Zsuzsanna Sirokay (; born 28 March 1941 in

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and lives in Switzerland. She passed her education with Professor Péter Solymos at the Franz Liszt College of Music in Budapest with distinction. Besides studies with

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she attended master courses with

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and

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. Sirokay was a finalist at the Concours

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in Lucerne 1967 and 1969, and won competitions held in Leeds and Vienna. She has undertaken concert tours and broadcast on radio throughout much of Europe The second of

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's ''Three Winter Potatoes'' for solo piano is dedicated to her.

Recordings

* W. A. Mozart, Klavierkonzert A-Dur KV 488 and C-Dur KV 415, Hungaroton * Béla Bartók, Klavierwerke (4 Klagelieder, '' Allegro barbaro'', Suite op. 14 and others), Jecklin Chamber music: * «Romantische Klarinettenmusik»: Norbert Burgmüller, Niels Wilhelm Gade, Charles Villiers Stanford (with Lux Brahn), Jecklin * «Musik aus der Blütezeit des Bassethorns»: Franz Danzi, Alois Beerhalter (with Hans Rudolf Stalder), Jecklin * «The Virtuoso Flute»: F. Kuhlau, F. Ries, C. Czerny,

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(with Peter-Lukas Graf), Jecklin * «Virtuose Klarinettenmusik der Romantik II»: Boieldieu, Cavallini, Ponchielli, Rossini and others (with Hans Rudolf Stalder and Heinz Hofer), Jecklin * Johannes Brahms, Sonatas Op. 120 F-Moll and Es-Dur (with András Tószeghi), Angelicum * Friedrich Kuhlau, 2 Sonatas A-Moll Op. 85 and Es-Moll Op. 64 (with Peter-Lucas Graf), Claves

Sources

1941 births Living people Hungarian classical pianists Hungarian women pianists Hungarian expatriates in Switzerland Musicians from Uzhhorod 21st-century classical pianists Women classical pianists 21st-century women pianists {{classical-pianist-stub