- Jenő Jandó
Jenő Jandó (born
1952 inPécs ) is a Hungarianpianist .He studied piano at the Liszt Academy with Katalin Nemes and Pál Kadosa, later going on to win many major international piano competitions, including the
Georges Cziffra and Ciani Piano Competitions. However, his professional career really began when he took third prize at the Beethoven Piano Competition at the age of 18. He was also the winner of the1973 Hungarian Piano Concours and took first prize in thechamber music category at theSydney International Piano Competition in1977 .Jandó enjoys being both a solo and accompanying artist, as shown by his recordings, ranging from a complete recording of the Beethoven sonatas to Schubert's 'Trout' Quintet and Beethoven's 'Ghost' and 'Archduke' piano trios.
As an accompanist, Jenő Jandó has worked with
Takako Nishizaki in recordings of the Franck and Grieg violin sonatas, the complete Schubert sonatas, and the Mozart sonatas. His special style of accompaniment also shows itself in Kodály's "Sonata forCello and Piano" as well as in a more recent recording of Dohnányi cello sonatas, in partnership with Maria Kliegel.He is known for singing while playing and to stop this, he puts an unlit cigarette in his mouth. [ [http://www.naxos.com/artistinfo/bio339.htm Jeno Jando Biography. Listen to Classical Music by Jeno Jando ] ]
He has recorded over 60 albums including music by Bach, Beethoven, Liszt, Schumann, Schubert, Brahms, Haydn, Bartók, and many other composers. He currently records exclusively for
Naxos Records .References
External links
* [http://www.naxos.com/artistinfo/339.htm Jenő Jandó biography and discography at Naxos.com]
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