Miklos Spanyi

Born: May 2, 1962 - Budapest, Hungary The Hungarian organist, harpsichordist and pianist, Miklós Mikael Spányi, studied harpsichord and organ at the Ferenc Liszt Music Academy with Ferenc Gergely and János Sebestyén. He continued his studies at the Royal Flemish Conservatory (Koninklijk Vlaams Muziekconservatorium) in Antwerpen with Jos van Immerseel and at the Hochschule für Musik in Munich with Hedwig Bilgram. He has won the first prize at international harpsichord competitions in Nantes (1984) and Paris (1987). Miklós Spányi has given concerts in most European countries as a solist on five different historical keyboard instruments (organ, harpsichord, fortepiano, clavichord, tangent piano), as well as playing continuo with various chamber groups and baroque orchestras. He has been artistic director of the Hungarian Baroque orchestra Concerto Armonico, founded in 1983. He has an extensive discography: he recorded for different labels both as a solist and with his orchestra.

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