Tamás Vásáry
Tamás Vásáry (born August 11, 1933 in Debrecen ) is a Hungarian pianist and music teacher.
The son of the senator in the Hungarian parliament Jozsef Vásáry was considered a musical prodigy and appeared in public for the first time at the age of eight. After the Second World War he studied at the Franz Liszt Music Academy with Lajos Hernadi , Jozsef Gat and Ernst von Dohnányi and became Zoltán Kodály's assistant . In 1948 he won first prize at the Franz Liszt Competition in Budapest.
In the same year his father was relieved of his political position and from 1951 the family was under house arrest. After the failure of the Hungarian uprising in 1956, he fled to Switzerland, from where he began an international career as a concert pianist. He made his debut in London in 1961 and in New York in 1962 and first appeared as a conductor in 1971. From 1979 to 1982 he was co-director of the Northern Sinfonia , from 1989 to 1997 chief conductor of the Bournemouth Sinfonietta and from 1993 to 2004 of the Budapest Radio Symphony Orchestra. He has played piano works by Sergei Rachmaninow and Franz Liszt and recorded for Deutsche Grammophon , Decca Records , Hungarophon , Supraphon and other labels, among other things, Beethoven's symphonies , Chopin's piano concertos and works by Arthur Honegger and Ottorino Respighi .
He was guest conductor of various orchestras in New York, Baltimore, Detroit, London, Paris and Berlin and founded the Zoltán Kodály World Youth Orchestra in 2006 . In addition, he gave master classes in Europe, Asia and the USA and was a juror at various piano competitions. In 2012 UNESCO honored him with the Mozart Medal for his life's work as a pianist and conductor .
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| SURNAME | Vásáry, Tamás |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Hungarian pianist and music teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 11, 1933 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Debrecen |