Ádám György, , was born in 1982 in Hungary

Hungary

Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

. He is a professional pianist

Pianist

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, and his music career started at age four. While he was studying under Katalin Halmagyi, he was accepted to the Bela Bartok Conservatory of Budapest in 1994. Gyorgy won the National Youth Piano Competition in 1998, and also, won the Hungary’s Pianist 2000 award two years later. From 2000 to 2006, Gyorgy attended in the Franz Liszt Academy of Music

Franz Liszt Academy of Music

The Franz Liszt Academy of Music is a concert hall and music conservatory in Budapest, Hungary, founded on November 14, 1875...

 in Budapest, and studied under professors Gyorgy Nador and Balazs Reti. Currently, he continues to study at the Franz Liszt Academy, and is pursuing his Ph.D. He is also a director of the Adam Gyorgy Castle Academy and teaches piano

Piano

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 to students.

International Awards

Ádám György’s worldwide concert tour started in 2002 from Budapest

Budapest

Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...

. Since then, he has traveled to China

China

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, France

France

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, Switzerland

Switzerland

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, Indonesia

Indonesia

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, Malaysia, Singapore

Singapore

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, Canada

Canada

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, United States

United States

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 and Iran

Iran

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. He continues to travel across the world and bring his music

Music

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to audiences.

• 2004 – International Competition
• 2003 – Prix Special Competition International San Remo
• 2002 – the Prix Classic Vienna (Wiener-Klassik-Preis)
• 2000 – the Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest
• 1998 - Competition for young pianists Hungary

Important Works

• Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2.
• Searchin'
• Jesu, Joy of Men’s Desire
• Chopin: Etude a minor (Op. 25)
• Flight of the Bumble Bee
• La Campanella
• Wedding March Transcription
• Moszkowsky: Etude in F Major

Recordings

• Ádám György, Concert in Budapest (2005)
• Ádám György, Plays the Piano (2006)
• Ádám György, Plays Bach and Mozart (2008)
• Ádám György, Live in Budapest (DVD HD) (2008)
• Ádám György, Live in Budapest, BLU-RAY (2009)

Press

• Budapest Times
• Budapest Zeitung
• Ádám György In China 2006
• Jakarta Post 2008
• Jakarta Globe 2008
• Straits Times Singapore 2008
• Kuala Lumpur 2008
• Straits Times Review Singapore
• Owner’s Magazine – Steinway Magazine 2007

External links

• Ádám György’s Official Web Site - “Welcome to Adam Gyorgy’s World”
• Ádám György Castle Academy - “…Inspiration, music and technique”
• Ádám György Castle Academy 2009 on YouTube
• Ádám György’s Official Fan Club
• Ádám György Shop
• Ádám György Facebook Fan Page
• Ádám György Castle Academy Facebook Fan Page
• Adam Gyorgy's CD.com
• The Liszt Academy of Music