Tamás Pálfalvi Receives Inaugural Fanny Mendelssohn Scholarship
As the beneficiary of the 10,000 € scholarship awarded this year for the first time, the second-year MA trumpet student of the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music received a recording contract to make his album, as well as numerous invitations to concert performances.
Tamás Pálfalvi (Photo by Marcus Renner)
Announced in early November, the first winner of the Fanny Mendelssohn Scholarship founded by PR professional Heide Schwarzweller has become none other than the young talent of the Liszt Academy, Gábor Boldoczki’s student. Of the seventeen multiple award-winning young musicians who applied for the scholarship five made it to the finals. Each finalist had 60 minutes to prove to the label Berlin Classics/Edel that they are the most deserving of gaining the opportunity to record their debut album. Tamás first performed a piece by László Dubrovay with piano accompanist Teréz Szabó, and then played Robert Erickson’s Kryl. In acknowledging his virtuoso and multifaceted playing, four of the five-member jury nominated the trumpeter of the Liszt Academy for the first place. The five finalists of the award will give a concert at the Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in September 2015, while the production of Tamás Pálfalvi’s debut album is already underway.