Péter Tornyai was born in 1987 in Szeged, Hungary. As composer he studied in his native city with Lajos Huszár and then in Budapest with István Fekete Győr. Since 2007 he has been student of Zoltán Jeney at the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest while he also studies violin. As violinist and violist he often plays classical and contemporary music with chamber ensembles such as THReNSeMBle, Ludium Ensemble, Rondo Quartet, Apponyi Quartet. The previous years he won 1st, 2nd and 3rd prizes at the Composition Competition of the Liszt Academy and he also won the 1st prize of the Compositon Competition of the Fine Arts Museum, Budapest in 2008. In 2011 he won the 1st prize and two special prizes at the chamber ensemble category of New Hungarian Music Forum Composer Competition. He was participant of the masterclasses and seminars of Gyula Csapó, Johannes Schöllhorn (2008) Nigel Osborne (2009, 2010) and Krzysztof Penderecki (2010).
Profil aktualisiert am 08.03.2011.