Márta Gulyás

Márta Gulyás (born 1953 in Gyula, Hungary) is a classical pianist and a professor of piano and chamber music.

Biography
Márta Gulyás studied piano at the Liszt Ferenc University for Music in Budapest, Hungary with Erzsébet Tusa and István Lantos. In 1976, she received the artistic and pedagogic diplomas there. She then completed a post-graduate program at the Tschaikowski Conservatory in Moscow with professor Dmitri Bashkirow. In 2001, Gulyás habilitated at the Liszt Ferenc University and was awarded the title of Magistra Habilitatam.

Gulyás teaches piano and chamber music at the Liszt Ferenc University since 1979, first as assistant professor, then as docent. For several years she was dean of the chamber music faculty. Since 1991, Gulyás is also visiting professor at the Reina Sofía School of Music in Madrid, Spain.

In addition to numerous concerts in Hungary, Gulyás also performed in Switzerland, Germany, France, Italy, England, Ireland, Austria, Poland, Finland, Sweden, the Netherlands, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Russia, Croatia, Kazakhstan, Cyprus, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey and the United States. In recent years, her focus has turned towards chamber music.

Gulyás gave and is giving master classes in Finland (Riihimäki, Lohia); Sweden (Göteborg); Italy (Bergamo, Imola, Rome); Spain (Santander, Ávila, Getafe, Salamanca, Valenzia, Segovia, Amendralejo, Badajoz, Pamplona, Cáceres, Palma); Greece (Athens); Germany (Weimar, Pommersfelden, Würzburg); Austria (Reichenau, Salzburg); Turkey (Cappadocia, Istanbul); Japan (Tokyo, Nagoya, Fukuoka, Okinawa); and Hungary (Keszthely, Békéscsaba, Miskolc, Szeged, Győr).

Gulyás is a member of the jury for the award of Wardwell Scholarships of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. She is repeated president of the preselection jury and member of the jury in the Paloma O'Shea International Piano Competition of Santander (Spain). She has repeatedly been interviewed on TV and Radio.

Gulyás speaks Hungarian, Russian, German, English, French, Spanish and Italian.

Awards and recognition

 * Debussy-Piano-Competition Paris 1971: third prize
 * Leo Weiner Chambermusic-Competition Budapest 1978: first prize
 * Piano-Competition of the Hungarian Radio 1979: third prize
 * MIDEM Prize for Bartók‘s Early Chambermusik (with Vilmos Szabadi)
 * Hungarian Culture-Prize 1985
 * Liszt Ferenc Prize 1998
 * Medal of Honor from Queen Sofia of Spain 2014 and 2018
 * Leó Weiner Memorial Award 2017
 * Hungarian State Order of Merit 2018

Recordings
CD Recordings with Hungaroton (Hungary) and BIBLIOservice (Holland) Recordings with Hungarian Radio, BBC, Bavarian Radio, NDR, WDR, Finnish Radio, Radio France, and Radio Orpheo (Moscow).