{"id":891,"date":"2020-07-29T22:13:40","date_gmt":"2020-07-30T05:13:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/evapolgar.com\/?page_id=891"},"modified":"2022-01-22T18:30:17","modified_gmt":"2022-01-23T02:30:17","slug":"biography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/evapolgar.com\/hu\/biography","title":{"rendered":"\u00c9letrajz"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Critics praise \u00c9va Polg\u00e1r for her \u201cintelligent interpretations\u201d (Funzine Magazine), \u201cemotional power\u201d (New York Concert Review), and \u201cvibrant technique\u201d (American Hungarian Journal). She is a sought-after recitalist, concerto soloist, chamber musician, recording artist, educator, and adjudicator. Beyond her devotion to performing traditional piano repertoire, her creative personality particularly shines through her work in contemporary music and multidisciplinary arts. Her interest in the fusion of the arts has developed into an extensive collaboration with visual artist S\u00e1ndor V\u00e1ly. Their albums of experimental music inspired by literature and visual arts are released under Ektro Records and broadcast on Finnish national radio.<\/p>

Born and raised in Hungary, Polg\u00e1r\u2019s dedication to Hungarian culture has led her to specialize in the music of Franz Liszt and B\u00e9la Bart\u00f3k. Her interpretation of Liszt\u2019s piano works was praised by Liszt scholar Alan Walker as \u201cA stunning performance! A real artist!\u201d and she has been featured at the Hungarian Embassy in Washington, D.C., the Hungarian Culture Centre in London, and the Franz Liszt Museum and Research Center in Budapest. Her performance of Bart\u00f3k\u2019s Three Burlesques, Op. 8<\/em>, was broadcast on Austrian national radio. Her solo album titled Liszt: Harmonies patriotiques et religieuses<\/em> was released recently under Hunnia Records.<\/p>

Polg\u00e1r has toured the Americas, Asia, and Europe. Her latest concerto performances have included appearances with conductors Horst F\u00f6rster at the Gewandhaus zu Leipzig, Tam\u00e1s V\u00e1s\u00e1ry at the Danube Palace in Budapest, and David Jacobs at the University of Oregon. Her Carnegie Hall debut on November 24, 2020, with violinist Krist\u00f3f Bar\u00e1ti and clarinetist Bence Szepesi was praised by the New York press. Furthermore, she has concertized with Kl\u00e1ra Csord\u00e1s (voice), M\u00e1rta \u00c1brah\u00e1m (violin), and Vilmos Szabadi (violin) among other renown artists. Her long-standing duo partner is Lisa Bost-Sandberg (flute), with whom she recorded Asha Srinivasan\u2019s virtuoso opus, Utthishta<\/em>. Other recent chamber music concerts at the Bothnia Biennale festival in Sein\u00e4joki, Finland, and at the Hungarian Radio Hall in Budapest, Hungary, featured music of Brahms, Debussy, Bart\u00f3k, and Bernstein.<\/p>

An avid promoter and enthusiastic entrepreneur of contemporary music, Polg\u00e1r is a founding member of the InterSpheres Trio, a new music ensemble dedicated to commissioning and premiering new works by composers from around the world. Their repertoire ranges from Pierre Boulez to rising composers. They performed the world premieres of compositions by Daniel Tramte and Bal\u00e1zs Horv\u00e1th in their first international concert and educational tour to Hungary. Polg\u00e1r actively collaborates with composers as a solo musician as well. She is currently preparing for the world premiere of Andrew S. Lloyd\u2019s new set of piano preludes, commissioned by the Barlow Endowment, at the University of Texas at San Antonio in March of 2021. \u00a0<\/p>

Polg\u00e1r has won top prizes in competitions including the 2012 Los Angeles International Liszt Competition (LAILC). Co-directors since 2017, Katherine Hickey\u2019s and \u00c9va Polg\u00e1r\u2019s intent is to ensure the successful continuation of LAILC as well as to foster young musicians in the early stages of their professional careers. To support her endeavors in mentoring rising talents and promoting the musical heritage of Franz Liszt, the Hungarian Academy of Arts has awarded her a three-year grant to design a series of twenty-nine concerts in Austria, Hungary, and the U.S. between September of 2020 and August of 2023.<\/p>

A graduate of the Franz Liszt University and the Sibelius Academy, Polg\u00e1r earned her Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the University of North Texas (UNT). Her former mentors include Jen\u0151 Jand\u00f3, Hamsa Al-Wadi Juris, L\u00edvia R\u00e9v, Orsolya Szab\u00f3, and Adam Wodnicki. A committed educator and adjudicator, she has taught masterclasses, presented at festivals, and adjudicated competitions such as the LAILC, the Bogot\u00e1 International Piano Festival, and the Tulsa University Summer Piano Academy. After holding teaching positions at UNT and at Texas Woman\u2019s University, Polg\u00e1r has joined the piano faculty at Azusa Pacific University in California. In addition to her teaching appointment at Azusa Pacific University, she is a co-director of the Los Angeles International Liszt Competition and an elected member of the Board of Directors for the Southern California Chapter as well as the national organization of the American Liszt Society.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Biography \u2022 Critics praise \u00c9va Polg\u00e1r for her \u201cintelligent interpretations\u201d (Funzine Magazine), \u201cemotional power\u201d (New York Concert Review), and \u201cvibrant technique\u201d (American Hungarian Journal). She is a sought-after recitalist, concerto […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-891","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/evapolgar.com\/hu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/evapolgar.com\/hu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/evapolgar.com\/hu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evapolgar.com\/hu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evapolgar.com\/hu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=891"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/evapolgar.com\/hu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/891\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1417,"href":"https:\/\/evapolgar.com\/hu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/891\/revisions\/1417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/evapolgar.com\/hu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}