Szakály Ágnes
cimbalom
Place of Birth
Budapest
Date of Birth
1951
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Gedényi Ildikó
Á-G HÁP Bt.
1161 Budapest, Baross u. 148.
Gedényi Ildikó
Á-G HÁP Bt.
1161 Budapest, Baross u. 148.
Ágnes Szakály, cimbalom-player graduated from the Ferenc Liszt College of Music in 1974.
Her solo concerts, radio and TV broadcasts have made her known in all countries of Europe, Japan and Mexico. She has made a number of records and CDs and many contemporary composers have written works for her, including 14 cimbalom concertos.
She has played with many renowned orchestras (the Scala Orchestra of Milan, the Berlin Philharmonic, Vienna Symphony, Baden-Baden SWRF Orchestra, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Leipzig Radio Orchestra, Torino RAI, Klangforum Wien, the Oslo Opera House Orchestra, La Fenice Orchestra of Venice, Hanover Radio Orchestra, Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra, the Chamber Orchestra of Europe), and she has been the guest of the National Philharmonic Orchestra and the Budapest Festival Orchestra.
Ágnes Szakály has worked under the direction of many distinguished conductors, including Kurt Masur, Michael Gielen, Serge Baudo, Dmitri Kitajenko, Eliahu Inbal, David Zimmermann, Kent Nagano, Ken-Ichiro Kobayashi, Sylvain Cambreling, Arturo Tamayo, Zoltán Peskó, Ádám Fischer, Tamás Vásáry and Zoltán Kocsis.
She has received the Artisjus Prize of the Association of Hungarian composers ten times for the performance of contemporary works. In 1993 she received the Liszt Prize for her activity, in 1997 the Németh László Prize for her work in music pedagogy and in 2010 Knight's Cross Order of Merint of the Republic of Hungary.
Her solo concerts, radio and TV broadcasts have made her known in all countries of Europe, Japan and Mexico. She has made a number of records and CDs and many contemporary composers have written works for her, including 14 cimbalom concertos.
She has played with many renowned orchestras (the Scala Orchestra of Milan, the Berlin Philharmonic, Vienna Symphony, Baden-Baden SWRF Orchestra, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Leipzig Radio Orchestra, Torino RAI, Klangforum Wien, the Oslo Opera House Orchestra, La Fenice Orchestra of Venice, Hanover Radio Orchestra, Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra, the Chamber Orchestra of Europe), and she has been the guest of the National Philharmonic Orchestra and the Budapest Festival Orchestra.
Ágnes Szakály has worked under the direction of many distinguished conductors, including Kurt Masur, Michael Gielen, Serge Baudo, Dmitri Kitajenko, Eliahu Inbal, David Zimmermann, Kent Nagano, Ken-Ichiro Kobayashi, Sylvain Cambreling, Arturo Tamayo, Zoltán Peskó, Ádám Fischer, Tamás Vásáry and Zoltán Kocsis.
She has received the Artisjus Prize of the Association of Hungarian composers ten times for the performance of contemporary works. In 1993 she received the Liszt Prize for her activity, in 1997 the Németh László Prize for her work in music pedagogy and in 2010 Knight's Cross Order of Merint of the Republic of Hungary.