GetClassical@ZincBar - Laura Metcalf, cello and Matei Varga, piano

Pianist Matei Varga has received standing ovations from audiences around the world and superlative reviews from prominent critics. Noting that “it is hard to find the right words to describe the beauty” of Mr. Varga’s playing, the legendary Italian critic Paolo Isotta praised the young artist as a “true poet of the keyboard, a musician of depth, and a genuine artist.” Other critics have found his performances “impressive” (Gramophone, 2016), “magical” (Süddeutsche Zeitung, 2009), “colorful, vivacious [and] engaging” (Le Diapason, 2012), while The New York Observer’s Robert Gottlieb hailed Mr. Varga as an “excellent pianist”.

Laureate of the “George Enescu” International Competition in Bucharest and of the “Maria Canals” Piano Competition in Barcelona, Mr. Varga is also a recipient of the Salon de Virtuosi Career Grant and runner-up at both the Young Concert Artists Auditions in New York City and the Vendome Prize in Lisbon (where Elisabeth Leonskaya awarded him a special prize). In 2002,…