Marton Kiss was born in 1992, Szombathely, Hungary as the first child of a musician family, he started to play the piano very early, at the age of 6. After early competition prizes and success at concerts he met with Lioudmilla Satz in Graz, Austria in 2003 and studied in her class for special young talents at Kunstuniversität Graz in the next 8 years. In 2010 he continued his studies as a regular student, in the class of Milana Chernyavska, Balázs Szokolay and Ayami Ikeba. After finishing the bachelor and master degree, as a postgraduate education he got accepted to the Schola Cantorum in Paris, in the class of Maurizio Moretti. Since then, he is working together with the italian pianist. He is working as a classical pianist, chamber musician and teacher in Hungary and Austria, with invitations from all around Europe, including Germany, Italy, Spain, France and Poland. Beside to his professional career he performs regularly at exhibition openings, youth concerts, benefit concerts and other public occasions. In 2022 he published his first CD with Da Vinci Edition, with piano works from Mihaly Mosonyi, titled „Puszta Life”. His repertoire collects the biggest, most popular works, especially from Liszt, Rachmaninoff, Tschaikowsky, Chopin, Ravel, Bartók and Gershwin, solo and concert works. He is one of the leading piano accompanists in Austria and Hungary, working at the Johann-Joseph-Fux Conservatory, and at the University of Music in Graz.
Early competitions and concerts:
Prima la Musica Competition Austria – Bösendorfer Award, in 2001 and 2003
Mozart Piano Competition – Budapest – Absolute First Prize in 2003
First concerts in Budapest, Szombathely and Miskolc
Mozart Piano Competition – Brno – Third Prize in 2004
Concert with Nikolaus Harnoncourt in Vienna in 2005
Munich Piano Competition – Third Prize, First Prize of Audience, First Prize of Jury of Young Talents, in 2007
Usti nad Labem ( Czech Republic) Piano Competition – First Prize, Liszt Special Prize in 2007
Kiss Sándor Prize of the Rotary Club Hungary in 2009
Competitions of the university years and after
Finalist of the Yamaha Piano Competition in 2011
Concert tour in Austria and Hungary : Liszt-year in 2011
Finalist of the Aarhus (Denmark) Piano Competition in 2013
Junior Prima Prize Hungary in 2015
Finalist of the Forum per Tasti Piano Competition in Slovakia in 2015
Rosario Marciano Piano Competition Vienna – 2nd Prize in 2016
Reggio Emilia (Italy) Piano Competition – 2nd Prize in 2017
Flame Competition Paris – 2nd Prize in 2019
In 2020 and 2021 he won several first and second prizes, in Spain, Italy, Germany and Russia.
Most important concerts and festivals:
2014 – Pavia with Maestro Tamás Vásáry
2014 – LeXGiornate Festival Brescia
2017 – Palermo Winter Classica & Tempio Pausania
2017 – Debut in South Korea, Cheongju
2017 – Debut in Spain, Aguilas
2018 – Musical leader at the Lehar Festival in Bad Ischl, Austria
2018 – Tübingen Pianistenfestival (Germany)
2020 – Debut in Russia, St. Petersburg
2020 – Co-founder and musical leader of the Opera Mobile Graz
2022 – CD presentation tour in Spain, Austria, Italy and Hungary