Dénes Várjon, piano

Sensational technique, deep musicality, and wide range of interest have made Dénes Várjon one of the most exciting and highly regarded participants of international musical life.

Widely considered among the greatest chamber musicians, he works regularly with pre-eminent partners such as Steven Isserlis, Tabea Zimmermann, Kim Kashkashian, Jörg Widmann, Leonidas Kavakos, András Schiff , Heinz Holliger, Miklós Perényi, and Joshua Bell. He also performs frequently with his wife Izabella Simon playing four hands and two pianos recitals together. In the past decade they organized and led several chamber music festivals. For some years he has been closely cooperating with Alfred Brendel: their Liszt project has been presented in many countries. He also appears regularly at leading international festivals from Marlboro to Salzburg and Edinburgh.

Mr. Várjon has recorded for the Naxos, Capriccio and Hungaroton labels with critical acclaim. Teldec released his CD with Sándor Veress’s “Hommage à Paul Klee” (performed with András Schiff, Heinz Holliger and the Budapest Festival Orchestra). His solo CD with pieces of Berg, Janáček and Liszt was released in 2012 by ECM.

Dénes Várjon graduated from the Franz Liszt Music Academy in 1991, where his professors included Sándor Falvai, György Kurtág, and Ferenc Rados. Parallel to his studies he was a regular participant at international master classes with András Schiff. Dénes Várjon won first prize at the Piano Competition of Hungarian Radio, at the Leó Weiner Chamber Music Competition in Budapest and at the Géza Anda Competition in Zurich. He is currently a professor at the Franz Liszt Music Academy in Budapest.