Débora Halász

Praised by critics for her début recordings as “a superb virtuoso with a prodigious technique”, the Brazilian Débora Halász is among the leading South American pianists of her generation. Winner of the most important competitions in her native country, she made her début with the São Paulo State Symphony Orchestra at the age of fifteen. Four years later the Critics’ Prize (APCA) named her as the best soloist of the year for her interpretation of Rachmaninov’s Third Piano Concerto.

She studied in São Paulo at the Magdalena Tagliaferro Academy, following the Cortot school of playing, and later with Beatriz Balzi and Myrian Dauelsberg. At the same time she graduated in Law at the São Paulo University (USP). In 1989 she went with a DAAD scholarship to Germany and since then has been invited to many European, South and North American Music Festivals and Concert Series. After her studies in Cologne, she was invited by BIS to record the complete piano works of Heitor Villa-Lobos.

Her CDs have been enthusiastically acclaimed by the international press as “the most successful account of Villa-Lobos on record” (Fanfare). She also recorded for BIS works by Ginastera, Shostakovich and Castelnuovo-Tedesco. With her husband she established in 1993 the Duo Halász, guitar and piano, winning further critical acclaim. She has also partnered musicians such as Lavard Skou Larsen, Patrick Gallois, Sebastian Hess and Ingolf Turban. Débora Halász teaches at the Nuremberg State Musikhochschule and at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Munich.




Album Title ▲ Category Label Cat. No.
BEETHOVEN, L. van: Arrangements for Guitar and Piano (F. and D. Halász) Chamber Music, Instrumental BIS BIS-2505
CARULLI, F.: Guitar and Piano Music, Vol. 1 (Franz and Debora Halasz) Chamber Music Naxos 8.570587
CARULLI, F.: Guitar and Piano Music, Vol. 2 (Franz and Debora Halasz) Chamber Music Naxos 8.570588
GINASTERA / BROUWER / PONCE: Piano and Guitar Music Chamber Music, Concerto, Instrumental BIS BIS-CD-671
GNATTALI, R.: Chamber Works for Guitar and Piano (Alma Brasileira) (F. and D. Halász) Chamber Music, Instrumental BIS BIS-2086
GUBAIDULINA, S.: Repentance / Serenade / Piano Sonata / Sotto Voce (F. and D. Halász, Kellermann, Brar, Wen-Sinn Yang, Stubenrauch, Schlichtig) Chamber Music, Instrumental BIS BIS-2056
Guitar Recital: Halász, Franz - PIAZZOLLA, A. / GARDEL, C. (Guitarra mía) Instrumental BIS BIS-2165
HANDSOME HARPSICHORD - Best Loved Classical Harpsichord Music Concerto, Instrumental Naxos 8.578184
HARPSICHORD (Eternal) Chamber Music, Concerto, Instrumental Naxos 8.572184
HENZE, H.W.: Guitar Music, Vol. 1 (Halasz) - Royal Winter Music No. 2 / 3 Tentos / Neue Volkslieder und Hirtengesange Chamber Music, Instrumental, Vocal Naxos 8.557344
PIAZZOLLA, A.: Tango Suite / Histoire du Tango / Primavera Porteña / Soledad / Adiós Nonino / Contrabajísimo (Escualo5) Chamber Music BIS BIS-2605
SEIXAS, C. de: Harpsichord Works (Complete), Vol. 1 (D. Halasz) Instrumental Naxos 8.557459
SEIXAS, C. de: Harpsichord Works (Complete), Vol. 2 (D. Halasz) Instrumental Naxos 8.570216
SHOSTAKOVICH / CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO / SANTORSOLA: Music for Guitar and Piano Chamber Music BIS BIS-CD-717
TURINA, J.: Songs (Ullrich, Halasz) - Triptico / Homenaje a Lope de Vega / Vocalizaciones / Poema en forma de canciones Vocal Naxos 8.570707
VILLA-LOBOS: Complete Piano Music, Vol. 2 Instrumental BIS BIS-CD-812
VILLA-LOBOS: Complete Piano Music, Vol. 1 Instrumental BIS BIS-CD-712
VILLA-LOBOS: Complete Piano Music, Vol. 3 Instrumental BIS BIS-CD-912
VILLA-LOBOS: Complete Piano Music, Vol. 4 Instrumental BIS BIS-CD-1012