Endre Hegedus

Endre Hegedus

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About Endre Hegedus

Endre Hegedus was born September 16, 1954 in Hodmezovasarhely, Hungary. He took piano lessons from age 5 between 1959 to 1961 in his native town from a private teacher. From 1961 he continued his studies at the local State School of Music, until 1970. In 1970 he was admitted to the Music High School in Szeged. In 1971 he changed to the Music High School of Budapest “Bela Bartok”. Mr. Hegedus made his final examinations at the same school in 1972. In the same year he started his studies at Franz Liszt Academy of Music University in Budapest. His piano professors were Istvan Antal, Zoltan Kocsis, Ferenc Rados, Andras Schiff and Anna Hajdu. He graduated as a pianist and professor of piano in 1980. From that time on he has been a soloist of the State National Philharmonic Society of Hungary. He frequently attended the master classes of Bruno Leonardo Gelber and Tamas Vasary. Endre Hegedus is well-known in international concert life. Beside numerous concert tours in Hungary and abroad, Mr. Hegedus regularly performs live studio concerts and makes master tapes for the Hungarian State Radio. He performed in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Czechoslovakia, England, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Holland, Italy, Japan, Jugoslavia, Norway, Poland, Rumania, the former Soviet Union, South Korea, Switzerland and the United States. In 1986, the year of the Liszt Centenary he was awarded the Memorial Plaque of the International Liszt Society and the Ministry of Culture of Hungary for his outstanding interpretations of Liszt’s oeuvre in Hungary and abroad. Between 1989 and 1992 he was a visiting professor at the Sapporo State University in Japan, returning to Hungary in the summer of 1992. He is invited back to Japan yearly for extended concert and teach-ing tours. Endre Hegedus has won numerous awards at international piano competitions. The most important ones include: Rachmaninov Competition —Morcone, Italy— first prize (1987); Rina Sala Gallo Competition — Monza, Italy — first prize (1982); Sydney Competition for Young Prize-Winner Pianists — Australia— second prize and the jury’s special prize for the best chamber music performance (1981); Dino Ciani Competition — La Scala of Milan, Italy— second prize (1980) (the first prize was not awarded); Athenaeum Competition — Athens, Greece— second prize (1978) (the first prize was not awarded). Mr. Hegedus has made altogether 23 CD recordings: on HUNGAROTON label the complete set of Liszt’s transcriptions of Wagner’s Tannhäuser, HCD 12797, all Liszt fantasies on Bellini’s operas, HCD 31299 ( This CD was awarded the INTERNATIONAL LISZT GRAND PRIX DU DISQUE in Budapest ), Liszt’s fantasies on themes by Donizetti, HCD 31547, Schumann’s Carnival op. 9 and Piano Quintet HCD 31560, Chopin’s Piano works recorded live in 1995, HCD 31700, Wagner-Liszt: the complete transcriptions and fantasies in a double album. In April 1999 a live concert recording has been published by the Studio Liszt Productions and by the Hungaroton containing the Symphonic Etudes by Schumann, the B minor sonata and the Liebestraum No. 3 by Liszt HCD 31870. “Golden Clouds” – a selection of 20th century songs by Hungarian composers: with Jutta Bokor soprano HCD 32017. On MARCO POLO label the complete piano sonatas by Nikolai Miaskovsky are available on three CDs (8.223156, 8.223178, 8.223469) as well as Joseph Holbrook’s Piano Quartet and Piano Quintet, 8.223736. On his own limited company’s label, the STUDIO LISZT PRODUCTIONS, the following CD albums were published: Schubert: Piano 4 hands compositions – with Katalin Hegedus HEG 102, Brahms: Piano concertos Nos 1 and 2 in live performance, with Tamas Vasary conducting HEG 103-104 , Beethoven: Pathetique, Moonlight and Appassionata Sonatas – live performances HEG 105, Liszt: Via Crucis – for 4 hands with Katalin Hegedus and with 14 short meditations by Balazs Barsi HEG 106, Liszt: Piano compositions HEG 107, Chopin: Piano compositions HEG 109. P. Vladigerov: Virtuoso violin-piano works with Edua Zadory HCD 32301 (2006). In December 2006 also a Mozart 