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HomePractice toolsA Keyboard Conversation with Mihaly Gyorfi

A Keyboard Conversation with Mihaly Gyorfi

By Informance, 2025-01-30 Posted in: Practice tools, Practising

This week’s blog post features a video conversation between Hungarian born pianist and teacher Mihaly Gyorfi and Graham Fitch. Having studied with Graham at the Purcell School, Mihaly has gone on to develop a career as a versatile performer, educator and collaborator with a repertoire spanning the Baroque to contemporary works.

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In this video, Graham and Mihaly discuss a wide range of topics from concert programming and repertoire choice through to personal reflections and experiences:

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