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Hungarian pianist

Zsuzsanna Sirokay (Hungarian: [ˈʒuʒɒnnɒ ˈʃirokɒi]; born 28 March 1941 in Ungvár, Carpathian Ruthenia, Hungary) is a Hungarian pianist and lives in Switzerland. She passed her education with Professor Péter Solymos at the Franz Liszt College of Music in Budapest with distinction. Besides studies with György Kurtág she attended master courses with Alfred Brendel, Paul Badura-Skoda, Jörg Demus and Géza Anda.[_citation needed_]

Sirokay was a finalist at the Clara Haskil International Piano Competition in Vevey, Switzerland in 1967 and 1969,[1] and won competitions held in Leeds and Vienna. She has undertaken concert tours and broadcast on radio throughout much of Europe

The second of Cornelius Cardew's Three Winter Potatoes for solo piano is dedicated to her.

Chamber music:

  1. ^ "Finalists Prize and Jury". Clara Haskil - International Piano Competition.
  2. ^ "FN - Catalog, Results Zsuzsanna Sirokay". www.fonoteca.ch. Retrieved 18 March 2024. Listing for Zsuzsanna Sirokay] in der Swiss National Sound Archives