Gusztav Fenyo

Pianist Gusztáv Fenyő, related to the great Hungarian violinist Joseph Joachim, is one of Scotland's foremost musicians. He has performed a comprehensive solo, chamber and concerto repertoire on three continents, including Beethoven's 32 sonatas, Chopin's complete solo works and Shostakovich's 24 Preludes & Fugues.

Winner of the Australian Broadcasting Commission's concerto competition at 18, he studied in London with Schnabel's pupil, Maria Curcio and at Budapest's Liszt Academy, introducing works by Stockhausen, Boulez, Xenakis, Cage and Takemitsu. His Wigmore Hall début in 1978 premièred Kurtág's Games.

He has broadcast extensively, and recorded commercially the violin/piano music of Bartók, Delius and Goossens, as well as works by Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt, Stanford, Dunhill, Bantock and Csapo. He taught at the RSAMD 1980 to 1992, and founded/directed the Scottish Borders’ summer chamber music festival at Paxton House from 1995 to 2010.

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