Birthplace: Pécs, Hungary | Studied in: Budapest, Hungary and Hannover, Germany | Resides in: Budapest, Hungary
Hungarian pianist Ádám Balogh made his orchestral debut at the age of 13 with the Budapest Festival Orchestra under the baton of Ivan Fischer. He is the winner of the Second Prize of the Bartók World Competition, and the Fifth Prize of the Sydney International Piano Competition, a Semifinalist of the Honens and Horowitz competitions, and a Quarterfinalist at the Géza Anda and Cliburn competitions.
Ádám is a recipient of the Junior Prima and the Cziffra Festival’s Talent Award, as well as the Junior Tüke Award, given to outstanding young citizens of his home city, Pécs. He previously received scholarships from the Hungarian Ministry of Human Resources and has been awarded the Annie Fischer Scholarship three times. He is also one of the young musicians supported by the Theo and Petra Lieven Foundation.
He is an active performer in important concert halls in Hungary, Germany, France, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Czechia, Croatia, the Netherlands, Kosovo, Slovakia, Vietnam, and the United States.
After graduating from the School for Exceptional Young Talents class of the Franz Liszt Academy of Music, Ádám completed his bachelor’s degree at the same school with Attila Némethy and Gábor Eckhardt. He completed a master’s degree in Hannover with Arie Vardi, as well as in Budapest with Dénes Várjon and Gábor Farkas. Ádám is currently a teacher of chamber music at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, while he finishes his Doctorate degree.