KASSAI, ISTVAN

István Kassai, piano

István Kassai was born in Budapest in 1959 and was admitted to the Bartók Conservatory at the age of ten. In 1972 he was first prize-winner in the Czechoslovakian International Youth Piano Competition. He then went on to study under Pál Kadosa at the Ferenc Liszt Academy and won first prize in the Hungarian Broadcasting Company’s Piano Competition. In 1982 Kassai was granted his diploma by the Academy later going on to win first prize in the Debussy International Piano Competition. Having won a scholarship to study at the European Conservatory of Music in Paris he gained a master diploma with the highest distinction in 1984. Since 1987 he has been one of the pianists of the Cziffra Foundation.

Albums featuring this artist are available for download from ClassicsOnline.com
Around The World In 80 Minutes	8.223003
BLOCH: Piano Sonata / Visions and Prophecies / Ex-voto / Dans sacree	8.223289
BLOCH: Poems of the Sea / Nirvana / In the Night / Enfantines	8.223288
ERKEL: Opera Transcriptions	8.223318
ERKEL: Piano Works / Chamber Music	8.223317
MOSONYI: 3 Piano Pieces, Op. 2 / 2 Pearls / Puszta Life	8.223559
MOSONYI: Hungarian Children's World / Piano Studies	8.223557
MOSONYI: Hungarian Music / New Year Present	8.223560
MOSONYI: Opera Transcriptions	8.225022
MOSONYI: Piano Music for Four Hands	8.223558