Balázs Szokolay
Balázs Szokolay (born 2 July 1961) is a Hungarian pianist. His father is Hungarian composer Sándor Szokolay. His international concert career started in 1983, when he replaced Nikita Magaloff at a concert in Belgrade.
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Balázs Szokolay
- Born
- 1961 · Budapest.
- Nationality
- Hungary
- Occupation
- musician · pianist · music educator
- Honours
- Franz Liszt Prize
- Languages
- Hungarian
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Balázs Szokolay (born 2 July 1961) is a Hungarian pianist. His father is Hungarian composer Sándor Szokolay. His international concert career started in 1983, when he replaced Nikita Magaloff at a concert in Belgrade.
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Four years later he was appointed a professorship at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music. Throughout his career he has been awarded 14 competition prizes (Zwickau's Robert Schumann, Leeds', Brussels' Queen Elisabeth, Munich's ARD, Terni's Alessandro Casagrande, Monza's Rina Sala Gallo, etc.). In 2001 the Hungarian Government awarded him the Liszt Prize.
Balázs Szokolay is recorded with the occupation music educator. Recorded as musician, pianist and music educator.
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1961
Balázs Szokolay was born on 1 January 1961.
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Those registers additionally record the forms Balázs Szokolay, 1961-, Balázs Szokolay, pianist, Balázs Szokolay, pianista húngaro, Balazs Szokolay, pianist hungarez, Balázs Szokolay, pianista húngaru, Balázs Szokolay, Hungarian pianist and Balázs Szokolay, Hongaars muzikant.
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