major Chamber Music Performances
- 2025: Zalaegerszeg – with Miklós Perényi
- 2024: Wigmore Hall, London – with Pablo Hernán, Ursula Smith, Matthew Hunt, Anna Göckel
- 2022: BOZAR, Brussels – with Lev Sivkov (cello)
- 2022: Concertgebouw, Amsterdam – with Annabel Hauk (cello)
- 2021: Kodály Centre, Pécs – with Miklós Perényi
- 2021: Hungarian Radio – with Kristóf Baráti
- 2020: Szeged Cathedral – with Barnabás Kelemen and Katalin Kokas
- 2018: Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg – with Tamás Pálfalvi
- 2017: Salle Pasteur, Montpellier – with Lev Sivkov (cello)
- 2016: Carnegie Hall – Weill Hall, New York – with Lev Sivkov (cello)
- 2016: Herbst Theater, San Francisco – with Lev Sivkov (cello)
Major Solo Performances
- 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020: Müpa – Palace of Arts, Budapest
- 2023, 2022, 2020: Liszt Academy, Budapest
- 2018: BOZAR, Brussels
- 2015: Auditorio Nacional, Madrid
- 2013: Salle Cortot, Paris
- 2013: Le Piano aux Jacobins, Toulouse
- 2012: György Ligeti Saal, Graz, Austria
- 2012: The Gilmore Rising Stars Series, Kalamazoo, MI, USA
Notable Collaborations with Conductors as a Soloist:
- 2025: Andrés Orozco-Estrada – Gürzenich Orchester Köln
Rajna Martin – Győr Philharmonic Orchestra - 2025: Gábor Hontvári – Szeged Symphony Orchestra
- 2024: György Mészáros – Miskolc Symphony Orchestra
- 2022, 2020, 2016: Gergely Vajda – Savaria, Danubia, and Pannon Philharmonic Orchestras
- 2016: András Keller – Concerto Budapest, Liszt Academy
Awards and Prizes (year, award):
- 2016: International Johannes Brahms Competition, Pörtschach – Chamber Music Category: 3rd Prize
- 2012: XVII Paloma O'Shea Santander International Piano Competition – 3rd Prize
- 2011: Gundel Art Award
- 2006: International Chopin Piano Competition, Budapest – 2nd Prize
- 2003: Bartók Conservatory Improvisation Competition, Budapest – 1st Prize
Website: janospalojtay.com