Persányi Zsófia Kamilla
piano
Zsófia Kamilla Persanyi was born on the 3rd of August, 1999 in Budapest. She is a Hungarian pianist and composer, who is also active as a chamber musician, accompanist and teacher.
She earned her BA degrees in piano and composition from the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, and is currently pursuing a Master's in piano at Royal Academy of Music Aarhus. She studied with Søren Rastogi, Martin Qvist Hansen, Henrik Brendstrup, Péter Nagy, Péter Tornyai, Márta Gulyás, Rita Wagner, Gábor Csalog, Gábor Monostori, András Szalai and Marco Stroppa.
She is a prize holder in several international competitions and grants, including 3rd prize at the International Béla Bartók Piano Competition and ,,New National Excellence'' scholarship in 2022, with the research topic ''Musical Chromaticism''.
She holds a special interest in exploring the connection between visual and audible arts, as well as synesthesia among composers.
Educationanad qualifications:
- Master of Music, piano, August 2023 – Det Jyske Musikkonservatorium, Aarhus
- Erasmus year, composition, September 2020 - July 2021 - Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Stuttgart
- Bachelor of Music, composition, September 2019 - June 2022 - Franz Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest
- Bachelor of Music, piano, September 2018 - June 2021 - Franz Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest
Competitionresults and awards:
2022 - New National Excellence Program scholarship
2019 - 3rd prize on the International Béla Bartók Piano Competition
2019 - ’’Young Talent’’ Special prize at the Ile-de-France International Piano Competition
2017 - 2nd prize on the Hungarian National Composing Competition
Projects:
2023 – ,,Nagy fának nagy árnyéka”* - Modern and contemporary music and its relationship to folksongs
*hungarian saying, direct translation: Big tree, big shadow
2022 - Analysis and presentation of the musical chromaticism – a study and a concert based on works by Bach, Mozart, Scriabin, Schönberg, Berg and Webern
2022 - Two Piano Roundtrip – the second part of the above mentioned two piano project, including five concerts in different venues: in Budapest, Debrecen and Balatonfüred.
2020 - Works for two pianos from the XX-XXI. century – a cooperative project with hungarian contemporary composers, alongside with hungarian premier of B. A. Zimmermann’s Monologe
Courses:
13th International Masterclass, Katowice, 2023
Piano masterclass with Valentina Igoshina, Anna Malikova and Anna Górecka
Arias Nunes Aula de Cámara, Santiago de Compostela, 2023
Piano masterclass with Claudio Martinez Mehner, András Kemenes and Kennedy Moretti
Péter Eötvös Foundation Masterclass, Budapest, 2022
Composition masterclass with prof. Péter Eötvös and Magnus Lindberg
Virtuoso e Belcanto Festival, Lucca, 2019 - 2021
piano and chamber music masterclasses with professors Bruno Giuranna, Till Fellner, Yejin Gil, Wei-Yi Yang, Péter Nagy, Adrian Brendel, Claudio Bohorquez, Ian Jones and Boris Berman.
Early Music Days, Vác, 2020
Harpsichord, basso continuo, chamber music and baroque ensemble masterclass.
Kurtág-Ligeti masterclass, Budapest, 2017
contemporary chamber music masterclass with Balázs Horváth, Gábor Csalog, András Kemenes and Katalin Károlyi.
see also: Persányi Zsófia Kamilla - composer
She earned her BA degrees in piano and composition from the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, and is currently pursuing a Master's in piano at Royal Academy of Music Aarhus. She studied with Søren Rastogi, Martin Qvist Hansen, Henrik Brendstrup, Péter Nagy, Péter Tornyai, Márta Gulyás, Rita Wagner, Gábor Csalog, Gábor Monostori, András Szalai and Marco Stroppa.
She is a prize holder in several international competitions and grants, including 3rd prize at the International Béla Bartók Piano Competition and ,,New National Excellence'' scholarship in 2022, with the research topic ''Musical Chromaticism''.
She holds a special interest in exploring the connection between visual and audible arts, as well as synesthesia among composers.
Educationanad qualifications:
- Master of Music, piano, August 2023 – Det Jyske Musikkonservatorium, Aarhus
- Erasmus year, composition, September 2020 - July 2021 - Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Stuttgart
- Bachelor of Music, composition, September 2019 - June 2022 - Franz Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest
- Bachelor of Music, piano, September 2018 - June 2021 - Franz Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest
Competitionresults and awards:
2022 - New National Excellence Program scholarship
2019 - 3rd prize on the International Béla Bartók Piano Competition
2019 - ’’Young Talent’’ Special prize at the Ile-de-France International Piano Competition
2017 - 2nd prize on the Hungarian National Composing Competition
Projects:
2023 – ,,Nagy fának nagy árnyéka”* - Modern and contemporary music and its relationship to folksongs
*hungarian saying, direct translation: Big tree, big shadow
2022 - Analysis and presentation of the musical chromaticism – a study and a concert based on works by Bach, Mozart, Scriabin, Schönberg, Berg and Webern
2022 - Two Piano Roundtrip – the second part of the above mentioned two piano project, including five concerts in different venues: in Budapest, Debrecen and Balatonfüred.
2020 - Works for two pianos from the XX-XXI. century – a cooperative project with hungarian contemporary composers, alongside with hungarian premier of B. A. Zimmermann’s Monologe
Courses:
13th International Masterclass, Katowice, 2023
Piano masterclass with Valentina Igoshina, Anna Malikova and Anna Górecka
Arias Nunes Aula de Cámara, Santiago de Compostela, 2023
Piano masterclass with Claudio Martinez Mehner, András Kemenes and Kennedy Moretti
Péter Eötvös Foundation Masterclass, Budapest, 2022
Composition masterclass with prof. Péter Eötvös and Magnus Lindberg
Virtuoso e Belcanto Festival, Lucca, 2019 - 2021
piano and chamber music masterclasses with professors Bruno Giuranna, Till Fellner, Yejin Gil, Wei-Yi Yang, Péter Nagy, Adrian Brendel, Claudio Bohorquez, Ian Jones and Boris Berman.
Early Music Days, Vác, 2020
Harpsichord, basso continuo, chamber music and baroque ensemble masterclass.
Kurtág-Ligeti masterclass, Budapest, 2017
contemporary chamber music masterclass with Balázs Horváth, Gábor Csalog, András Kemenes and Katalin Károlyi.
see also: Persányi Zsófia Kamilla - composer