Endre Hegedus

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Endre Hegedus was born September 16, 1954 in Hodmezovasarhely, Hungary. He took piano lessons from age 5 between 1959 to 1961 in his native town from a private teacher. From 1961 he continued his studies at the local State School of Music, until 1970. In 1970 he was admitted to the Music High School in Szeged. In 1971 he changed to the Music High School of Budapest “Bela Bartok”. Mr. Hegedus made his final examinations at the same school in 1972. In the same year he started his studies at Franz Liszt Academy of Music University in Budapest. His piano professors were Istvan Antal, Zoltan Kocsis, Ferenc Rados, Andras Schiff and Anna Hajdu. He graduated as a pianist and professor of piano in 1980. From that time on he has been a soloist of the State National Philharmonic Society of Hungary. He frequently attended the master classes of Bruno Leonardo Gelber and Tamas Vasary. Endre Hegedus is well-known in international concert life. Beside numerous concert tours in Hungary and abroad, Mr. Hegedus regularly performs live studio concerts and makes master tapes for the Hungarian State Radio. He performed in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Czechoslovakia, England, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Holland, Italy, Japan, Jugoslavia, Norway, Poland, Rumania, the former Soviet Union, South Korea, Switzerland and the United States. In 1986, the year of the Liszt Centenary he was awarded the Memorial Plaque of the International Liszt Society and the Ministry of Culture of

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