Sylvia Čápová-Vizváry M. A., ArtD. (; born March 12, 1947 in Szombathely, Hungary) is a

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Early life

Čápová learned the basics of piano playing from her mother Gizela, a piano teacher. From childhood onwards, her abilities were recognised at numerous statewide competitions in

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, where she received first prize on a number of occasions in succession. At the age of 7 she was admitted to the Conservatory and Academy of Music in

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as a special student, and from 1965 to 1969 she studied at Bratislava VŠMU (University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna), followed, in 1969, by further study in Leningrad. Subsequently, she studied at the Musical Academy in Kraków, before continuing studies again at Bratislava VŠMU. As a 15-year-old she had won first prize at the all-Czechoslovakia art schools' competition, and her earlier career also included successes in international competitions, including reaching the semi-finals of the Moscow

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in 1966 and the George Enescu Competition the following year.

Performances

Čápová regularly plays

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s in a variety of countries and has performed as a soloist with leading

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s. She has had CDs issued with a number of recording companiesArtist: Sylvia Capova- biography at allmusic.com
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radio as well as Slovak TV.

References

1947 births People from Szombathely Alumni of the Academy of Music in Kraków Slovak classical pianists Living people 21st-century pianists Women classical pianists {{Pianist-stub