Born in 1985, István Várdai took third place at the 2007 Moscow Tchaikovsky Competition and first prize the following year at the Concours de Genève, while also going on to win the prestigious ARD competition run by German radio. With extraordinary speed, he has become an internationally recognised and soughtafter artist. The conductor for the evening is a returning guest at the helm of the Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra: the American Lawrence Foster is music director of the Opéra de Marseille and honorary conductor of Lisbon's Gulbenkian Orchestra, in addition to working regularly with orchestras both in Europe and around the world.
This recording was made at a concert held at Müpa Budapest on 9 March 2017.

The performance will be broadcasted on our webpage, Facebook and Youtube channels.

Presented by: Müpa Budapest