Cyprien Katsaris Piano Recital A Zeneakadémia saját szervezésű programja

Cyprien Katsaris is one of that select band of pianists who make every effort to break down barriers between performer and audience and to establish a personal relationship between the two parties. He himself frequently introduces the works he is about to play and is happy to share with the audience anecdotes related to the programme. He boasts a huge repertoire and gives particular attention to the research and presentation of forgotten or rarely performed works. Katsaris, who has given several concerts in the Liszt Academy over the years, is reported as saying that his relations with Hungary are especially important to him: the principal reason he became a pianist was listening to György Cziffra playing Liszt and he debuted in Paris with no less a work than Liszt’s Hungarian Fantasy at the age of 15. This time the Cypriot-French pianist is not only giving a concert at the Liszt Academy but also holding a master class; he has said that he intends to give the Budapest audience a ‘surprise concert’.