Anikó Szokody Pinao Recital

About this event

Join the Skidmore College Department of Music in welcoming guest pianist Anikó Szokodyfor two days of music and educational programming at the Arthur Zankel Music Center. The visit includes a piano recital, a master class, and an engaging presentation and workshop exploring Hungarian folk music and the works of Bartók and Liszt.

Thursday, October 29

• 3:00 PM– Piano Recital

• 4:00–5:30 PM– Piano Master Class

Friday, October 30

• 1:00–5:00 PM– Presentation and Workshop: Hungarian Folk Music, Bartók and Liszt

All events are open to the public and will take place in the Helen Filene Ladd Concert Hall at the Arthur Zankel Music Center.

RSVP is encouraged

Presented by the Skidmore Department of Music

Biography:

Dr. Anikó Szokody holds a Doctoral Degree in piano performance from the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, a Master of Music degree from Indiana University, a Piano Artist degree and Teacher's Diploma also from the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest and an Artist Diploma from Conservatorio Beethoven in Buenos Aires. She has performed with the Budapest Strings, Adirondack Ensemble, Capitol Chamber Artists, Upper Hudson Musical Arts, Luzerne Chamber Players and Saratoga Chamber Players, and continues to perform in Europe, South America, Japan, China, the Middle East and throughout the United States. She was the last Hungarian student of distinguished pianist and professor, György Sebők in Bloomington, Indiana.

Anikó was associate instructor of piano at Indiana University, studio pianist for cellist János Starker and faculty member of Chautauqua Institution. She is on faculty as Professor of Piano at the University of Pécs in Hungary, as well as the University of Szeged. Anikó Szokody was an Art Scholarship grantee of the Hungarian Academy of Arts from 2022-2025, and also established a chamber music series in her hometown in 2023. She has been resident artist faculty at Luzerne Music Center for 20 years, where she is the chair of piano studies of the Senior Session.