Zsuzsa Elekes (born 1955) is a Hungarian organist and organ teacher at the in Budapest.
Education Zsuzsa Elekes was born in 1955 in Budapest. She studied at the in her hometown Budapest, where her teachers included Lajos Kertész and Gábor Lehotka. She continued her studies at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music as a pupil of Ferenc Gergely, Lajos Sztankay, and János Sebestyén, graduating cum laude in 1978. She undertook further study with Hannes Kästner in Leipzig for two years,
Musical career Zsuzsa Elekes has won a number of prizes. She has made many LP, radio and CD recordings and undertaken concert tours in Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark, and Japan. Zsuzsa Elekes was soloist of the Hungarian National Philharmonic. Since 1980, she has taught at the Béla Bartók Conservatory in Budapest.
Awards
1975: 1st prize at the competition to celebrate the 100th birthday of the Franz Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest 1975: Artisjus Prize, Budapest 1978: 2nd prize at the 1st International Franz Liszt Organ Competition, Budapest 1979: 2nd prize at the Prague Spring International Music Competition, Prague 1980: 1st prize (the Bach Prize) at the International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition, Leipzig 1986: Franz Liszt Memorial Award, Budapest 1988: Prize of the Cziffra Foundation, Budapest 1992: Artisjus Prize, Budapest 1993: Artisjus Prize, Budapest 1994: Franz Liszt Prize of the Hungarian Ministry of Culture 1995: Grand Prix International du Disque (for her Liszt performances)
References
External links Zsuzsa Elekes on the BMC's website