Leila Ditta Hargitai

Leila Hargitai was born in 2003 in the Netherlands, lives and studies in Hungary. She has studied music since she was 4 when she decided to go for a music career. She was the student of Gábor Eckhardt from 2010-2021. Leila won 1st prize in various piano competitions like the International Béla Bartók Piano Competition, the National Piano Competition, Music Bridge International Youth Instrumental Competition, was awarded for the best Chopin performance. As a multiple music-talent she won 1st prize in the Zoltán Kodály Solfeggio and Singing Competition with special award in Singing. At the age of 15 she played Chopin's four ballades at her own concert. She has performed at the Budapest Opera Theater and had concert with Budapest Strings Orchestra. She won prizes in various International Piano Competitions like the Odin International Music Competition Estonia and 1st prize American Protégé International Music Competition with Recital in 2022 in New York Carnegie Hall.

She is the scholar of the National Talent Program Hungary.

She was admitted to the Franz Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest in 2021 with maximum points. She studied with Attila Némethy and András Kemenes. She got her Bachelor Degree in 2024, and now studies as a student of Dénes Várjon. Inthe recent years, she won 2nd prize in Tel-Aviv, Scherzo Piano Competition, and has been awarded 2nd prize in Italy at the International Franz List Piano Competiton ni 2024. She attended masterclasses of Arie Vardi, Claudio Martinez Mehner, Lucas Debargue, and Zoltán Fejérvári.