Zita Tschirk, Pianist
Contract Teacher for Coaching
tschirk@mdw.ac.at

Zita Tschirk studied piano and harmony at the Györ Conservatory and earned her concert diploma in piano with the highest distinction at the Franz Liszt University in Budapest with Rita Wagner and Ferenc Rados. Following master classes with György Cziffra and Zoltan Kocsis, she completed Lied accompaniment at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, where she has been teaching since 2001. There she worked with Rotraud Hansmann, Gabriele Lechner, Marjana Lipovšek, Robert Holl and Charles Spencer and played workshops with Thomas Hampson. She is currently accompanying the class of Karlheinz Hanser.

As a soloist, Zita Tschirk won the Young Musicians Competition in Györ six times and won prizes at the Hungarian State Competition, the Franz Liszt Competition in Budapest, the Concertino in Prague and the Hummel Competition in Bratislava. As an accompanist, she leads one student and five mdw students to 1st prizes: Genia Kühmeier (Mozart Competition 2002), Martin Achrainer (Gradus ad Parnassum 2005), Dániel Foki (Brahms Competition 2016, Dostal Competition 2016), Alexander Grassauer (Brahms Competition 2017), Philipp Schöllhorn (Musica Juventutis 2020) and Korbinian Schlag (Musica Juventutis 2022).

Zita Tschirk performs as soloist and accompanist on stage, radio and television. She has made guest appearances on ORF-TV with Daniela Fally and Alexander Grassauer, among others. She enjoys an outstanding reputation as a lied accompanist with a focus on the music of the Jugendstil and the twentieth century. The program of her Salzburg recital with Genia Kühmeier is available on CD, as are recordings with Martin Achrainer, Philippe Spiegel, Constantin Luger and the Vienna Male Voice Society.

Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)-16.05.2023