Miklós Perényi (born 5 January 1948) is a Hungarian cellist. He was born in
Budapest
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into a musical family and studied at the Ferenc
Liszt
Franz Liszt, in modern usage ''Liszt Ferenc'' . Liszt's Hungarian passport spelled his given name as "Ferencz". An orthographic reform of the Hungarian language in 1922 (which was 36 years after Liszt's death) changed the letter "cz" to simpl ...
Academy of Music in Budapest with
Ede Banda and
Enrico Mainardi
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At the age of thirteen, in 1910, Mainardi had already begun his career as a cello virtuoso who toured the concert halls of Europ ...
. He continued his studies at the Accademia Santa Cecilia, graduating in 1962. In 1963 he won a prize at the Pablo Casals International Violoncello Competition in Budapest.
In 1965 and 1966 he studied with
Pablo Casals in
Zermatt
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and
Puerto Rico
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and afterward performed at Marlboro Festival for four consecutive years. In 1974 he became a lecturer and in 1980 a professor at the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music, but while teaching continued to perform internationally. He has been a regular guest of the Theatre de la Ville in
Paris
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for solo works and chamber music performances.
Discography
Perényi's work is available on recordings under the Hungaroton, Quint, Decca, Metropolitan Video and ECM New Series. Selected recordings include:
*''Beethoven: Complete Music for Piano and Violoncello by Ludwig van Beethoven'', Andras Schiff, and Miklos Perenyi (Audio CD - Sep 28, 2004)
*''J.S. Bach/Miklos Perenyi: 6 Suites for Cello Solo'' - BWV 1007-1012 (DVD - Apr 25, 2006)
*''Miklos Perenyi & Denes Varjon by Perenyi, Varion, Bach, and Britten'' (Audio CD - Jun 1, 2010)
*''Suite No.3 in C, BWV1009: Courante'' by Miklós Perényi & Dénes Várjon (MP3 Download - Jun 1, 2010)
*''Haydn: Cello Concertos 1 & 2'' by Miklos Perenyi, Franz Joseph Haydn, Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra, and János Rolla (Audio CD - Jul 13, 2000)
*''Sonata in C, Op.65: Scherzo - pizzicato'' by Miklós Perényi & Dénes Várjon (MP3 Download - Jun 1, 2010)
*''The Instruments Of Classical Music: The Cello'' by Miklos Perenyi, Ludwig van Beethoven, Antonín Dvořák, and Benjamin Godard (Audio CD - Jun 4, 1990)
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References
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1948 births
Living people
Hungarian classical cellists
Hungarian music educators
Franz Liszt Academy of Music alumni
Musicians from Budapest
Miklos