Biography Csaba Király Csaba Király (1965) graduated at the Ferenc Liszt Academy  of Music, Budapest as performing artist in 1989 (organ), and  in 1990 (piano). During his student years he won first prize in  all national competitions organized for his age group. He was  also the first prize winner at the International Piano  Competition in Cagliari 1996 (Italy) and in New Orleans 1997  (USA). Since his student years he has given concerts regularly  both as pianist and organist and his exceptional talents have  made him a popular young artist. Beyond his recitals in  Hungary, he has had concert engagements in nearly all  European countries, winning great success in United States, Canada, Japan, South Korea, China,  Egypt and India. His repertoire covers a wide range from the Baroque to contemporary music.  Besides performing works by Bach, Beethoven, Liszt and Bartok, performing the latest modern  compositions plays a prominent role in his concert programmes. A characteristic aspect of his  repertoire is improvisation. He has obtained the basic knowledge of improvising from his music  school teacher Maria Apagyi, as an active student of the Artistic Workshop in Komlo. He  approaches music as a composer, which is proved by his numerous arrangements. He has made a  significant number of organ transcriptions of orchestral and choral works, which he often plays not  only in Hungary, but in countries from Western Europe to Japan, China, South Korea and the  United States. Csaba Király is attracted towards great missions and challenges, which gives him  free energy for his creative work. Several times he has performed Liszt’s and Bach's complete  organ works. Since 2001 he has been undertaking a huge series of 100 concerts, lasting some  years, of the complete piano music of Liszt. His piano-organ CD of Liszt: B-A-C-H Prelude and  Fugue, B-A-C-H Fantasia and Fugue, “Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen” Variations was awarded  “Classic CD of the Year 2001” in Hungary (Gramofon-prize). In 2003 he has been awarded a Liszt  Ferenc prize for his artistic activity. In 2005 he established the First Pécs International Piano  Competition in memory of Liszt Ferenc, in which he was one of the jury members. In the same  year he has been elected as the Secretary-general of the Liszt Ferenc Society. As a piano teacher  he has taught several years at the Academy of Music in Budapest. Between 1997 and 1998 he was  a guest organ teacher at the Taegu-Hyosung University in South Korea. Since 2002 he has been  the head of the Piano Department, currently he teaches as associate piano and organ professor in  the Institute of Music of the Musical and Visual Art Faculty at the University of Pécs.  Complete biography  |  Information brochure PRIZES. AWARDS 2009 - Habilitation degree (University of Pecs) 2003 - Liszt Ferenc Prize 2001 - Awarded "Classic CD of the Year 2001" in Hungary (Gramophone-prize) - Pro Urbe Award from the city of Komlo (Hungary) 1997 - First Prize, New Orleans International Piano Competition (USA) 1996 - First Prize, "Ennio Porrino" International Piano Competition Cagliari (Italy) 1993 - Awarded a diploma for distinction in playing Hungarian contemporary music 1990 - First Prize, Erno Dohnanyi National Piano Competition (Academy of Music, Budapest) 1985 - First Prize - National Piano Competition of the Hungarian Radio (Budapest) Award-winning Concert Pianist and Organist