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Kassai István

piano
Place of Birth
Budapest
Date of Birth
1959
Web
http://kassai-istvan.hu/
 
Pianist István Kassai, obtained his diplomas from the Ferenc Liszt Music Academy in Budapest with Pál Kadosa in 1982, and from the Conservatoire Européen de Musique in Paris with Professor Yvonne Lefébure in 1984. He won first prize at the Ústí nad Labem (CZ) International Piano Competition in 1972, at the Hungarian Radio National Piano Competition in 1979, and at the Paris International Debussy Piano Competition in 1982. In 2001 he was awarded with the Liszt Prize. In 2010 István Kassai received the Leó Weiner Prize.

He edited György Cziffra's volume of improvisations, and is presently working on the publishing of Mihály Mosonyi's piano works. He recorded all of the piano works of Ernest Bloch (2 CD), Ferenc Erkel (2 CD) and Mihály Mosonyi (6 CD) with (Naxos) Marco Polo recording company. He made also Hubay, Weiner, Dohnányi, Bartók and Volkmann recordings for Hungaroton.

Since 2013 he is a full member of the Hungarian Academy of Arts. In 2024, he was awarded the Prize of Merited Artist of Hungary.
 
Year Title Publisher Code Remark
1989 Bloch, Ernest: Piano Works Vol.1 Marco Polo (Naxos) 8.223288 Own
Complete edition
1989 Bloch, Ernest: Piano Works Vol.2 Marco Polo (Naxos) 8.223289 Own
Complete edition
1991 A nagy magyar hegedűiskola
(The Great Hungarian School of Violinists) 		Radioton SLPX 31469 Own
LP
1991 Erkel Ferenc: Piano Works, Chamber Music Marco Polo (Naxos) 8.223317 Own
Complete edition
1991 Erkel Ferenc: Opera Transcriptions Marco Polo (Naxos) 8.223318 Own
Complete edition
1991 Szecsődi Ferenc, Kassai István, Erkel Ferenc, Hubay Jenő, Nándor Zsolt, Vecsey Ferenc: A nagy magyar hegedűiskola Radioton SLPX 31469 LP
1992 Erkel Ferenc: Zongoraművek
(Erkel, Ferenc: Piano Music) 		Hungaroton SLPD 31322 LP
1992 Erkel Ferenc: Zongoraművek
(Erkel, Ferenc: Piano Music) 		Hungaroton SLPD 31322 Own
LP
1994 Around The World In 80 Minutes - with Marco Polo Marco Polo (Naxos) 8.223003 Sampler CD
1994 Mosonyi Mihály: Piano Music for Four Hands Vol.2 Marco Polo (Naxos) 8.223558 Own
Complete edition
1994 Mosonyi Mihály: Piano Works Vol.3 Marco Polo (Naxos) 8.223559 Own
Complete edition
1994 Mosonyi Mihály: Piano Works Vol.1 Marco Polo (Naxos) 8.223557 Own
Complete edition
1997 Hungaroton Classic - 1998 Hungaroton HCD 31774 Sampler CD
1997 Hubay Jenő: Hegedű-zongoraművek 01.
(Hubay, Jenő: Works for Violin and Piano Vol. 01) 		Hungaroton HCD 31733 Own
Complete edition
1998 Mosonyi Mihály: Piano Works Vol.4 Marco Polo (Naxos) 8.223560 Own
Complete edition
1998 Mosonyi Mihály: Piano Works Vol. 5 - Opera Transcriptions Marco Polo (Naxos) 8.225022 Own
Complete edition
1998 Weiner Leó: Zongoraművek 1.
(Weiner, Leó: Piano Music Vol.1) 		Hungaroton HCD 31777 Own
Complete edition
1999 Hubay Jenő: Hegedű-zongoraművek 02.
(Hubay, Jenő: Works for Violin and Piano Vol. 02) 		Hungaroton HCD 31812 Own
Complete edition
1999 Mosonyi Mihály: Piano Trio, Grand Nocturne Marco Polo (Naxos) 8.225042 Own
Complete edition
2000 Bartók összkiadás - Ritkaságok
(Complete Edition - Rarities) 		Hungaroton HCD 41002 29 CDs
2000 Hubay Jenő: Hegedű-zongoraművek 03.
(Hubay, Jenő: Works for Violin and Piano Vol. 03) 		Hungaroton HCD 31876 Own
Complete edition
2000 Bartók Béla: Korai művek és ritkaságok
(Bartók, Béla: Early Works and Rarities) 		Hungaroton HCD 31909
2000 Bartók Edition (29) King Records BAR 1029 licence edition (Japan)
2000 Weiner Leó: Zongoraművek 2.
(Weiner, Leó: Piano Music Vol. 2) 		Hungaroton HCD 31921 Own
