Ilona Prunyi

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Ilona Prunyi (2012)

Ilona Prunyi (born May 1, 1941 in Debrecen ) is a Hungarian pianist.

Life

Ilona Prunyi studied from 1958 to 1963 at the Franz Liszt Music Academy in Budapest with József Gát and András Mihály . There she became a lecturer herself, but struggled with a prolonged illness in the first few years. In Paris she took a course with Yvonne Lefébure . She was friends with Annie Fischer .

Prunyi made her concert debut in 1974 and has since played with the Hungarian orchestras and chamber orchestras, plays four hands and also appears as a soloist. She has been awarded the Artisjus-díj several times, received a prize at the Liszt Competition in Budapest in 1994, the Bartók – Pásztory Prize in 2011 and the Érdemes művész in 2015.

Prunyi also takes care of less frequently performed composers, such as the work of Stephen Heller and Ernő Dohnányi .

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