László DEÁK

László DEAKLászló Deák was born in Hungary in 1966.

After studying piano from the age of 7, he entered the Conservatory Bela BARTOK in Budapest at the age of 14, where he began his organ studies. In 1986, he was accepted at the Academy Franz LISZT in Budapest where he obtained First Prize in piano (1991) and organ (1992).

In 1993, he was awarded the Second Prize of the International Organ Competition “Franz Liszt” in Budapest, in 1994, the Second Prize in Interpretation at the International Organ Competition “Grand Prix de Chartres”, in 1998 the Third Prize and the special Prize of Pretoria (South Africa), the First Prize with honors of the UFAM (Paris) and in 1999 the André Marchai Prize in Biarritz.

At the saine time he was studied in master-classes with Marie-Claire Alain, Olivier Latry, Jacques Van Oortmerssen and Improvisation with Naji Hakim.

László Deák, while devoting himself to teaching at the Conservatory in Budapest, gives concerts in Hungary and in several other European countries : France, Germany, Austria, Italy, Roumania etc… He has made two CD’s, of which the last was released in the Fall of 1995.

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