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The Hungarian pianist, László Borbély, studied at Béla Bartók Conservatory in Budapest with Mariann Ábrahám (1998-2002). He obtained his Master of Music degree in Performance and Teaching with honours from Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music Budapest, where he studied with György Nádor and Balázs Réti (2002-2007); and his Doctor of Liberal Arts (DLA) degree Summa cum Laude from Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music Doctoral School (2007-2014). He had lessons with Dmitri Bashkirov, Gábor Csalog, Christopher Elton, Noel Flores, Péter Frankl, Márta Gulyás, Jan-Marisse Huizing, Zoltán Kocsis, György Kurtág, Claudio-Martinez Mehner, Piotr Paleczny, Murray Perahia, Menahem Pressler, Ferenc Rados, Livia Rév, András Schiff, Tamás Ungár, Elisso Virsaladze, Mikhail Voskresensky, Tamás Vásáry and Rita Wagner. He attended master-classes in Geneve (Switzerland), Würzburg (Germany), Tbilisi (Georgia) and gave podium-lectures in Izmir (Turkey) and Saint Petersburg (Russia).
László Borbély won numerous prizes at national and international competitions. He won 2nd Prize and a special prize for the best performance of the set piece at the EPTA International Piano Competition in Osijek (Croatia) in 2001. In the same year, he won the Great Prize of the national competition of secondary music schools in Békés-Tarhos. In 2002, he won the Yamaha Scholarship Award and also two 2nd and one 3rd prizes in different divisions of the Los Angeles International Liszt Competition where he won two special prizes too: prize for the „most artistic performance” and a special prize of the American Liszt Society. In 2003 he got the special prize of the Hungarian Ministry of Cultural Heritage at the national competition of the Hungarian Radio. Next Year he was 1st prize-winner at the Andor Földes national competition. In 2005 he won "Educational Award" at the London International Piano Competition. In 2006 he was 2nd prize-winner at the International Liszt-Bartók Piano Competition in Budapest where he got also a special prize of Budapest City. In 2009 he won 3rd Prize and four special prizes at the National Haydn-Mendelssohn Piano Competition of the Hungarian Radio. He got the Annie Fischer Performers’ Scholarship three times (in 2008, 2009 and 2010). In 2009 he got "Junior Prima Prize", one of the most prestigious prize given for young artists.
László Borbély played concerts at international festivals such Collegium Musicum Pommersfelden (Germany), Encuentro de Música y Academia de Santander (Spain), International Holland Music Sessions in Bergen (The Netherlands), TCU/Cliburn Institute in Fort Worth (USA), Festiva Liszt in Grottammare (Italy), Liszt Festival in Raiding (Austria), Liszt Festival in Bayreuth (Germany), International Bartók Festival Ankara (Turkey), International Conservatory Week Festival Saint Petersburg (Russia), Festival der Klänge in Vienna (Austria), CAFe Budapest Festival, Budapest Spring Festival, Day of Listening (Budapest), Tiszadob Piano Festival (Hungary), Beethoven Festival Martonvásár (Hungary), Arcus Temporum Festival Pannonhalma (Hungary) and International Bartók Festival Szombathely (Hungary). He played concerts with prestigious artists such Zoltán Kocsis and the Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra, Péter Csaba (violin), Barnabás Kelemen (violin), Lajos Lencsés (oboe), Alessandro Carbonare (clarinet), Lajos Rozmán (clarinet), Judit Rajk (voice), etc. He has recitals regularly in Hungary and other countries too.
In recent years, László Borbély has studied extensively the oeuvre of Olivier Messiaen (he has written his doctoral thesis on the later works of the French composer). He regularly performs at solo recitals and chamber orchestra concerts all around Hungary and abroad. His versatile repertoire ranges from Girolamo Frescobaldi to contemporary music. He works with several contemporary Hungarian composers (including Ádám Kondor, Barnabás Dukay, Gyula Csapó, József Sári, László Sáry and József Soproni). Since 2012 he has been the member of the Qaartsiluni Ensemble led by Lajos Rozmán. He is also a member of Metrum Ensemble.
Since 2009-2010, László Borbély is an Assistant Professor of Piano Faculty, teaching 20th century piano (contemporary music).
László Borbély made recordings for Hungarian Radio and TRT Ankara. His first solo CD released in 2016 (edited by: Bayer Music Group). His recordings include: Ligeti: Six piano etudes, Emil Petrovics: Serbian folk songs (2010/RBZH III); Kammergesange (August Klughardt, Hans Koessler művei) on Bayer Rercords 2017); An tasten (Mompou-Lachenmann-Ades-Kagel művei) on Preciosa Aulos (Bayer Music Group, 2017); Parallel Lives (Works by Ernst v. Dohnányi & Béla Bartók) on Hunnia Records and Film Production (2019); J.S.Bach: Goldberg-Variationen, Hunnia Records & Film Production, (2019); Olivier Messiaen: Catalogue d'Oiseaux, Hunnia Records & Film Production (2020). |
