Balázs Szokolay (; born 2 July 1961) is a
Hungarian pianist.
Szokolay was born in
Budapest
Budapest is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns of Hungary, most populous city of Hungary. It is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, tenth-largest city in the European Union by popul ...
. His father is Hungarian composer
. His international concert career started in 1983, when he replaced
Nikita Magaloff
Nikita Magaloff (; 26 December 1992) was a Georgia (country), Georgian-Russian pianist.
He was born in Saint Petersburg to a Georgian noble family named Maghalashvili. Magaloff and his family left Russia in 1918 for Finland. His musical interes ...
at a concert in Belgrade. Four years later he was appointed a professorship at the
Franz Liszt Academy of Music
The Franz Liszt Academy of Music (, often abbreviated as ''Zeneakadémia'', "Liszt Academy") is a music university and a concert hall in Budapest, Hungary, founded on November 14, 1875. It is home to the Liszt Collection, which features several ...
. Throughout his career he has been awarded 14 competition prizes (Zwickau's Robert Schumann,
Leeds
Leeds is a city in West Yorkshire, England. It is the largest settlement in Yorkshire and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds Metropolitan Borough, which is the second most populous district in the United Kingdom. It is built aro ...
', Brussels'
Queen Elisabeth, Munich's ARD, Terni's Alessandro Casagrande, Monza's Rina Sala Gallo, etc.).
In 2001 the Hungarian Government awarded him the Liszt Prize.
References
External links
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Chopin Foundation of the United States
Living people
1961 births
Hungarian male classical pianists
Prize-winners of the Leeds International Pianoforte Competition
Musicians from Budapest
Franz Liszt Academy of Music alumni
Academic staff of the Franz Liszt Academy of Music
20th-century Hungarian classical pianists
20th-century Hungarian male musicians
20th-century Hungarian musicians
21st-century Hungarian classical pianists
21st-century Hungarian male musicians
21st-century Hungarian musicians
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