Eszter Perényi
Eszter Perényi
completed her studies at Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest in
1967. She was appointed as university professor in 1998. She has been
leading the Strings Department since.
Her students participate
at national and international competitions with great success. The list
of her students includes names such as Péter Somogyi, Barnabás Kelemen,
Katalin Kokas, Ádám Banda, Ernő Kállai, etc.
Master classes
in Hungary (Budapest and other towns), China (Beijing, Shanghai,
Tienchin), Madrid, Brussels, Amsterdam, Israel, 2012 Guest Professor in
Tokyo University of Arts (Geidai) etc.
Regular invited professor at the International Summer Academy Prague-Vienna-Budapest.
Prof. Perényi is frequent member of significant international
competitions (e.g. Menuhin Competition – Great Britain , Kreisler
Competition – Vienna, Wieniawski Competition – Poznan, Szigeti-Hubay
Competition – Budapest, Yampolsky Competition – Moscow, Osaka Chamber
Music Competition.
Professor Perényi is performing as a soloist
and plays in chamber music ensembles in various countries all over the
world and also in Hungary. Miklós Perényi, Jenő Jandó, Dénes Várjon,
Ilona Prunyi, Gyula Kiss, Rohmann Imre are among her chamber music
partners.
She has played at concerts with various Hungarian and
national orchestras - National Philharmonic Orchestra, Hungarian Radio
Orchestra, Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra, Budapest String Quartet,
London Symphony Orchestra, Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, RAI Symphony
Orchestra – with such conductors as Erich Leinsdorf, István Kertész,
Yuri Simonov, Ádám Medveczky, Ervin Lukács, etc.
Her repertoire
covers a wide range of music literature, she lays special emphasis on
chamber music and contemporary music. Many composers dedicated pieces to
her - e.g. József Soproni, Miklós Kocsár, Emil Petrovics, Attila
Bozay, József Sári, István Láng.
Professor Perényi has prepared many TV and radio recordings, Decca Naxos and Hungaroton published various recorings of her.
Eszter Perényi was awarded many prizes, e.g. Franz Liszt Prize (1987),
Small Cross of the Hungarian Republic (1995), Bartók-Pásztory Prize
(2002).
