Peter Frankl
Great Britain, °1935
Peter Frankl has been on the international circuit since the 1960s, performing with many of the world’s greatest orchestras and conductors, including Claudio Abbado, Vladimir Ashkenazy, John Barbirolli, Pierre Boulez, Ádám Fischer, Bernard Haitink, Lorin Maazel, Kurt Masur, Georg Solti, and George Szell. He has appeared on five continents and has participated on many occasions in international festivals in, for example, Edinburgh, Aldeburgh, Verbier, Kuhmo, Prades (Casals), Naantali, Marlboro, Ravinia, and Aspen and in the BBC Promenade Concerts in London. His vast recording output includes the complete piano works of Schumann and Debussy ; Brahms piano concertos, violin sonatas, and trios ; Mozart piano concertos ; Schumann, Brahms, Dohnányi, Dvorák, and Martinu piano quintets ; and many solo albums. Peter Frankl is on the faculty of Yale University and is Honorary Professor at the Liszt Academy in Budapest. He has been a juror at many international competitions, including the Van Cliburn, Leeds, Rubinstein, Clara Haskil, Santander, Cleveland, Paderewski, Hong Kong, and Shanghai competitions.