Érdi Tamás
piano
Tamas Erdi began playing the piano at age five, and has been pupil of Erika Becht ever since. He was eight years old, when he first appeared on a concert podium, and since then has regularly given concerts, played at festivals and been featured on television programs.
Tamas was born prematurely in Budapest, Hungary in 1979, and as a result of an oxygen overdose in a defective incubator lost his eyesight. Erika Becht and Zsuzsa Kollar another of Tamas' instructors, use "the structural method" to teach Tamas whereby he virtually "recomposes" the music he is being taught. This process has enabled him to learn many piano scores as well as 12 concertos without use of eyesight.
In 1995, Tamas placed second at the Louis Braille International Music Competition in Moscow and two years later, despite being the youngest participant, he won first prize at the same competition. He was accepted in 1994 at the Vienna Music Academy into the class of Imola Joo. At the age of 15 he played Mozart's A major Piano Concerto K.488. The same year, he also played the D major Concert Rondo, K.382., and d minor Piano Concerto, K.466. His first recording was released in 1997, he was 18 years old, (playing Mozart's d minor Piano Concerto K.466. and E flat major Two Piano concertos K.365. with Tamas Vasary and Hungarian Youth Orchestra) and the second Mozart CD was released two years later - Mozart's C major Piano Concerto, K.467., D major Concert Rondo K.382., and A major Piano Concerto K.488. with Tamas Vasary and the Weiner Szasz Chamber Orchestra.
Tamas Erdi regularly plays under the batons of Tamas Vasary, Rico Saccani and Uri Mayer. On the basis of his first Mozart CD and the recommendations of these conductors, Tamas was accepted by the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto to study with Professor Leon Fleisher, Marc Durand, and Jenny Regehr at the Gleen Gould Professional Piano School, and he obtained the Artist Diploma in 2OO2.
While he was studied at the Conservatory he finished them, he gave concerts around the world. His solo performances during the recent past include Budapest, Cluj, Beirut, Kuwait, Bangkok, Buffalo, New York, Chicago and Toronto. He recently performed with the Iceland Symphony, in Reykjavik, Hungarian Radio Orchestra, Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, Liszt Ferenc Chamber Orchestra in Germany. In 2001-2002 he played with The Vienna Mozart Orchestra in Florida and New York's Avery Fisher Hall in Lincoln Center under the direction of Manuel Hernandez Silva. He also played with The Toronto Symphony Orchestra with Barry Wordsworth conductor.
He received in 2019 the Ferenc Liszt Prize.
Tamas was born prematurely in Budapest, Hungary in 1979, and as a result of an oxygen overdose in a defective incubator lost his eyesight. Erika Becht and Zsuzsa Kollar another of Tamas' instructors, use "the structural method" to teach Tamas whereby he virtually "recomposes" the music he is being taught. This process has enabled him to learn many piano scores as well as 12 concertos without use of eyesight.
In 1995, Tamas placed second at the Louis Braille International Music Competition in Moscow and two years later, despite being the youngest participant, he won first prize at the same competition. He was accepted in 1994 at the Vienna Music Academy into the class of Imola Joo. At the age of 15 he played Mozart's A major Piano Concerto K.488. The same year, he also played the D major Concert Rondo, K.382., and d minor Piano Concerto, K.466. His first recording was released in 1997, he was 18 years old, (playing Mozart's d minor Piano Concerto K.466. and E flat major Two Piano concertos K.365. with Tamas Vasary and Hungarian Youth Orchestra) and the second Mozart CD was released two years later - Mozart's C major Piano Concerto, K.467., D major Concert Rondo K.382., and A major Piano Concerto K.488. with Tamas Vasary and the Weiner Szasz Chamber Orchestra.
Tamas Erdi regularly plays under the batons of Tamas Vasary, Rico Saccani and Uri Mayer. On the basis of his first Mozart CD and the recommendations of these conductors, Tamas was accepted by the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto to study with Professor Leon Fleisher, Marc Durand, and Jenny Regehr at the Gleen Gould Professional Piano School, and he obtained the Artist Diploma in 2OO2.
While he was studied at the Conservatory he finished them, he gave concerts around the world. His solo performances during the recent past include Budapest, Cluj, Beirut, Kuwait, Bangkok, Buffalo, New York, Chicago and Toronto. He recently performed with the Iceland Symphony, in Reykjavik, Hungarian Radio Orchestra, Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, Liszt Ferenc Chamber Orchestra in Germany. In 2001-2002 he played with The Vienna Mozart Orchestra in Florida and New York's Avery Fisher Hall in Lincoln Center under the direction of Manuel Hernandez Silva. He also played with The Toronto Symphony Orchestra with Barry Wordsworth conductor.
He received in 2019 the Ferenc Liszt Prize.
| Year | Title | Publisher | Code | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 |
Schubert, Franz: Négy impromptu Op. 90 D. 899; a-moll zongoraszonáta Op. 143 D. 784; Három zongoradarab Nos. 1 & 3 Op. Posth. D. 946
(Four Impromptus Op. 90 D. 899; Piano Sonata in A minor Op. 143 D. 784; Three Piano Pieces Nos. 1 & 3 Op. Posth. D. 946) |
Hungaroton | HCD 32184 |
Own |
| 2004 |
Chopin, Fryderyk: Etűdök, Keringők, Noktürnök
(Chopin, Fryderyk: Etudes, Waltzes, Nocturnes) |
Hungaroton | HCD 32327 |
Own |
| 2019 | Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos 1, 14 & 17 | Hungaroton | HCD 32828 |
Own |
| 2021 | Beethoven - The Essential Classics of the Great German Composer | Hungaroton | HCD 32857 |