Zsolt Bognár (pianist)
Zsolt Bognár (; born 1982) is an American pianist and commentator who is best known for hosting the web series Living the Classical Life. Early life and education Bognár was born in Urbana, Illinois to a Hungarian father and Filipina mother. He began piano studies at age nine, studying with Roger Shields. Bognár continued studies at the Walnut Hill School for the Arts in Boston, and at the Preparatory School of the New England Conservatory of Music, where he studied with Sylvia Chambless, Patricia Zander, and Randall Hodgkinson. Bognár received his Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from the Cleveland Institute of Music, where he studied with Sergei Babayan and Paul Schenly. Pianist Bognár has given recitals and concerts in U. S. cities including at the Kennedy Center Washington, D. C., in Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles, and at Alice Tully Hall and the 92nd Street Y in New York City. Internationally he has performed in Suntory Hall in Tokyo; at the Berlin Konzerthaus for the Young Euro Classic festival, at Rubinstein Hall in Munich, and at Mozarthaus in Vienna. In 2007 Bognár was hosted as a fellow at the Music Academy of the West in Montecito. Bognár has appeared with