Complete edition
2000 Musica Hungarica - A magyar zene gyöngyszemei
(Musica Hungarica - Pearls of Hungarian Music) 		Magánkiadás MHA 012
2001 50 éves a Hungaroton - Zongoraművészek (1951-2001)
(Fifty Years of Hungaroton - Pianists) 		Hungaroton HCD 32088-90 3 CDs
2001 50 éves a Hungaroton - Vonósművészek (1951-2001)
(Fifty Years of Hungaroton - String Players) 		Hungaroton HCD 32091-3 3 CDs
2001 Hubay Jenő: Hegedű-zongoraművek 04.
(Hubay, Jenő: Works for Violin and Piano Vol. 04) 		Hungaroton HCD 31970 Own
Complete edition
2002 Hubay Jenő: Hegedű-zongoraművek 05.
(Hubay, Jenő: Works for Violin and Piano Vol. 05) 		Hungaroton HCD 32060 Own
Complete edition
2003 Hubay Jenő: Hegedű-zongoraművek 06.
(Hubay, Jenő: Works for Violin and Piano Vol. 06) 		Hungaroton HCD 32155 Own
Complete edition
2003 Weiner Leó: Zongoraművek 3.
(Weiner, Leó: Piano Music Vol. 3) 		Hungaroton HCD 32115 Own
Complete edition
2003 Dohnányi Ernő: Fisz moll zongoranégyes; Nászinduló; C-moll zongoraötös Op.1
(Dohnányi, Ernő: Piano Quartet in F sharp minor; Wedding March; Piano Quintet in C minor Op.1) 		Hungaroton HCD 32148 Own
2004 Volkmann, Robert: Zongoraművek
(Piano Music) 		Hungaroton HCD 32231 Own
2004 Hubay Jenő: Hegedű-zongoraművek 07. - Átiratok
(Hubay, Jenő: Works for Violin and Piano Vol. 07 - Transcriptions) 		Hungaroton HCD 32193 Own
Complete edition
2005 Hubay Jenő: Hegedű-zongoraművek 08.
(Hubay, Jenő: Works for Violin and Piano Vol. 08) 		Hungaroton HCD 32312 Own
Complete edition
2006 Magyar verbunkos zene
(Hungarian Verbunkos Music) 		Magánkiadás PRECD 03115
2006 Hubay Jenő: Hegedű-zongoraművek 09.
(Hubay, Jenő: Works for Violin and Piano Vol. 09) 		Hungaroton HCD 32389 Own
Complete edition
2007 Weiner Leó: Zongoraművek 4.
(Weiner, Leó: Piano Music Vol. 4) 		Hungaroton HCD 32403 Own
2007 Hubay Jenő: Hegedű-zongoraművek 10.
(Hubay, Jenő: Works for Violin and Piano Vol. 10) 		Hungaroton HCD 32452 Own
Complete edition
2008 Hubay Jenő: Hegedű-zongoraművek 11.
(Hubay, Jenő: Works for Violin and Piano Vol. 11) 		Hungaroton HCD 32581 Own
Complete edition
2009 Hubay Jenő: Hegedű-zongoraművek 12.
(Hubay, Jenő: Works for Violin and Piano Vol. 12) 		Hungaroton HCD 32549 Own
Complete edition
2009 Hubay Jenő: Hegedű-zongoraművek 13.
(Hubay, Jenő: Works for Violin and Piano Vol. 13) 		Hungaroton HCD 32582 Own
Complete edition
2012 Erkel Ferenc: Kórusművek
(Erkel, Ferenc: Choral Works) 		Hungaroton HCD 32683
2014 Széchényi Imre: Forgotten Compositions Hungaroton HCD 32748
2014 Bartók, Béla: Mikrokosmos, Vols. 2 and 3 Naxos 9.70208
2014 The Sea in Music Naxos 8.578269-70 2 CDs
2016 Béla Bartók - Complete Works Decca 478 9311 32 CDs
2018 Széchényi - Piano Music from a Hungarian Dynasty, 1800-1920 Naxos GP786 Own
World premiere recordings
2019 Sándor Balassa: Complete Piano Music, Vol. 1 Naxos GP803 Own
Complete Edition / World premiere recordings
2019 Sándor Balassa: Complete Piano Music, Vol. 2 Naxos GP804 Own
Complete Edition / World premiere recordings
2020 Balassa, Sándor: Complete Piano Music, Vol. 3 Grand Piano GP805 Own
Complete edition / World Première Recording
2021 Imre Széchényi: Waltzes and Hungarian Marches Naxos 8.574307 Own
Includes World Première Recordings
2023 Imre Széchényi: Dances for Piano / Serenade in A minor Naxos 8.574506 Own
Includes World Première Recordings
2023 Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dances and the Hungarian Tradition Naxos 8.574424-25 2 CDs
2023 Hungarian Dances - Traditional Dance-Music Transcriptions and Folk-Style Compositions that Inspired Brahms Naxos 9.70344 Own