Gergely Bogányi
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Coming from a musical family, Gergely Bogányi is one of the youngest ever pianists to have won the Kossuth Prize, becoming one of the leading pianists of his generation.
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[edit] Education
He was born in 1974 in Vác, Hungary, and started playing the piano at the age of four. He continued his studies at the Liszt Academy in Budapest [[1]], the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki and at the University of Indiana in Bloomington with professors László Baranyay, György Sebök, Matti Raekallio.
[edit] Awards
Gergely Bogányi has had success in several national and international competitions.
- In 1996 he won the International Franz Liszt Competition in Budapest. The name of other competition winners may be seen on the official "Filharmonia Budapest" webpage. [2]
- Gergely Bogányi was appointed a citizen of honour in his native town Vác at the age of 22.
- In 2000 he was awarded the Liszt Prize by the Ministry of Cultural Heritage.
- In 2000 the Cross Merit of the White Rose of Finland by the President of the Finnish Republic.
- In 2001 his series of "Chopin's complete piano works" received the Hungarian Gramofon Prize in the category of "Best concert event and performing artist in Hungary".
- In 2004 he received the highest artistic award of Hungary, the Kossuth Prize [[3]].
Gergely Bogányi has performed worldwide, and performs as a soloist with leading orchestras, for example the London Philharmonic in 2004 [4].
[edit] Repertoire
Pieces for piano solo
- Mozart: Sonatas
- Beethoven: 10 Sonatas
- Schubert
- Sonatas
- Impromptus
- Schumann
- Sonatas: F sharp minor, G minor
- Fantasie C major
- Papillons op.2.
- Karneval op.9.
- Kreisleriana op.16.
- Chopin: Complete
- Liszt
- Sonata B minor
- 12 Etudes d'execution transcendante
- Zwei Konzertetüden
- Annees de pelerinage
- 6 Consolations
- Rapsodies hongroises
- Rapsodie espagnole
- Brahms
- Variation and Fuge on a Theme by Handel op.24.
- Zwei Rapsodies op.79
- Bartók
- Study for Left Hand
- 3 Burlesque op.8.c
- Allegro barbaro
- Sonatine
- Suite op 14.
- Etudes op18.
- Improvisations op.20
- Piano Sonata
- Out of Doors
Concertos
- Haydn:G major
- Mozart
- C major K. 467.
- C major K. 246
- C minor K. 491.
- D major K. 451
- D major K. 537. "Krönungskonzert"
- D minor K. 466
- G major K. 453
- A major K. 414
- A major K. 488
- B flat major K. 595
Konzertrondos
- D major K. 382.
- A major K. 386
- Beethoven Nr.4. G major
- Mendelssohn: G minor
- Schumann: A minor
- Chopin:
- Nr.2. F minor
- Andante spianato & Grande Polonaise brillante
- Liszt:
- Malediction
- Nr.1. E flat major
- Nr.2. A major
- Dance of Death (Totentanz)
- Hungarian Phantasy
- Brahms:
- Nr.1. D minor
- Nr.2. B flat major
- Csajkovszkij: B flat minor
- Grieg: A minor
- Rachmaninov:
- Nr.2. C minor
- Nr.3. D minor
- Petrovics: Piano Concerto
