Program Notes: March 12, 2011
Peter Tóth, piano
The acclaimed young Hungarian pianist Peter Tóth is a winner of numerous international piano competitions, including the Franz Liszt Piano Competitions in Weimar (2000) and Budapest (2001). He is considered one of the most promising musical talents in Hungary.
Tóth started his musical studies at the relatively late age of eleven. At thirteen he won a scholarship to the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, and at the age of fifteen he received the Liszt Academy’s “Sari Biro Memorial Award” as the best young pianist of the year. Since then he has given concerts in the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, in the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow, in France, Austria, and Japan, in the Czech Republic, in Belgium and in Germany.
In 2005 he made his debut in Munich with a solo recital in the series "Piano Concerts in the Royal Residence." The Süddeutsche Zeitung wrote of his performance: "It is enormous, what this young Hungarian pianist is capable of...a clever, plausible music with all the potential to grow and to mingle with the very best." As a concerto soloist Peter has performed with the Hungarian Virtuoso Chamber Orchestra, MATAV Symphony Orchestra and with the Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra. His 2004 CD recording of “LATE PIANO WORKS OF LISZT” on Stockfisch Records won the 2006 Grand Prix International Liszt du Disque Award by The Franz Liszt Society.