Ádám Balogh - Sydney International Piano Competition

Background

Nationality Hungary

Place of Birth Pecs

Date of Birth October 29, 1997

Prizes

2019 Second Prize: Bartók World Competition (Budapest, Hungary)

2019 Second Prize: Solo Piano Competition, Chautauqua Festival (New York State, USA)

2018 Winner Artist Recognition Scholarship Competition Award: International Keyboard Institute and Festival (New York, USA)

2017 Finalist Prize: New York Concert Artists’ Worldwide Debut Audition (New York, USA)

2015 Prize for the Best Performance of a Lyrical Work: Cliburn Junior Competition (Fort Worth, USA)

Ádám Balogh studied in Budapest’s Franz Liszt Academy of Music, completing his Bachelor of Music as a student of Attila Némethy and Gábor Eckhardt. He is currently pursuing his Master of Music at Hannover’s Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien, studying under Arie Vardi. He has taken lessons and masterclasses with Dimitry Bashkirov, Zoltán Kocsis, Roger Muraro, Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Tamás Vásáry, Yoheved Kaplinsky, Douglas Humpherys, Alexander Kobrin, and Matti Raekallio.

Making his concerto debut at the age of thirteen with the Budapest Festival Orchestra, he has since performed with the Pannon Philharmonic Orchestra, the Hungarian National Symphonic Orchestra, Concerto Budapest, the Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra, the Danubia Orchestra, the NYCA Symphonic Orchestra and the Berlin Konzerthaus Orchestra.

Ádám has performed with orchestras conducted by maestros Iván Fischer and Tamás Vásáry, and in chamber music concerts with the Kodály String Quartet and cellist István Várdai. His performances and recitals have taken him to Europe, Malta, Israel, Vietnam and the United States.

Gallery

Upcoming Competition Repertoire

Preliminaries

Preliminary Round 1: 20-Minute Recital

Béla Bartók: Improvisations on Hungarian Peasant Songs Op.20

I. Molto moderato

II. Molto capriccioso

III. Lento, rubato

IV. Allegretto scherzando

V. Allegro molto

VI. Allegro moderato, molto capriccioso

VII. Sostenuto, rubato

VIII. Allegro

Percy Grainger: from Free Settings of Favourite Melodies

IV. Strauss. Der Rosenkavalier. Ramble on the Last Love-Duet

Preliminary Round 2: 30-Minute Recital

Franz Liszt: Berceuse in D♭ Major S.174

Frédéric Chopin: Scherzo No.3 in C# minor Op.39

Franz Liszt: 2 Polonaises S.223

I. Polonaise mélancolique in C minor

Semi-Finals

Semi Finals Round 1: 65-Minute Recital

Johannes Brahms: Ballades Op.10

I. Andante

II. Andante

III. Intermezzo. Allegro

IV. Andante con moto

Béla Bartók: 2 Romanian Dances Op.8a

I. Allegro vivace

Franz Liszt: Trübe Wolken S.199

Béla Bartók: 2 Romanian Dances Op.8a

II. Poco allegro

Maurice Ravel: Gaspard de la Nuit

I. Ondine

II. Le Gibet

III. Scarbo

Semi Final Round 2: Chamber Music

Edward Elgar: Sonata for Violin and Piano in E minor Op.82

I. Allegro. Risoluto

II. Romance. Andante

III. Allegro non troppo

Édouard Lalo: Guitare Op.28

OR:

Johannes Brahms: Sonata for Cello and Piano No.2 in F Major Op.99

I. Allegro vivace

II. Adagio affettuoso

III. Allegro passionate

IV. Allegro molto

David Popper: Concert-Études Op.55

I. Spinning Song

Finals

Final Round 1: Concerto with String Orchestra

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No.12 in A Major K.414/385p

I. Allegro

II. Andante

III. Rondeau. Allegretto

Final Round 2: Concerto with Symphony Orchestra

Frédéric Chopin: Piano Concerto No.1 in E minor Op.11

I. Allegro maestoso

II. Romance. Larghetto

III. Rondo. Vivace