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Endre Hegedus
Kossuth, Liszt, and Cziffra Prize awarded pianist
Steinway Artist
Portfolio
2020
www.hungarianpianist.com
Contact:
Katalin Hegedus
Studio Liszt Ltd.
+36-30-400-6722
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Endre Hegedus Kossuth, Liszt, and Cziffra Prize awarded Hungarian
pianist
Portfolio 2020Endre Hegedus is a well-known Hungarian pianist in the international and Hungarian
concert scene. During the 40 years of his career, he has performed more than 3,500
live concerts. He has recorded 42 CDs and 6 DVD albums. The total length of
his concert films for television exceeds 35 hours. His vast repertoire, focusing mainly
on composers of the romantic era, includes a special interest for piano works of
Chopin and Franz Liszt.
He participated in 20 international piano competitions, in Athens, Milan, Sydney and
Budapest among others, and won altogether10 prizes. He has received many honors
and prizes in his native Hungary. The most important state-prizes are the Franz Liszt Prize
in 2000, and the highest cultural honor given by the Hungarian state president, the
Kossuth Prize in 2014.
He has played concerts on four continents, and has toured 83 times in Japan and 28
times in the U.S. He has given guest performances to great acclaim in several countries
in Europe, in Australia, Japan, Canada and the United States. Endre Hegedus often
performs as a soloist of concertos for piano and orchestra. He has played with the
leading Hungarian orchestras and with the Symphonic orchestras of Sydney, Milano,
Brno and Utah.
With his wife Katalin Hegedus (who is also a pianist) they often perform works for piano
duet and two pianos in Hungary and abroad alike. Katalin Hegedus received her
diplomas in piano and choral conducting at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in
Budapest, Hungary. She performs often in chamber music ensembles and is in live
demand as an accompanist. She is also a successful concert organizer.
“With my music, I wish to show that I serve a cause, the cause of beauty. With my music
I wish to show the beauty of music that makes souls open and that gives joy,
experience and energy to the soul.”
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Endre Hegedus Kossuth, Liszt, and Cziffra Prize awarded Hungarian
pianist
Portfolio 2020Biography and awards
Studies 1980 He graduated from the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, Budapest as a pianist in
1980. His professors were Istvan Antal, Zoltan Kocsis, Ferenc Rados, Andras
Schiff and Anna Hajdu.
1980 After graduation he attended Bruno Leonardo Gelber’s and Tamás Vasary’s
master classes several times.
Honors and awards International piano competitions: He won prizes at ten international piano
competitions, among them first prize at the Rina Sala Gallo International Piano
Competition in Monza, Italy and at the International Piano Competition Sergei
Rachmaninov in Morcone, Italy. He was awarded second prize at the
International Piano Competition in Sydney, Australia and at the Dino Ciani
International Competition at the Scala in Milan.
In 1986, the year of Liszt’s bicentenary, Endre Hegedus was awarded the LISZT
COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUE by the Ferenc Liszt Society and the Ministry of
Culture.
In October 1997 the Ferenc Liszt Society conferred on him for his achievements as a
performer the GEORGES CZIFFRA-PRIZE distributed each third year.
In March 1999 he was given the title STEINWAY ARTIST by the Steinway Centre in New
York. The same year he was ranked among the best 300 active pianists of the
world in England.
On 15th March 2000 the Minister of Culture awarded him in the framework of the
Hungarian millennial celebrations the LISZT-PRIZE.
On 20th August 2011 he was decorated with the KNIGHT’S CROSS ORDER OF MERIT OF
THE REPUBLIC OF HUNGARY for his performing art, which is deservedly popular
beyond Hungary’s frontiers as well, particularly for his fascinating interpretation
of Chopin’s and Liszt’s works.
Concerts • He has performed more than 3,500 live concerts
• He has played concerts on four continents. He has given guest performances to
great acclaim in several countries in Europe, in Australia, Japan, Canada and the
United States. (Adelaide, Athens, Auckland, Vienna, Bombay, Bonn, Budapest,
Brussels, Canberra, Eindhoven, Havana, Helsinki, Istanbul, Killarney, Kyoto, Linz,
London, Los Angeles, Tirgu Mures, Milano, Moscow, Munich, New York, Bratislava,
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Paris, Prague, Rome, Sofia, New-Delhi, Lugano, Meran, Osaka, Salt Lake City, San
Diego, Santa Monica, Seattle, Stuttgart, Sydney, Sapporo, Seoul, Thessaloniki,
Tokyo, Toronto, Warsaw, Washington and Wellington.)
• He has toured 83 times in Japan and 28 times in the United States.
• Endre Hegedus often performs as a soloist of concertos for piano and orchestra.
