Bence Peter

Peter Bence
Background information
Born 5 September 1991 (age 25)
Origin Hungary
Occupation(s) Pianist, composer, music producer
Instruments Piano
Years active 1998–present
Website peterbence.com

Peter Bence (Hungarian: Péter Bence; born 5 September 1991) is a Hungarian pianist, composer and music producer. Between January 2012 and March 2017 he held the world record for most piano key hits in one minute (765) according to the Guinness book of records.[1][2] He has taken the Internet by storm with his piano arrangements of Michael Jackson, Queen and Sia collecting over 150 million video hits and a huge following on his YouTube and Facebook over the past 2 years.

Life

Peter started playing the piano at an early age and finished his first own composition aged 7. In 2004 he released his debut album Green Music. In the same year, he won the 3rd prize at the György Ferenczy International Piano Contest. In 2008 he released his second album Nightfall.

The sheet music for his composition Piano Piece Based on Fibonacci Sequence, which he played at the 2009 audition for the Berklee College of Music, was requested by many pianists. In 2010 he started to study at the Berklee College of Music. He finished his study with a Master of Arts in Film Scoring and Electronic Production & Design.

Discography

References

  1. ↑ Berklee Student is World’s Fastest Pianist at berklee-blogs.com, access date 21 July 2015
  2. ↑ Bence Peter: So haut der Turbo-Pianist für Michael Jackson in die Tasten at klatsch-tratsch.de, access date 21 July 2015
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