Csáki András
guitar
Place of Birth
Budapest
Date of Birth
1981
Orchestra
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András Csáki was born in 1981 in Budapest. He started playing the guitar at the age of 11 as a pupil of László Kozma. Since 1996 he had been a student of Sándor Szilvágyi in Béla Bartók Conservatory of Music, and after graduation he carried on his studies with Ede Roth and Balázs Arnóth in the College of Music, in Győr. In 2002 he got admittance to the Guitar faculty of Ferenc Liszt University of Music, where he is still being instructed by József Eötvös.
Since his juvenile he has been attending inland and foreign master courses. Among others he participated in the courses of Remi Boucher, Abel Carlevaro, Costas Cotsiolis, Zoran Dukic, Tilmann Hoppstock, Péter Katona, Barna Kovács, Pablo Marquez and Tamás Vásáry.
Since 1996 he has played an active role in domestic and foreign concert life. He had successful recitals in Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Chile, the Czech Republic, France, Greece, Poland, Germany, Rumania, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia and the United States. Besides, he also had the opportunity to perform concertinos with several symphony orchestras. Numerous domestic and external radio and TV channels recorded him. He has been a soloist of the Hungarian Radio Bartók since 2002.
Since 1997 he has been successfully participating in international competitions.
He has won the following first prizes:
1999 - IV. Anna Amalia Jugend Gitarrenwettbewerb (Weimar)
1999 - XXVI. Dr. Luis Sigall Musical Contest (Vina del Mar, Chile)
2003 - Johann Kaspar Mertz International Guitar Competition (Bratislava)
2004 - John Duarte International Guitar Competition (Rust, Austria)
2004 - Jan Edmund Jurkowski International Guitar Competition (Tychy, Poland)
2005 - XXXV. International Jeunesses Musicales Competition (Belgrade)
2005 - Forum Gitarre X. International Guitar Competition (Vienna)
Besides his soloist ambitions he attaches a great importance to chamber music. He has been a member of Excanto Ensemble since 1998, which consort has a great repertoire of renaissance and baroque tune. The first CD of the consort was published in 2004. András Csáki has been the permanent partner of the flautist Zsuzsa Vámosi-Nagy since 2005. They had several successful performances together in Hungary and abroad as well.
Besides giving concerts he started teaching in 2005. He held a master course in France and the United States. Since September 2005 he has been giving guitar lessons at Béla Bartók Conservatory of Music.
Awards:
2010 "Márciusi Ifjak" Award
2022 Liszt Prize
Since his juvenile he has been attending inland and foreign master courses. Among others he participated in the courses of Remi Boucher, Abel Carlevaro, Costas Cotsiolis, Zoran Dukic, Tilmann Hoppstock, Péter Katona, Barna Kovács, Pablo Marquez and Tamás Vásáry.
Since 1996 he has played an active role in domestic and foreign concert life. He had successful recitals in Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Chile, the Czech Republic, France, Greece, Poland, Germany, Rumania, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia and the United States. Besides, he also had the opportunity to perform concertinos with several symphony orchestras. Numerous domestic and external radio and TV channels recorded him. He has been a soloist of the Hungarian Radio Bartók since 2002.
Since 1997 he has been successfully participating in international competitions.
He has won the following first prizes:
1999 - IV. Anna Amalia Jugend Gitarrenwettbewerb (Weimar)
1999 - XXVI. Dr. Luis Sigall Musical Contest (Vina del Mar, Chile)
2003 - Johann Kaspar Mertz International Guitar Competition (Bratislava)
2004 - John Duarte International Guitar Competition (Rust, Austria)
2004 - Jan Edmund Jurkowski International Guitar Competition (Tychy, Poland)
2005 - XXXV. International Jeunesses Musicales Competition (Belgrade)
2005 - Forum Gitarre X. International Guitar Competition (Vienna)
Besides his soloist ambitions he attaches a great importance to chamber music. He has been a member of Excanto Ensemble since 1998, which consort has a great repertoire of renaissance and baroque tune. The first CD of the consort was published in 2004. András Csáki has been the permanent partner of the flautist Zsuzsa Vámosi-Nagy since 2005. They had several successful performances together in Hungary and abroad as well.
Besides giving concerts he started teaching in 2005. He held a master course in France and the United States. Since September 2005 he has been giving guitar lessons at Béla Bartók Conservatory of Music.
Awards:
2010 "Márciusi Ifjak" Award
2022 Liszt Prize
| Year | Title | Publisher | Code | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 |
Válogatás a Doktori Iskola hallgatóinak koncertfelvételeiből (2006-2013)
(A selection of the best concert performances of the doctoral students (2006-2013)) |
Liszt Ferenc Zeneművészeti Egyetem | 3 CDs | |
| 2017 |
J. S. Bach: Lantszvitek gitáron
(J. S. Bach: Lute Suites for Guitar) |
Hungaroton | HCD 32772 |
Own |
| 2018 |
Laczó Zoltán Vince: Versenyművek - koncertfelvétel
(Zoltán Vince Laczó: Concertos - live) |
Magyar Kultúra Kiadó | HCD 598 |