Józsa Péter
piano
Place of Birth
Tatabánya
Date of Birth
1975
At the age of ten, Hungarian pianist Peter Józsa (1975) was enrolled in a special course for talented pupils at the Franz Liszt Academy in Budapest, where he studied with Ferenc Rados and György Nádor. Since 1995 he has attended the Folkwang University of Music in Essen, Germany, studying first with Catherine Vickers and, since 1997, with Boris Bloch. In addition, he has participated in master classes with András Schiff, Hans Leygraf and Oleg Maisenberg. As a participant in The International Holland Music Sessions Summer Academy 2000, he studied with John O'Conor, Jan Marisse Huizing, Karl-Heinz Kämmerling and Piotr Paleczny. Among Peter's competition prizes are second prize at the 1996 International Chamber Music Competition in Caltanissetta, Sicily, and a special jury prize at the 1990 International Piano Competition in Ettlingen, Germany. In 1998 Peter was given a scholarship to the Klavierfestival Ruhr, and he was invited to open the same festival in June of this year with a performance of one of the piano concertos of Chopin together with Bella Davidovich. He has presented several concerts and radio broadcasts as part of the Budapest Spring Festivals and made his first CD in 1994. Important concert appearances outside his native land have taken him to Germany, Switzerland, Spain, Portugal and Bulgaria.