Kiss Gyula
piano
Place of Birth
Budapest
Date of Birth
1944
Gyula Kiss had started playing the piano at the age of six, the graduated from the Budapest Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music as a student of the famous pianist and music teacher Pál Kadosa. Mr.Kiss, as a young man of exceptional talent, appeared as a sensation at the Budapest Liszt-Bartók International Piano Competition in 1966. In the following years he won first prizes again: at the CISCM International Piano Contest at Taormina in 1967 and 1968. As a guest performer he was tremendously successful at the Lisbon Congress of the International Federation of Young Musicians in 1968.
As soloist of the Budapest Symphony Orchestra, he gave performances in the major cities of Canada and the US (including the Carnegie Hall in New York) in 1973 and in 1974. He had been a frequent guest in Europes concert halls (Austria, Italy, France, Greece Athens Festival, Spain Granada Festival, Netherlands, Ireland, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany etc.). In 1975 he participated on a on a three-month tour in Australia including 35 concerts. It was followed by radio recordings and recitals in Singapore and Malaysia. Between 1975 and 85, he was a regular guest performer in the Soviet Union, Bulgaria, Poland, Romania, East Berlin and Czechoslovakia. In 1985-88 he was a guest professor at the Musashino University in Tokyo. In that period, he regularly appeared as a performer on the musical scene in Japan as well. He was the only non-Japanese artist invited to a gramophone recording session of works by contemporary Japanese composers in 1986.
As soloist of the Budapest Symphony Orchestra, he gave performances in the major cities of Canada and the US (including the Carnegie Hall in New York) in 1973 and in 1974. He had been a frequent guest in Europes concert halls (Austria, Italy, France, Greece Athens Festival, Spain Granada Festival, Netherlands, Ireland, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany etc.). In 1975 he participated on a on a three-month tour in Australia including 35 concerts. It was followed by radio recordings and recitals in Singapore and Malaysia. Between 1975 and 85, he was a regular guest performer in the Soviet Union, Bulgaria, Poland, Romania, East Berlin and Czechoslovakia. In 1985-88 he was a guest professor at the Musashino University in Tokyo. In that period, he regularly appeared as a performer on the musical scene in Japan as well. He was the only non-Japanese artist invited to a gramophone recording session of works by contemporary Japanese composers in 1986.
| Year | Title | Publisher | Code | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 |
Perényi Eszternek ajánlva
(Dedicated to Eszter Perényi) |
Hungaroton | HCD 31784 | |
| 2000 | Beethoven, Liszt: Symphonies Nos 1-9 | Hungaroton | ||
| 2001 |
50 éves a Hungaroton - Zongoraművészek (1951-2001)
(Fifty Years of Hungaroton - Pianists) |
Hungaroton | HCD 32088-90 | 3 CDs |