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Borbála Dobozy was born in Budapest. She began her university harpsichord studies with Zuzana Ruzicková in Bratislava then continued at the Prague Academy of music (also with her) where she earned her diploma with distinction. In the following years she studied historic performance practice at the Salzburg Mozarteum - again graduating with distinction - with Liselotte Brändle, Nikolaus Harnoncourt and Johann Sonnleitner. Later she also studied with Sonnleitner for a year at the Zürich Academy of Music.

A major landmark in her career came in 1983 when she won a prize at the International Harpsichord Competition in Brugge, Belgium, to which she was invited back as a jury member in 2001. With her leadership the harpsichord faculty in Szeged department of the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music came into existence (1993). She has held harpsichord courses on several occasions in Hungary, Norway, Germany, Austria, Belorussia, Slovenia and Serbia. She was long time a teacher at the annual early music course „Brillamment Baroque" in Thoiry (France). She has given concerts in most countries of Europe as well as the United States and has made radio/TV recordings and CDs.

Borbála Dobozy's artistic work focuses on the oeuvre of Johann Sebastian Bach: she has played almost all of his compositions for the harpsichord, including all the orchestral and chamber works. In 2010, her recording of the Goldberg Variations released in the Czech Republic earned high praise. The Czech music journal Hudební rozhledy wrote: "...Not only is the artist technically skilled, and thus able to play even the hardest variations with marvellous ease, but she also has a perfect feel for Bach's music. Her thoughtful interpretation is based on the way she handles time, the tempo of each variation, and a detailed working out of articulation, which gives even more impetus to the pieces... It represents the highest standards of performance."

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• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTBlPNzXGfE

Sales Points

• One of the finest cembalist of Bach's oeuvre.
• Borbála Dobozy received many major awards all over the world in the last 40 years.

Press Quotes

'If you are looking for a very well produced harpsichord version of Bach's WTC Book I without annoying mannerisms then Borbála Dobozy's recording deserves very serious consideration indeed.'

     —Dominy Clements, Musicweb

'In terms of quality for a harpsichord recording of Bach's BWV 870-882 this is way up with the likes of Bob van Asperen, though there are enough differences to make one want to keep both sets.'

     —Dominy Clements, Musicweb

'CDs of Bach's Goldberg Variations are hardly thin on the ground, but the new recording by the Hungarian harpsichordist Borbála Dobozy has something distinctive to say. I cannot remember last enjoying a performance of the Goldbergs as much as this.'

     —International Record Review

'This was an outstanding master concert. Perhaps it is Borbála Dobozy's restraint and inward looking contemplative temperament, combined with an almost unconscious self-confidence and ease that ultimately leave such a deep impression on the listener.'

     —Freudenstadt

'And it is at these moments that the music of the harpsichord truly comes alive... the joy of playing and grace has come together in a musical celebration...'

     —Bergische Landeszeitung