He has played with the leading Hungarian orchestras and also (among others )with
the symphonic orchestras of Sydney, Milano, Bruno and Utah.
• Piano pieces for four hands and for two pianos four hands: Endre Hegedus
regularly performs with his wife Katalin Hegedus in Hungary and abroad with
programs of piano pieces for four hands and for two pianos four hands.
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Publications
39 CD and 6 DVD publications
CD publications:
1. Wagner-Liszt: the complete Tannhäuser transcriptions, HUNGAROTON, HCD
12797
2. Bellini-Liszt: the complete operatic fantasies, HCD 31299 (awarded the
International Franz Liszt Grand Prix du Disque)
3. Donizetti-Liszt: operatic fantasies, HCD 31547
4. Schumann: Carnaval Op.7. and Piano Quintet Op.44., HCD 31560
5. Chopin piano works, live concert recording, HCD 31700
6. Wagner-Liszt: the complete transcriptions and fantasies, HCD 31743-44 (double
CD album)
7. Schumann: Symphonic Studies and Liszt: Sonata in B minor, live concert
recording, HCD 31870
8. Nikolai Myaskovsky: the complete sonatas for piano, MARCO POLO, 8.223156,
8.223178, 8.223469 (3 separate albums)
9. Joseph Holbrook: piano quartet and piano quintet, MARCO POLO, 8.223736
10. Schubert: Piano works for 4 hands, with Katalin Hegedus, STUDIO LISZT
Productions, HEG102
11. Brahms: Piano concertos 1&2, live concert recording, HEG103-4 (double CD
album)
12. Golden Clouds - songs by 20th century Hungarian composers. Jutta Bokor –
mezzo-soprano, Endre Hegedus – piano, HCD 32017
13. Beethoven: Sonatas Pathétique, Moonlight, and Appassionata – live concert
recording, HEG105
14. Liszt: Via crucis – version for piano 4 hands, with Katalin Hegedus and reflections
by Balazs Barsi OFM, HEG106
15. Liszt: Piano compositions, HEG107
16. Chopin: Compositions for piano solo, HEG109
17. P. Vladigerov: Virtuoso works for violin and piano, Zádory Édua Amarilla – violin,
and Endre Hegedus – piano, HCD 32301
18. Mozart: Sonatas for piano 4 hands, with Katalin Hegedus, HEG110
19. Born in Love: a selection from former recordings by Endre Hegedus, HEG111
20. Hegedus Encores, HEG112
21. „A Concert in the Church” – live concert recording, TPRCD1
22. Chopin piano works, HEG113
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23. Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.3. in C minor – live concert recording,
COLUMBIA RECORDS JAPAN TWCO-1006/7
24. Leo Kovacs: Piano solo works, HEG114
25. Liszt: piano solo compositions. Golden CD album, HEG114
26. ”Franz and Fryderyk” – piano works by Chopin and Liszt, HEG115
27. Piano concertos by Franz Liszt – live concert recording, HEG116 (CD&DVD
album)
28. CD extra to the book ”Etudes Transcendantes” – conversations with Endre
Hegedus, HEG117
29. Tchaikowsky: Piano Concerto No.1. in B flat minor – live concert recording,
HEG118
30. Chopin: Piano Concertos No.1. in E minor and No.2. in F minor, HEG119
31. Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.3. in C minor and Grieg: Piano Concerto in A
minor – live concert recording, HEG120
32. ”Piano Couplets” – works for piano solo and for 4 hands, with Katalin Hegedus, HEG121
33. Chopin: Piano solo compositions, HEG122
34. ”Ketten egy” (”Two persons in one”) Endre and Katalin Hegedus play
compositions for solo piano and 4 hands, with reflections by Balazs Barsi OFM,
HEG123 (double CD album)
35. The Hungarian Piano Quartet plays, HEG124
36. Piano works by Chopin and Mussorgsky, HEG125
37. Hegedus Encores 2, HEG126
38. Piano compositions for 4 hands, Endre and Katalin Hegedus, HEG127
DVD publications:
1. The Fire of Romanticism – a Franz Liszt piano solo recital in the National Concert Hall of MÜPA, Budapest 2011, HEG301
2. Piano concertos by Franz Liszt – live concert recording, HEG302 (CD&DVD album)3. Tchaikowsky: Piano Concerto No.1. in B flat minor – live concert recording, HEG303
(CD&DVD album)4. Chopin: Piano Concertos No.1. in E minor & No.2. in F minor – live concert recording,
HEG3045. Two piano concertos, Beethoven: Concerto in C minor Op.37 & Grieg: Concerto in A
minor Op.16 - live concert recording, HEG3056. Chopin piano works, HEG306
39. Hand in Hand, Endre and Katalin Hegedus play works for two pianos, HEG128
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Books
“Ferenczi Andrea: Hegedus at the piano” – “Conversations with Endre Hegedus” CD
included with his Chopin interpretations (Harmat Publisher, Budapest, 2004)
“Lelkem tele van szep hangokkal” – Ferenczi Andrea beszelget Hegedus Endrevel [My
soul is filled with beautiful sounds – Andrea Ferenczi talks with Endre Hegedus]
