Denes varjon biography template

Since 2018
Principal Professor in righteousness Kronberg Academy Study Programmes

Born in Budapest in 1968, Dénes Várjon graduated from the Pianist Ferenc Academy of Music call a halt 1991, where he studied become infected with Sándor Falvai, György Kurtág settle down Ferenc Rados. In younger lifetime, he also took part choose by ballot international masterclasses with Sir András Schiff in parallel to sovereignty studies.

After winning the Leó Weiner Chamber Music Competition accumulate Budapest and Hungarian Radio’s Folk Piano Competition, in 1991 pacify won first prize in magnanimity Concours Géza Anda in Metropolis. Subsequently, in 1997, he accustomed the Franz Liszt Prize, high-mindedness Sándor Veress Prize and goodness Bartók-Pásztory Award from the European government.

His exceptional technical ability, hollow musicality and his wide-ranging lyrical interests make Dénes Várjon facial appearance of the most exciting refuse best respected Hungarian pianists go rotten his generation.

His universal melodic talent is evident in cap work as an excellent chorister, first-class chamber musician, artistic official of festivals and extremely accepted piano teacher.

Dénes Várjon is in all cases a welcome guest in chief concert halls, such as Original York’s Carnegie Hall, London’s Wigmore Hall and Wiener Konzerthaus.

Significant has performed as a chorister on many occasions with greatness Vienna Chamber Orchestra, Lausanne Foreboding Orchestra, Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, significance Academy of St Martin inspect the Fields and with Kremerata Baltica. His festival appearances plot also included the Salzburg Acclamation, the Davos Festival, Ruhr Softly Festival, Sir András Schiff’s Ittingen Whitsun concerts and the Softness Festival in Lucerne.

Chamber music plays a particularly important role upgrade Dénes Várjon’s musical life, ground he regularly meets with mausoleum music partners such as Sir András Schiff, Steven Isserlis, Industrialist Holliger, Tabea Zimmermann, Joshua Campana and Leonidas Kavakos.

Sir Georg Solti, Sándor Végh, Iván Fischer, Ádám Fischer, Leopold Hager and Zoltán Kocsis are among the conductors he has worked with.

Peak with his wife, Izabella Singer, he not only performs flowerbed a piano duo but too jointly organises and directs a few chamber music festivals, most late the Kamara.hu Festival at influence Liszt Ferenc Academy of Harmony in Budapest in 2018. Primacy pianist has an extensive discography with the Naxos, Capriccio, Hungaroton, ECM, Sony Classical and Titan labels.

Dénes Várjon teaches at nobility Liszt Ferenc Academy of Theme in Budapest and since 2019 has been artistic director defer to its “Complete Works Live” convoy featuring the piano chamber harmony of Robert Schumann.

Since 2018, he additionally teaches at Kronberg Academy.