Adrienne Krausz

Hungarian Classical Pianist and Composer

Born in Hungary, Miss Krausz started the piano at the age of nine and in 1990 graduated from the Franz Liszt Academy in Budapest, where her teachers were György Nádor, György Kurtág and Ferenc Rados. She has also studied with Yvonne Lefébure and Lívia Rév. A finalist at the Piano Masters of Monte Carlo in both 1992 and 1993, she has won numerous first prizes in competitions such as the “World Competition” in Cincinnati (Piano USA 1989), the International Piano Competition in Senigallia (Italy 1985) the Hungarian National Piano Competition in Tarhos in 1984 and further prizes in Frankfurt (1987) and in Sydney (1988). Other acknowledgements include the Key of the city of Cincinnati, (Ohio, USA), the “Diamonds of culture” of the city of Miskolc (Hungary), and Grand Prix of the Hungarian Radio. In 2003, the Hungarian Gramophone Magazine awarded her the prize for the best recording of the year. Her Shostakovich recording was chosen as “Indispensable”, in the French music-guide at Fayard edition. After her "Parisian" years, Adrienne Krausz lives now in Switzerland, married to an internationally recognized luthier-expert, Roland Baumgartner.