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Zsolt Balog

piano, harpsichord and fortepiano player

Doctor Liberalium Artium


Curriculum Vitae

Education

1994-2002 – Franz Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest

Piano and harpsichord studies (Master degrees ’summa cum laude’)

Professors: Anikó Horváth (DLA) – harpsichord

András Kemenes, Attila Némethy – piano

Márta Gulyás, Sándor Devich, János Devich – chamber music

2007-2012 – Franz Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest

DLA studies (Doctor Liberalium Artium degree)

Dissertation: Wilhelm Friedemann Bach: Sonatas, Polonaises, Fantasies

2018-2019 - drama pedagogy studies under László Kaposi


Mastercourses

Attended courses during academy years with Huguette Dreyfuss, Jacques Ogg, Leon Berben, Miklós Spányi, Menno van Delf, Lajos Rovátkay, Johann Sonnleitner (harpsichord)

Márta Gulyás, Péter Frankl, Jaap Schröder (chamber music with piano)

Rita Széll (baroque dance)


Prizes

1992 - Békéstarhos: National Piano Competition – 3rd prize

special award of the Jeunesses Musicales and Kodály Foundation

1997 - Budapest: 1st prize at the Leó Weiner National Chamber Music Competititon

1999 - Prague: 4th prize at the 51st Praguer Spring International Harpsichord Competition

2000 - Budapest: 1st prize and special awards at the International Harpsichord Competition

2004 - Brugge: special award at the Musica Antiqua International Competition

2021 - VI. National József Gregor Singing Competition - special award for the best accompanist


Artistical activity

Piano, fortepiano and harpsichord recitals at main national and international festivals such as: the Budapest Spring Festival, the Early Music Days in Sopron, the Zemplén Festival, the József Szigeti Festival in Colmar, the Intereuropean Festival in Salzburg, the Bach Week in Budapest, the St. Gellert Festival in Szeged, the Early Music Days in Vác

Artistical and musical directing of theatre performances such as: W. A. Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, B. Brecht-K. Weill: The threepenny opera, S. Schwartz-A. Spolarics: Godspell, K. Bakonyi-A. Szirmai-A. Spolarics: Magnas Miska etc.

2014-2020 - assistant professor at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest

2020-2021 - assistant professor at the SZTE BBMK, Szeged (voice department)

from 2019 - Drama exercises and their benefits in the musical performance - workshops for academy students and professional musicians


Discography


2013 - Árpád Könczei: The fourth way

2018 - „Moment within the sound…” (Zsuzsa Vámosi-Nagy – flute and Zsolt Balog – piano)

2019-2020 - Franz & Carl Doppler, The Complete Flute Music Vol. 10 and Vol. 11 (Capriccio)