„…, she thought the music through and gave measured and intelligent interpretations.  Certainly we were treated to moments of sheer virtuosity but not at the expense of the deeper meaning.”

Andrássy Street Music Promenade, Funzine, September 7, 2010

Born in 1983, Éva Polgár started her piano studies in 1990 with Ildikó Gellai. Between 1996 – 2000 she studied under Balázs Kecskés, at the Béla Bartók Music Conservatory in Budapest. In 2001, she was admitted to the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, where her teacher was Hamsa Al-Wadi Juris. Éva finished her studies in Helsinki in 2008, and at her diploma concert was honoured to play Beethoven’s 3rd concerto with an orchestra conducted by the famous Finnish conductor, Okko Kamu. From 2002, Éva also studied at Budapest’s Franz Liszt University of Music under the expert guidance of Jenő Jandó. Éva graduated with honour from Franz Liszt University with a Masters degree in 2007.

Beside of her academic studies she has attended master classes with such distinguished professors and artists like Yoheved Kaplinsky, Robert McDonald, José Feghali, John Owings, Armen Babakhanian, Lilya Zilberstein, Tamás Ungár (Piano Texas, 2010),  Piotr Paleczny,

Jan Gottlieb Jiracek, Yakov Kashman (Piano Texas, 2006) and Noel Flores, Matti Raekallio, Olli Mustonen, Erik T.Tawaststjerna, László Baranyay, Gergely Bogányi, Lívia Rév

Ferenc Rados, Imre Rohmann,Orsolya Szabó, Balázs Szokolay, SándorFalvai, Attila Némethy.

Ms. Polgár is  active as a concert pianist and chamber musician. She has performed concerts in Hungary, Austria, Finland, France, Italy and the United States. In 2004, she played together with the well-known Hungarian pianist Gergely Bogányi in the first “Ipolyfeszt” Festival at Letkés, Hungary. As of 2006, she was elected as a permanent guest artist at the “Zebegényiek Napja” Festival in Zebegény, Hungary. Following this, at her deput in the 2006 Fort Worth Piano Texas Festival, she worked together with top artists such as Piotr Paleczny and Yakov Kashman. Amongst Éva’s wide repertoire of solo pieces and concertos, she includes chamber music. As a chamber musician from 1997, she has performed with many talented partners over the years and, in particular, was privileged to perform on stage with the famous Somogyi String Quartet in 2007 and Vilmos Szabadi, the great Hungarian violin virtuoso in 2010 at the House of Hungarian Culture, Budapest.

Successful piano competitions show Éva’s artistic quality. Her most prominent prize to date is the Béla Bartók prize (“ISA” Summer Academy, Reichenau, Austria, 2006). The goal of this young and talented pianist, in her early career, has been to build a cultural bridge between Finland and Hungary – and to bring music closer to people’s everyday life. Amongst a number of first performances are the Hungarian premiere of the Jehkin Iivana piano sonata by Olli Mustonen in 2007, and the World premiere of Brueghel Variations by Sándor Vály in Helsinki, Finland, 2008.