Evgeny Kissin was born in Moscow in 1971. He started playing piano at the age of two and was admitted to the Gnessin Specialised Musical School for Gifted Children at six. He was ten when he made his début with an orchestra, and he performed a solo concert in Moscow a year later. He attracted attention in 1984 as a 13-year-old when he performed Chopin's piano concertos with the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra. He made his Western European début in 1987 at the Berlin Festival, which was follo...wed by a European tour with the Moscow Virtuosi and conductor Vladimir Spivakov. He made his United Kingdom début in the BBC's Proms series. He took the stage in the United States for the first time in 1990, performing both of Chopin's piano concertos with the New York Philharmonic under the baton of Zubin Mehta. A week later, he gave the opening concert in a series celebrating the 100th anniversary of the foundation of Carnegie Hall.
Kissin is the recipient of numerous awards. In 1995, he became the youngest person ever to win Musical America's title 'Instrumentalist of the Year', and he was also presented with Russia's Triumph Award in 1997. Sought after all over the world, the artist regularly performs with outstanding conductors, whose numbers have included Seiji Ozawa, Claudio Abbado, Vladimir Ashkenazy, James Levine, Kurt Masur and Daniel Barenboim. He has made appearances with almost all of the world's leading orchestras, and his recordings regularly earn prestigious accolades: the 2010 album of works by Prokofiev he made with Vladimir Ashkenazy and the Philharmonia Orchestra won a Grammy Award.
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Parking information
We wish to inform you that in the event that Müpa Budapest's underground garage and outdoor car park are operating at full capacity, it is advisable to plan for increased waiting times when you arrive. In order to avoid this, we recommend that you depart for our events in time, so that you you can find the ideal parking spot quickly and smoothly and arrive for our performance in comfort. The Müpa Budapest underground garage gates will be operated by an automatic number plate recognition system. Parking is free of charge for visitors with tickets to any of our paid performances on that given day. The detailed parking policy of Müpa Budapest is available here.
Refreshments – Without the Queue
Thanks to our new catering service at the Átrium Snack Bar, you can forget about waiting in line during intermissions for some refreshments and get your order prepped especially for you by the time the intermission actually starts. Find out more about pre-ordering here.
Safe ticket purchase
Dear Visitors, please note that only tickets purchased from the Müpa website and official ticket offices are guaranteed to be valid. To avoid possible inconvenience, we suggest buying tickets to our performances and concerts via the mupa.hu website, the Interticket national network (jegy.hu) or at our official ticket offices.