„Transzcendens etudok” - [Transcendental etudes] Harmat Publisher, Budapest, 2012
With a CD enclosed
Concert videos (selected)
• Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 15 "Rakoczi March" (2011, Budapest, MUPA)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMvb2cxkbYQ
• Tchaikowski: Piano concerto No. 1. (2012, Budapest, MUPA)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEuFFn3i6j4
• Liszt: Piano concerto No. 2. (2011, Budapest, MUPA)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikmi-zISur8
• Donizetti - Liszt: Lucia di Lammermoor – Reminiscences (2012 , Budapest, MUPA)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sb6M02qdvGM
• Wagner- Liszt: Tannhäuser Overture - concert paraphrase (2011, Budapest, MÜPA)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0fD-bDvH_4
• Chopin: Nocturne in B flat minor Op. 9 No. 1 (2015, Hodmezovasarhely)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S13Qi38eT_8
• Chopin: Scherzo No. 2 in B flat minor Op. 31 (2015, Hodmezovasarhely )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6vzaqh6FhU
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Concert program proposals for 2020-2021
solo piano concerts, concertos for piano and orchestra
and piano pieces for four hands – with Katalin Hegedus, pianist
A solo piano concert: Liszt and Bartók
Bartók: Evening at the Szeklers and Allegro barbaro
Liszt: Sonetto di Petrarca No. 104
Liszt: God’s Blessing in the Loneliness
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 14
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Bartók: Sonatina
Bartók: Old Hungarian Dance Tunes
Wagner - Liszt: Wolfram’s Song to the Evening Star
Donizetti - Liszt: Lucia di Lammermoor - Reminiscences
Liszt: Dreams of Love No. 3
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody no. 15 “Rakoczi March”
A solo piano concert: “The forever young Chopin”
Nocturne in E major Op.62
Scherzo No.3 in C sharp minor Op.39
Two waltzes, Op.64 – C sharp minor No.1 & D flat major No.2
Ballade No.1 in G minor Op.23
Barcarolle Op.60
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3 Mazurkas Op.59
Fantasy in F minor Op.49
Preludes, Op.28 – in A major No.7 & A flat major No.17
Polonaise in F sharp minor Op.44
A Franz Liszt piano recital
Au bord d’une source & Orage (Années du pèlerinage, Première
année: Suisse)
Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude (Harmonies poétiques et
religieuses)
Première valse oubliée
Mephisto Waltz No.1
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Les jeux d’eaux á la Villa d’Este
Sonata in B minor
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Another Franz Liszt solo piano program
Consolation No.3 in D flat major
Sonetto di Petrarca No.104
Hungarian Rhapsody No.14
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Donizetti–Liszt: 3 Fantasies from the opera Lucia di Lammermoor –
March and Cavatina, On Themes from Lucia and Parisina, Sextet
Wagner–Liszt: The Entry of the Guests from Tannhäuser
A Wagner–Liszt solo piano program
2 transcriptions from the opera Lohengrin – Elsa’s Bridal Procession,
Festival and Bridal Song
Isolde’s Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde
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3 transcriptions from the opera Tannhäuser – Overture, Recitative and
Romance “Evening star”, Entry of the Guests
A Beethoven piano solo recital
Sonata in D major Op.10 No.3
Sonata in C minor “Pathétique” Op.13
Sonata in E minor Op.90
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Sonata in C sharp minor “Moonlight” Op.27 No.2
Sonata in F minor “Appassionata” Op.57
A solo piano concert
Chopin: Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23
Chopin: Waltzes. in b minor, Op. 69 and in G flat major, Op. 70
Chopin: Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58
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Chopin: Andante spianato et grande Polonaise, Op. 22
Tchaikowski: Dumka – a rural scene
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
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A romantic piano evening
Chopin: Ballade No.4 in F minor Op.52
Chopin: two waltzes – in B minor Op.69 No.2 & in G flat major Op.70
No.1
Chopin: Sonata in B minor Op.58
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Tchaikovsky: Dumka – A Rural Scene
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
Piano pieces for four hands – Endre Hegedus and Katalin Hegedus
Mozart: Sonata in C major, K. 521
Beethoven: Sonata in D major, Op. 6
Brahms: Hungarian Dances Nos. 2. 3. 6. 1.
