Jenő Jandó

Born: February 1, 1952. Pécs

 

Academic degree, unviersity position: professor

 

Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music – a student of Katalin Nemes then later of Pál Kadosa

 

He has been teaching at the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music since 1974.

 

In 1973 he won the Hungarian Radio Piano Competition, which was then followed by a number of victories abroad, including the Dino Ciani Competition in Milan, the Cziffra György Competition in Versaille, and the Sydney International Piano Competition.

 

He is one of the most active participatants of Hungarian music life, and a recurring guest performer of the big concert series of Europe, the USA and Japan. He has worked together with such conductors as János Ferencsik, Ádám Fischer, Zoltán Kocsis, Lamberto Gardelli, András Ligeti, Giuseppe Patané, Zoltán Peskó, Jurij Simonov, and Antoni Wit. Following the recordings he made for Hungaroton and Laserlight records, he was the soloist of Naxos for years. With his several hundred recordings, he is probably the most frequently employed pianist of the Hungarian record market.

 

Jenő Jandó is one of the very few, whose live concerts and recordings are equally praised for the authentic execution of the composer's intent. He has attained world fame as one of the most excellent performers of standard classical music (his repertoire includes all the piano sonatas of Beethoven, Mozart and Schubert and 27 piano concertos of Mozart). Meanwhile, he is recognized as an expert of the compositions of Liszt and Bartók. He has recorded a selection of the compositions of Liszt, playing on the very own instrument of the composer. In 1992, he was awarded the Grand Prize of the Liszt Society for his recording, on which he plays the posthumous piano concerto of Liszt. Jenő Jandó has always shown exceptional interest in chamber music.

 

1980: Liszt Prize

1987: Meritorious Artist

1995: Bartók-Pásztory Prize

1997: Kossuth Prize

2004: Hungarian Classical Music Prize

2006: Béla Bartók Memorial Prize

2014: Prima Prize