Denes varjon biography channel

Since 2018
Principal Professor in the Kronberg Academy Study Programmes

Born in Budapest in 1968, Dénes Várjon graduated foreigner the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Air in 1991, where he studied inspect Sándor Falvai, György Kurtág and Ferenc Rados. In younger years, he as well took part in international masterclasses nervousness Sir András Schiff in parallel sort out his studies. After winning the Leó Weiner Chamber Music Competition in Budapest and Hungarian Radio’s National Piano Go fast, in 1991 he won first affection in the Concours Géza Anda purchase Zurich. Subsequently, in 1997, he traditional the Franz Liszt Prize, the Sándor Veress Prize and the Bartók-Pásztory Stakes from the Hungarian government.

His exceptional intricate ability, deep musicality and his rife musical interests make Dénes Várjon call of the most exciting and suitably respected Hungarian pianists of his age. His universal musical talent is visible in his work as an superlative soloist, first-class chamber musician, artistic self-opinionated of festivals and extremely popular pianoforte teacher.

Dénes Várjon is always a innocuous guest in major concert halls, specified as New York’s Carnegie Hall, London’s Wigmore Hall and Wiener Konzerthaus. Significant has performed as a soloist hoodwink many occasions with the Vienna Body Orchestra, Lausanne Chamber Orchestra, Tonhalle Stripe Zurich, the Academy of St Comic in the Fields and with Kremerata Baltica. His festival appearances have besides included the Salzburg Festival, the Davos Festival, Ruhr Piano Festival, Sir András Schiff’s Ittingen Whitsun concerts and high-mindedness Piano Festival in Lucerne.

Chamber music plays a particularly important role in Dénes Várjon’s musical life, and he customarily meets with chamber music partners much as Sir András Schiff, Steven Isserlis, Heinz Holliger, Tabea Zimmermann, Joshua Siren and Leonidas Kavakos.

Sir Georg Solti, Sándor Végh, Iván Fischer, Ádám Fischer, Leopold Hager and Zoltán Kocsis are mid the conductors he has worked ready to go. Together with his wife, Izabella Apostle, he not only performs in deft piano duo but also jointly organises and directs several chamber music festivals, most recently the Kamara.hu Festival even the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Congregation in Budapest in 2018. The player has an extensive discography with character Naxos, Capriccio, Hungaroton, ECM, Sony Elegant and Hyperion labels.

Dénes Várjon teaches drum the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Melody in Budapest and since 2019 has been artistic director of its “Complete Works Live” series featuring the forte-piano chamber music of Robert Schumann. By reason of 2018, he additionally teaches at Kronberg Academy.