Màrta Gôdény, piano
Born in Nyiregyhàza in Hungary, Màrta Gôdény began studying piano at the age of eight and a half with Julia Ràbai.the age of eight and a half with Julia Ràbai, and two years later entered the Franz Liszt The Franz Liszt Academy in Budapest, where she studied with teachers Klàra Màthé, Zsuzsa Eszto, Lorànt Szûcs, Ferenc Rados, Istvàn Lantos, Andràs Kemenes and György Kurtàg. Passionate about chamber music, she devoted much of her time to it at an early age, and soon acquired an impressive repertoire in this field. While still in her teens, she was noticed at concerts where she performed Liszt's Sonata in B minor, Beethoven's Opus 111 and Bach's Goldberg Variations from memory.Several Hungarian foundations and the French government awarded her grants to study in Paris with Pierre-Laurent Aimard, who had spotted her during a master class.
Pursuing her personal motivations, she took Jean Koerner's accompaniment class at the Paris Conservatoire in addition to her advanced studies, which enabled her to broaden her musical horizons still further. In 1997, she gave an acclaimed recital at the Musée d'Orsay in Paris, appearing on France-Musique and France Culture on several occasions, as well as on various radio and television stations in Hungary and Canada.cital at the Musée d'Orsay, broadcast live, where she performed her favourite repertoire from the first half of the twentieth century: Berg (Sonata), Stravinsky (Petrouchka) and Bartok (14 Bagatelles). She has subsequently been invited to numerous festivals: Périgord Noir, Jeune Soliste à Antibes, Opéra de Bordeaux, Cité de la Musique, etc. She has performed as a chamber musician (Théatre de la Ville, Auditorium du Louvre) as well as a soloist, notably with the Orchestre National d'Ile de France. Her concerts abroad take her all over Europe, to Africa, the United States and Canada, always in an eclectic repertoire and often in chamber music with the cellist Renaud Déjardin, with whom she formed a duo for ten years and with whom she recorded her first disc devoted to Martinu's three sonatas to critical acclaim.
In October 2006, Màrta Gôdény released her first solo CD with Arion, devoted to the works of Béla Bartok, and in 2007, her complete chamber music for cello and piano by Schumann with cellist Renaud Déjardin.
She is a prizewinner in the Léo Weiner (1987), Yamaha (1993), Viotti à Vercelli (1993), Jean Françaix (1999) and Fnapec (2003) competitions, as well as the Villecroze, Maurice Ravel and Groupe Banque Populaire foundations.
She has performed with artists such as Miklos Perényi, Nemanja Radulovic, Emmanuel Pahud, Matthieu Dufour, Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, David Walter, Amaury Coeytaux, Alain Meunier, Laszlo Hadady, Barnabas Kelemen, Laszlo Fenyo, François Salque, Tatsuki Narita..
Màrta Gôdény is also a mezzo-dramatist, singing in seven languages and performing with orchestra and in recital in this other discipline.
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Discography: Complete Sonatas by Martinu with Renaud Déjardin cello
Bartok: Pieces for piano
Schumann: Complete chamber music for cello and piano with Renaud Déjardin
Déclic Recital on Radio
Màrta Gôdény teaches piano, chamber music and accompaniment at the Bobigny Conservatoire. She is also an accompanist in David Walter's oboe class and sight-reads with Christophe Giovanninetti at the Paris Conservatoire.