Concert by pianists Alexandra Balog and Tamás Érdi

Alexandra Balog's playing is characterized by "elemental power, 
virtuosity and energy" according to Bartók Radio, 
and Forbes wrote about her as "a true miracle bug". 
Alexandra Balog is one of the most sought-after and active pianists of her generation,
regularly performing on stages in Europe, Asia and the United States.
Winner of the 2017 Béla Bartók International Piano Competition in Graz 
and BartókSpecial Prize winner, Junior Prima Prize winner 
and Talentum Hungaricum scholarship holder, 
and in 2024 she was included in the Forbes 30/30 list.

Alexandra Balog is the founder and artistic director of Altalena Artists Collective,
an international festival and educational platform whose primary goal 
is to support young artists, with a special emphasis on preserving their mental, 
physical and spiritual well-being.

As the artistic director of the Klassz a pARTon! Festival, 
Ferenc Liszt Prize-winning pianist Tamás Érdi invites renowned musicians 
to the festival every year, where audiences seeking quality music can enjoy 
their captivating concerts in the evenings. 
It is a beautiful tradition of the festival that Tamás Érdi 
takes part in four-hand productions every year. 
Tamás loves playing four-hands. 
His first four-hand partners were Zoltán Kocsis and Tamás Vásáry, 
followed by younger ones: József Balog, Éva Szalai, Gergely Kovács. 
His playing exudes an unparalleled inner musicality. 
“He handles sound with the ease of natural expression, 
thereby bringing music as close to the listeners as possible.” 
– they wrote about him. 
He is one of the most talented representatives of his generation. 
He lost his sight as a premature baby, 
but his musical abilities were already evident when he was a small child. 
His teacher, Erika Becht, uses a special method to make what is written in the scores 
"visible" to him, and he develops his own artistic interpretation based on this.