Mariann Marczi
Artist, Teacher, and Musician in Budapest, Hungary
Mariann Marczi pianist
Complex pieces are unique to Mariann Marczi of Hungary. She has chosen to play grand works like Bach’s Goldberg Variations, Haydn’s The Seven Last Words of Our Saviour on the Cross or Bartók’s Out of Doors. She likes to be challenged on the podium.
Mariann Marczi is professor at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest. She was born in Hungary. She received her Performance Artist Diploma and Master of Music degree at the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music in Budapest. She continued her postgraduate studies in Berlin at the Hochschule für Musik “Hanns Eisler”, and took part in various master classes (György Kurtág, Ferenc Rados, Zoltán Kocsis, Florent Boffard, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Eliso Wirssaladze and Dmitri Bashkirov). She completed her studies, with Doctor of Music (DLA) degree. She has played in the most important concert halls of Hungary, in almost all European countries and in the United States.Some of her orchestral performances have been Messiaen: Oiseaux exotiques, Liszt: Piano concerto in E flat major, Mozart: Piano concerto in E flat major K271 and in d minor K466.
She has won prizes in several competitions. Schoenberg Prize of the Austrian Arnold Schoenberg Stiftung (2000); DAAD Scholarship (2001), Annie Fischer Performance Artist Prize and Scholarship (2002); International Piano Competition for Youth Senigallia (Special Prize for best Bach performance); National Liszt Competition for Youth in Budapest (1st prize); Andor Földes Piano Competition Budapest (3rd prize); National Chopin Competition Szeged (1st prize); Leó Weiner Chamber Music Competition Budapest (2nd prize); 27th International Smetana Piano Competition Plzen (Special prize for best performance of 20th-century composers); Vienna International Piano Competition 2006.
In 2013 Mariann became an Odradek Records Artist with her first album, “Splinters”, which was nominated for the BBC Music Magazine Award. The album received excellent reviews in leading international music magazines: “… an original album without a single superfluous note.” Sinfini Music, Norman Lebrecht (2/12/2013) “… a pianist of fine, sensitive touch … this is a wonderfully intelligent disc, beautifully played.” BBC Music Magazine, (03/2014) “The pianist Mariann Marczi from Hungary has to be highly praised … Here we have a purist recording with a clear concept.” Piano News, (09/2015) Her second recording, “Past Visions” was released in February 2019.