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Schubert: Hungarian Divertissement
Liszt: Les Preludes – Symphonic Poem
Solo and piano pieces for four hands
Mozart: Sonata in C major, K.521
Beethoven: Sonata in C minor “Pathetique” , Op. 13
Chopin: Polonaise in a flat major, Op. 53
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Liszt: Mephisto Waltz No. 1
Liszt: The Fountains of the Villa d’Este
Debussy: Little Suite
Wagner - Liszt: Tannhauser Overture
„Chopin and Liszt – two good friends”
Chopin: Etudes: in E major and in C minor “Revolutionary” , Op. 10
Chopin: Waltzes. in C sharp minor and in D flat major, Op. 64
Chopin: Scherzo No. 3 in C sharp minor, Op. 39
Chopin: Andante spianato et grande Polonaise Op. 22
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Liszt: At the stream
Liszt: Sonetto di Petrarca No. 104
Liszt: The Fountains of the Villa d’Este
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 14
Concertos for piano and orchestra
• Mozart: in D minor K. 466
• Beethoven: No. 3 in C minor, No. 4 in G major and No. 5 in E flat major
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• Liszt: No. 1 in E flat major and No. 2 in A major
• Chopin: No. 1 in E minor and No. 2 in F minor
• Brahms: No. 1 in D minor and No. 2 in B flat major
• Grieg: in A minor
• Tchaikowski: No. 1 in B flat minor
• Rachmaninov: No. 2 in C minor and Variations on a Theme by Paganini
• Gershwin: Rhapsody in blue
• Bartok: No. 3
Concert programs for the youth
Bach: Choral from the Cantata No.147
Mozart: Turkish March
Beethoven: Für Elise
Chopin: two waltzes, Op.64 – in C sharp minor No.2 & in D flat major No.1
Chopin: Nocturne in E flat major Op.9 No.2
Chopin: Polonaise in A major Op.40
Liszt: Liebestraum No.3
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No.15 “Rákóczi March”
Bach: Siciliano in G minor
Mozart: Sonata in B flat major K.333, 3rd movement
Beethoven: Sonata in C minor “Pathétique” Op.13
Chopin: Polonaise in A flat major “Heroic” Op.53
Chopin: Etude in E major Op.10 No.3
Chopin: Waltz in B minor Op.69 No.2
Liszt: Sonetto di Petrarca No.104
Bartók: Evening at the Szeklers & Allegro barbaro
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
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Selected reviews
„As good as Hegedus presented himself with other standard composers on his
marathon concert, it was with the music of Liszt that he became a breathing
incarnation of this 19th-century music legend. This guest soloist pulled timbres out of
the Fazioli grand piano which dazzled and amazed.” (by Jeff Manookian – Salt Lake
City)
„A musician like Hegedus would have been a celebrated virtuoso in Liszt’s time. There
is hardly any pianist who could interpret Liszt in more authentic, affectionate and
passionate manner. (…) It applies to Hegedus’s performance what Ignaz Moscheles
once said about Liszt: „He does anything he wants to and does it splendidly; the hands
risen high in the air strike down only seldom on a wrong key.” (by Jan Björn Potthast –
Süddeutsche Zeitung)
" Endre Hegedus (…) proves to be a pianist of great talent. His Chopin is at time fast
and diabolical but also subject to deep reverie when called for. The lyrical passages
drag you into the music like very few versions I know. Fazil Say's devilish fingers can go
faster still but he reaches not the level of poetry Hegedus demonstrates here." (Frederic
Deubot)
„The next time pianist Endre Hegedus comes to town, you ought to hear him. The
Hungarian virtuoso gave a spectacular recital at the Old Church on Friday evening
(Oct. 12) of works by Chopin and Liszt, including a rarely heard Liszt fantasy of Bellini’s
“Norma” and a Liszt transcription of Wagner’s “Tannhauser.” Hegedus plays with a
style that makes the piano sing and at the same time has a genuine, earnest feeling.”
(Northwest Reverb)
„The Drawing Room of Muckross House, Killarney is an exquisitely intimate venue in
which to experience music, especially when the performer is as articulate, sincere,
musical, and technically exciting as the Hungarian virtuoso, Endre Hegedus. He is an
artist whose recordings I will seek out in the future.” (by Dr. Declan Townsend - Killarny)
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“Music gives my life fulfillment. After more than 3,500
appearances I still believe that the pianist’s primary duty is
to love his audiences and to present them devotedly and
arduously with masterpieces chiseled with utmost care,
enthusiasm, and labor over months and years. The long
hours of daily practicing are an incredible source of joy to
me. So much so that I cannot keep it to myself but must
pass it on to the largest possible audiences in the greatest
number of places in the world. … This is the raison d’etre of
my existence and the motivation of my zeal driving me to
continue until my hands can bear. – All of it comes, as
everything in my life, from God’s grace.”
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Further information
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