Ádám György (; born 28 January 1982) is a
Hungarian pianist
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. György started his music studies at the age of four. While studying under Katalin Halmagyi, he was accepted to the Béla Bartók Conservatory of Budapest in 1994. György won the National Youth Piano Competition in 1998 and the Hungary's Pianist 2000 award two years later. From 2000 to 2006, Ádám attended the
Franz Liszt Academy of Music
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in Budapest, where he studied under György Nador and Balázs Reti. Currently, he is pursuing graduate studies at the Franz Liszt Academy, and he is director of th
Adam György Castle Academy On 8 June 2012, he performed at the opening ceremony of the
UEFA Euro 2012
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in Warsaw, Poland. On 10 June 2023, György performed the piano version of the
UEFA Champions League Anthem
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prior to the
final
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in Istanbul.
Awards
* 2004 – First International Chopin Piano Competition in
Budapest
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: First Prize, Grand Prize and Special Prize
* 2003 –
San Remo International Piano Competition: "Special Prize"
* 2002 – The Prix Classic Vienna (Wiener-Klassik-Preis)
* 2000 – Pianist Award 2000, for the Pianist of Year in 2000 in Hungary /Bela Bartok Conservatory/
* 1998 – 1st prize at National Youth Piano Competition, Hungary
Recordings
*Ádám György, Concert in Budapest (2005)
*Ádám György, Plays the Piano (2006)
*Ádám György, Plays Bach and Mozart (2008)
*Ádám György, Live in Budapest (DVD HD) (2008)
*Ádám György, Live in Budapest, BLU-RAY (2009)
*Adam Gyorgy, The Carnegie Hall Concert CD (2016)
References
External links
*
Ádám György’s Official Fan Club
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Living people
1982 births
21st-century Hungarian pianists
Hungarian classical pianists
Hungarian male musicians
Place of birth missing (living people)
Franz Liszt Academy of Music alumni
People from Pomáz