Robert Schumann - Clara Schumann: Liederkreis (Song cycle), op. 39
– In der Fremde, Op.39 No.1
– Intermezzo, Op.39 No.2
– Die Stille, Op.39 No.4
– Mondnacht, Op.39 No.5
– Schöne Fremde, Op.39 No.6
– Frühlingsnacht, Op.39 No.12

Robert Schumann: Davidsbündlertänze (Dances of the League of David), op. 6

Edvard Grieg: Song (transcription by the composer) Op.52 
– Modersorg, Op. 15, No. 4
– Det forste mote, Op. 21, No. 1
– Du fatter ej Boigemes evige Gang, Op. 5, No. 2 
– Solveigs Sang, Op. 23, No. 18
– Kjaerlighet, Op. 15, No. 2
– Gamlemor, Op. 33, No. 7 

Zoltán Kodály: Dances of Marosszék

Featuring:
Éva Szalai - piano

Host: Endre Tóth

Pianist Éva Szalai was born in Budapest. At age 17, she was awarded the Grand Prize at the Hungarian National Chamber Music Competition, and the next year, the Grand Prize at the Hungarian National Piano Competition. At the Sixth Adilia Alieva Competition Éva Szalai took both the First Prize and the Special Prize for the most poetic interpretation. She won the Grand Prize at the Third International Alain Marinaro Piano Competition, and recently she received the First Prize at the Semper Music International Competition, Italy.

Éva Szalai studied at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, from which she received her master’s degree with highest honors in 2011. She pursued advanced studies with Dmitri Bashkirov at the Queen Sofia College of Music in Madrid, and Naum Grubert at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague.

Ms Szalai has participated in master classes by such artists as Joaquín Achúcarro, Michel Dalberto, Aquiles Delle Vigne, Menahem Pressler, Anne Queffélec, Geoffrey Simon, Tamás Ungár and Michael Voskresensky. In 2014 she was a scholarship attendee at the PianoTexas International Festival and Academy in Fort Worth, where she studied with José Feghali, Yoheved Kaplinsky and Hung-Kuan Chen and performed in concert.

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