3/1/2009 2:28:45 PM - 1st Prize winner Hungarian concert organist Bálint Karosi is the 1st Prize winner of the XVI International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition in Leipzig, Germany. He studied organ, clarinet and improvisation at the Liszt Academy in Budapest, at the Conservatoire Superieure de Genève and at the Oberlin Conservatory, earning two Master’s Degrees, two “Prix de Virtuosité” and both an Artist Diploma and a Master of Music in Historical Performance. He has won many prizes at prestigious international competitions, including the first prize and the audience prize at the Dublin International Organ Competition, the first prize at the Arthur Poister Organ Competition and the first and audience prize of the Miami International Organ competition.
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