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François Pineau-Benois (violin)
Adam Szokolay (piano)
The Pineau-Benois - Szokolay Duet, grand prix at the 2019 Pro Musicis International Competition (Paris),
is composed of musicians trained in prestigious European schools: the Conservatoire Supérieur de
Musique et de Danse de Paris (CNSMDP) for the violinist François Pineau-Benois and the Liszt Academies
of Budapest and Weimar for the pianist Adam Szokolay.
The duet is recognized by the public in France, in Hungary and in other countires: the musicians are
qualified as "young virtuosos" by the Figaroscope, complimented for the expressiveness of their playing
by the Journal Francophone de Budapest (2019). Their concert at the Salle Cortot in November 2019
ended with a standing ovation from the audience. In March 2020 they performed live on Dutch Radio
from Concertgebouw chamber hall.
In March 2022 they received a standing ovation at the Francophone Festival in Budapest and recorded a
programme of French Romantic music at Hungarian Radio Bartok.
During the season 2022-2023 they were acclaimed in Cortot hall in Paris and the Chamber Hall of Liszt
Memorial Museum in Budapest. The musicians manage to harmoniously combine their respective
heritage of Hungarian and French music continuing Liszt, Debussy Dvorjak and Bartok traditions.
Their repertoire is composed of European romantics, post romantics and contemporary music.
Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Clara Schumann, Grieg, Debussy, Ravel, Bartok, Stravinsky, Santana,…
the duet explores new horizons and roadways.

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Winner of the 2019 Bartók World
Competition in Budapest and a Junior
Prima Prize recipient, Ádám Szokolay
has given concerts throughout Europe
and North America, in such venues as
the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam,
Salle Cortot in Paris, the National
Philharmonic Hall in Vilnius, the Great
Hall of the Franz Liszt Academy of
Music and the Palace of Arts in
Budapest. A passionate chamber
musician, he has participated in
international festivals like the Villa
Musica Festival in Mainz, the Encuentro
di Música in Santander, Spain… As a
soloist, he has appeared with the
Hungarian
National
Philharmonic
Orchestra, the Savaria-, Győr- and
Miskolc Symphony Orchestras, the
Budapest Strings and the Franz Liszt
Chamber Orchestra among others, with
such conductors as János Kovács,
Domonkos Héja, Mátyás Antal.
Szokolay is regularly invited to hold solo
recitals in the Franz Liszt Memorial
Museum and the Béla Bartók Memorial
House in Budapest. He was invited for
live Broadcast at BBC and Mezzo TV.
With his chamber duet partner, violinist François Pineau-Benois they have given concerts
throughout Europe.
Szokolay studied at the Bard College Conservatory of Music in New York, the Franz Liszt
Hochschule für Musik in Weimar and the Mozarteum University in Salzburg with Peter Serkin,
Grigory Gruzman and Imre Rohmann. Szokolay is based in Budapest, where he recently
completed his Master’s degree in the Franz Liszt Academy of Music. under Dénes Várjon and
András Kemenes. He has participated in the master classes with György Kurtág, Ferenc Rados,
Zoltán Kocsis, Rita Wagner. Winner of numerous international competitions he was awarded
the special prize of the Kocsis-Hauser Foundation in Hungary for his artistic work.
Adam Szokolay
To know more about Adam Szokolay :
-Web site: www.adamszokolay.com
- Facebook Page : https://www.facebook.com/szokolayadam

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Concert violinist François PineauBenois, is nicknamed by the
international press "French virtuoso"
and recognized today by French
musicians as one of “Grand French
bow players”. He holds master
degrees in violin and in chamber music
from High Paris Conservatory
CNSMDP. He worked with Regis
Pasqueir, Maxim Vengerov, Salvatore
Accardo and Mauricio Fuks. François is
a laureate of fiercely competitive
carrier grants of Fondation Banque
Populaire and Safran for Music (2017),
Adami and Culture Moves Europe EU
(2023), Telepart of Finnish Institute in
Paris (2022), and of prizes from several
international competitions: such as
Léopold Mozart Competition in
Augsbourg, Glazunov Competition in
Paris… and others. He has performed
as a soloist with symphony orchestras
abroad and in France on several
occasions. He has been invited by
France Musique, Dutch Radio and
Radio Bartok for live broadcasts. He
has played at prestigious stages and
festivals as Cortot Hall, Grand Salon des Invalides in Paris, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, festival
of Radio France in Montpelier, festival Auvers-sur-Oise, Gstadt New Year Festival, in the countries
as France, UK, Germany, Finland, Switzerland, Tcheque Republic, Hungary, Israel and others… His
first CD with Philia Trio is nominated by France Musique (2022). He collaborates with
contemporary composers and makes world premiere of concerto for violon and string by Jarno
Vanhanen composed for him (2024). Antonio Santana dedicates him Suite for two violins and
harp. François Pineau-Benois plays historical violin "Genève" (XVIII) of French virtuoso Lucien
Durosoir, let him by MEGEP foundation. He is professor at Rachmaninoff Conservatory in Paris.
To know more about François Pineau-Benois :
- Web site: www.francoispineaubenois.com
- Facebook Page : facebook.com/francois.pineaubenois.violinist.pro

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European Bridges
Travelling across Europe is always an emotional journey. The countries change, but the culture
and traditions remain maintained. In this concert French, Norwegian, Czech and Hungarian music
will be played. The composers the music of which will be interpreted have something in common:
they were all inspired by folk traditions and epos of their countries. Today François Pineau-Benois
and Adam Szokolay build musical bridges to bring all this richness to the audience.
Program
Maurice Ravel: Sonata No. 1 (posthume) for violin and piano
Edvard Grieg: Sonata No. 3 in C minor, Op. 45 for violin and
piano
*Pause*
Leoš Janáček: Sonata for violin and piano
Béla Bartók: Andante, BB 26b for violin and piano
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Bartók: Rhapsody No. 1, BB 94 for violin and piano
Contact: François Pineau-Benois
e-mail : fpineaubenois@gmail.com
Tel/watsapp: +33 (0) 6 24 16 17 96, +33 (0) 6 18 77 14 28
Agence JC. Desfossés