Dezso Ránki began piano lessons at the age of eight at a special school of the Budapest Academy of Music. At thirteen he enrolled at the Budapest Conservatory where he studied with Klára

At the age of twenty, Dezso Ránki played to an international gathering of impresarios and critics at Hungary’s 1971 Interforum and was immediately offered a date with the Berlin Philharmonic.

Dezso Ránki Awards 1972 Grand Prix du Disque 1973 Liszt Prize 1978 Kossuth Prize 1982 Art Prize of City of Budapest 1984 Merited Artist 1988 Bartók-Pásztory Award 1990 Excellent Artist

Dezso Ránki recordings / discography