Kerek Erzsébet
piano
Place of Birth
Budapest
Date of Birth
1986
She was born in the 26th of April 1986 in Budapest.
Studies:
1992-1994: Music School of Szigetszentmiklós (teacher: Mrs. István Galy)
1994-2000: Árpád Fassang Music School in Csepel (teacher: Mrs. István Galy)
2000-2005: Béla Bartók Secondary School of Music, Budapest (teachers: Balázs Kecskés, Gábor Csalog, Károly Félegyházi)
2005-2010: Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music (teachers: László Baranyay, Balázs Kecskés, Attila Némethy, Pál Éder, Sándor Devich, Gábor Csalog, Rita Wagner)
2010: diploma with distinction
2011: Weingarten Foundation Scholarship – further studies at the Birmingham Conservatoire for two semesters (teachers: Philip Martin, Katya Apekisheva)
Teaching activities (invited lecturer, master classes):
2015: Bartók Seminar and Festival in Szombathely (piano accompanist)
2012- : Piano teacher at the Árpád Fassang Music School
She works in the Liszt Academy as a piano accompanist and répétiteur in the Bassoon Program of György Lakatos.
Major concerts:
2007: invitation to give a solo recital at the Juventus Festival (Cambrai, France); in the coming years this was followed by invitations to further chamber music and solo concerts – the concert recordings have been broadcast in the French and Belgian Television as well as in the Euroradio and BBC.
2007: invitation to participate in the four-stage concert tour of the Chopin cycle of the Virtuoso festival in Croatia, followed by a next invitation in 2008.
2014 November: concerts at the deCameron Chamber Music Festival and the Tiberius Festival; further concerts at the Franciscan Auditorium in Cluj-Napoca (Kolozsvár), in Odorheiu Secuiesc (Székelyudvarhely) and in the Culture Palace of Târgu Mures.
Awards and honors:
2014: Annie Fischer Scholarship
Studies:
1992-1994: Music School of Szigetszentmiklós (teacher: Mrs. István Galy)
1994-2000: Árpád Fassang Music School in Csepel (teacher: Mrs. István Galy)
2000-2005: Béla Bartók Secondary School of Music, Budapest (teachers: Balázs Kecskés, Gábor Csalog, Károly Félegyházi)
2005-2010: Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music (teachers: László Baranyay, Balázs Kecskés, Attila Némethy, Pál Éder, Sándor Devich, Gábor Csalog, Rita Wagner)
2010: diploma with distinction
2011: Weingarten Foundation Scholarship – further studies at the Birmingham Conservatoire for two semesters (teachers: Philip Martin, Katya Apekisheva)
Teaching activities (invited lecturer, master classes):
2015: Bartók Seminar and Festival in Szombathely (piano accompanist)
2012- : Piano teacher at the Árpád Fassang Music School
She works in the Liszt Academy as a piano accompanist and répétiteur in the Bassoon Program of György Lakatos.
Major concerts:
2007: invitation to give a solo recital at the Juventus Festival (Cambrai, France); in the coming years this was followed by invitations to further chamber music and solo concerts – the concert recordings have been broadcast in the French and Belgian Television as well as in the Euroradio and BBC.
2007: invitation to participate in the four-stage concert tour of the Chopin cycle of the Virtuoso festival in Croatia, followed by a next invitation in 2008.
2014 November: concerts at the deCameron Chamber Music Festival and the Tiberius Festival; further concerts at the Franciscan Auditorium in Cluj-Napoca (Kolozsvár), in Odorheiu Secuiesc (Székelyudvarhely) and in the Culture Palace of Târgu Mures.
Awards and honors:
2014: Annie Fischer Scholarship