István Kassai
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István Kassai (born 26 March 1959) is a Hungarian pianist. He graduated at the
During his career, he has won several first prizes in international competitions such as the International Youth Piano Competition in Ústí nad Labem 1972 in Czechoslovakia, the Hungarian Radio Piano Competition in 1979, and the Premier Grand Prix in the International Debussy Piano Competition, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Paris in 1982. He was acknowledged by the ARTISJUS-Prize in 1976, the Bonnaud-Chevillion-Prize of the Fondation de France in 1986, the Nívó Prize of the Hungarian Radio in 1990, the Ferenc Liszt Prize in 2001[1] and the Weiner Leó Memorial Prize in 2010.[2] He is a full member in the Hungarian Academy of Arts since 2013.[3]
István Kassai made CD recordings . At his concerts, he played the premieres or the first modern performances of numerous piano works i.e. pieces of Brahms and Bartók. The Hungarian Radio has archived many recordings of his performances. He has published numerous articles and studies on music and edited many volumes of sheet music by composers and musicians such as Liszt, Mosonyi, Hubay, Weiner and György Cziffra.
References
- ^ Liszt Prize-winners
- ^ Kassai received the Weiner Prize
- ^ http://www.mma.hu/rendes-tagok#Kassai István
- ^ "Kassai on Classicsonline". Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-06-18.