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Horváth Anikó

harpsichord, piano
Place of Birth
Győr
Date of Birth
Orchestra
Affetti Musicali
 
Anikó Horváth commenced playing the piano at the age of 7. After finishing her studies in the Béla Bartók Conservatory in 1967, she enrolled in the Budapest Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music where she was studying in the piano department under professor István Antal, but also commenced taking harpsichord lessons from prof. János Sebestyén in 1970. She graduated as a pianist from the Budapest Academy of Music in 1972. She clinched second prize in the 1973 Paris International Harpsichord Concours and, in the same year, participated in the master course staged by Zuzana Ružičková in Prague. Between 1973 and 74 she received post-graduate training from Mrs. Ružičková in the Bratislava Academy of Music, and also participated in her Zurich master class in 1975. She won in 1978 a Belgian scholarship to Kenneth Gilbert’s master class in Antwerp. Since 1973 Ms.Horváth has regularly appeared on the concert platform, giving recitals and playing as soloist with symphony orchestras and as the principal harpsichordist of the Hungraian Chamber Orchestra. She has a special flair for and frequently performs 20th century compositions. In 1977 she recorded her first LP, featuring works by Samel Scheidt. Besides regularly appearing in Hungary’s concert halls, in the studios of the Hungarian Radio and TV, Anikó Horváth has scored major successes abroad. She has guest-performed in Austria, Czechoslovakia, the Federal Republic of Germany, France, the German Democratic Republic, Poland, West Berlin and Yugoslavia.

Awards
2007 Liszt Award
 
Year Title Publisher Code Remark
1976 Scheidt, Samuel: Tabulatura nova Hungaroton SLPX 11818
1982 Kuhnau, Johann: Biblische Historien & Neue Clavier-Übung Hungaroton LP
1989 Recorder Duets of Three Centuries Naxos Own
1995 Cavalli, Francesco: Laetatus sum; Magnificat / Charpentier, Marc-Antoine: Te deum Hungaroton HCD 12920
1996 Albero, Sebastian: 30 szonáta csembalóra
(Albero, Sebastian: Thirty Sonatas for Harpsichord) 		Hungaroton HCD 31621 Own
First recordings
1999 Benda, Georg Anton: Lieder Hungaroton HCD 31779
2000 Partiták és concertók csembalóra és fúvósegyüttesre
(Partitas & Concertos) 		Hungaroton HCD 31918 Own
2000 Masek, Václa Vincenc - Druschetzky, Georg: Partitas & Concertos Hungaroton
2004 Barokk trombitaversenyek
(Baroque Trumpet Concertos) 		Hungaroton HCD 32266
2004 Fusz János: Music of Hungarian Parlours - Works for Fortepiano Hungaroton HCD 32248 Own
2005 Láng István: Inquieto, Sempre in tensione, Ist es möglich ohne B-A-C-H, VII. Szimfonia
(Láng, István: Inquieto, Sempre in tensione, Ist es möglich ohne B-A-C-H, Symphony No.7) 		Hungaroton HCD 32357
2006 Spech, Johann B.: Fortepiano művek és dalok
(Spech, Johann B.: Fortepiano Pieces and Songs) 		Hungaroton HCD 32489 Own
2006 Fusz János: Songs by János Fusz Hungaroton HCD 32402
2010 Magyar Táncok - Verbunkos Magyar Kultúra Kiadó HCD 420 Own
2012 Fáy István: Régi magyar zene gyöngyei Magyar Kultúra Kiadó HCD 452 Own