Born: Pécs, 12 May 1959
Academic degree, university position: DLA, associate professor
Studies:
Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music – piano major, teacher: Emmi Varasdy
2003: DLA diploma – dissertation: „Mihalovich Ödön dalai” (The Songs of Ödön Mihalovich)
Teaching activities:
Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music
Major concerts:
International: Vienna, Paris, Grenoble, Bayreuth, Hannover, Stuttgart, Brno, London, Switzerland, Moscow, New York, Toronto, Rome
In Hungary: Music of Our Time Festival in Budapest, Budapest Spring Festival, Contemporary Music Festival at the Merlin Theatre, Földvár Days, Goethe Institute, French Institute of Budapest, Italian Cultural Institute
Recordings:
2000: Bartók Edition (29) (King Records, BAR 1029)
2000: Bartók Complete Edition – Rarities (Hungaroton, HCD 41002)
2000: Bartók: Early Works and Rarities (Hungaroton, HCD 31909)
2004: Dargomizhsky: Songs and Romances (Hungaroton, HCD 32279)
2005: Goethe: The Erl-King; Gretchen at the Spinning Wheel; Gretchen's Prayer (Hungaroton, HCD 32323)
Hugo Wolff: Wagner Paraphrases and Other Piano Pieces (Hungaroton, HCD32466)
Charles Gounod: Songs (Hungaroton HCD 32649)
Ödön Mihalovich: Dalok (Songs) (Hungaroton, HCD 32043)
Joachim Raff: Songs (Hungaroton, HCD 32256)
Benedict Randhartinger: Songs (Hungaroton, HCD 32105)
György Orbán & János Vajda: Dalok (Songs) (Hungaroton, HCD 31827)
Máté Hollós: Ének, hajolj ki ajkamon (Song, lean out of my lips) (Hungaroton, HCD 32485)
Máté Hollós: Tündérálom (Fairy’s Dream) (Pannon Classic, PCL 8018)
2014: Imre Széchényi's Songs (Hungaroton, HCD 32748)
2017: Debussy Songs (Hungaroton, HCD 32795)
Awards and honors:
1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012: Artisjus Prize
2007: Gundel Art Award
2008: Liszt Ferenc Prize
Contact: viragemesepiano[at]gmail.com