4 hands sonatas CD has been published with Endre and Katalin Hegedus HEG 110 . In December 2007 Mr. Hegedus published a digest out of his previous 6 CD programs “Born in Love” HEG 111. In November 2008 he published the CD album “Hegedus Encores” HEG 112. Hungarian television companies have made 12 television films of his recitals and transmitted them on various occasions. He also made three TV films on live performances of Liszt’s opera fantasies under his own copyright (Studio Liszt Productions). The total timing of this concert films : 18 hours. In May 1997 Endre Hegedus played in the Oji Hall of Tokyo ( Ginza ). The recital was recorded by the State Television of Japan (NHK) and transmitted twice since then. Endre Hegedus appeared several times in joint performances with Tamas Vásáry pianist and conductor. In September 1997 he played the piano concerto by Grieg in two season opening concerts of the Utah Symphony in Salt Lake City, USA under the baton of Joseph Silverstein, American conductor and violinist. The total number of Endre Hegedus’ public concerts and performances exceeds 2300. He has appeared on television almost 120 times and took part in broadcast on more than 350 occasions. In 1997 for his achievements as a pianist Hegedus was awarded the George Cziffra Prize distributed every third year by the International Liszt Society. In March 1999 Endre Hegedus has been included in the distinguished international roster of Steinway Artists by the Steinway Center in New York. Since September 1999 Mr. Hegedus is a professor of piano and chamber music at the Franz Liszt University Teacher’s Training Institute, Budapest. In May 2000 and also in 2002 he took part of the Canberra International Chamber Music Festival in Australia. On August 12, 2000 he gave a piano recital from Liszt and Wagner-Liszt compositions in Bayreuth, Germany during the Bayreuther Festspiele - December 15, 2000 Mr. Hegedus played a recital in the big hall of the Conservatorio G. Verdi in Milan, Italy. In May 2002 he made his debut in Soeul, South Korea as well. March 15, 2000 the artist received the FRANZ LISZT PRIZE awarded by the Hungarian Ministry of Culture. In December 2001 Mr. Hegedus received the PRO URBE PRIZE from the City Hall of his native town, Hodmezovasarhely, in March 2002 he and his wife received the KULTURA 22 PRIZE from the Budapest 22nd District City Hall. In October 2004 an interview-book (with his Chopin CD included) has been published in Hungary and was sold out in 3 months. In December 2004 from the hands of Mr. Ferenc Madl he received the MEDAL OF MERIT OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE HUNGARIAN REPUBLIC – for his world-wide concert-activity and for his abilities to create harmony between music and it’s audience. On February 22, 2005 he performed on the same evening the piano concertos by Grieg and by Tchaikowsky in the newly opened National Concert Hall of Budapest in the Palace of the Arts, before a sold-out hall (1700 seats). The solo and orchestral performances with him became regular in the National Concert Hall: he performed and other 4 occasions in March, October, 2005 followed by more events in February and in October 2006, in April 2007 a Chopin-recital in the 1000 seat capacity big hall of Franz Liszt Academy of Music University in Budapest. In the near past: on 10th November again in the National Concert Hall of the Budapest Palace of the Arts: Liszt No. 2 and Brahms No. 2 Concertos for Piano and Orchestra performed by the artist in one evening - always with sold-out houses and with extraordinary, warm successes. In the year of 2008 Mr. Hegedus played two concerts in the big hall of Franz liszt Academy of Music University in Budapest: on May 6th a Chopin – Liszt solo recital and recently, on November 20th he played in one evening’s program the Brahms Concerto No. 1 in D minor and also the Tchaikowsky Concerto no. 1 in B flat minor with the Duna Symphony Orchestra conducted by Gergely Menesi. Endre Hegedus is married, his wife Katalin Hegedus is also a pianist and choir conductor. Mr. Hegedus speaks fluent English, German and Italian - and also Japanese.

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