Emőke Ujj

Her artistic and pedagogical career includes a degree in piano, during which she obtained the 3rd place in the Bartók National Piano Competition (Hungary, 1996).  Between 1996 and 1999 she worked as an accompanist for the percussionists of the Franz Liszt Conservatory; and for flutists and bassoonists in national competitions. She holds a Masters Degree in Piano Performance at the Franz Liszt Conservatory in Debrecen, Hungary.  Later she travels to the United States of America to carry out her doctoral studies in music performance.  In 2002 she recorded the CD of original compositions "Swimming in Dark Water". In May, 2004 she received a Doctorate in Music (DMA) from the University of North Texas (UNT), in Denton, Texas, where she studied piano with Dr. Pamela Mia Paul and music theory with Dr.Timothy Jackson. She has lived in Cancún, Mexico since 2004. In that year she played live on the Hungarian national radio; as well as in Japan and USA in concerts and festivals (Liszt International Festival where it has a couple of world premieres).

Dr. Ujj's career includes the production and organization of first level cultural events such as the Hungary Cultural Festival in Cancún, that since 2006 is carried out annually, with the support of the Embassy of Hungary in Mexico and since 2010 with that of the Ministry of Culture of the State of Quintana Roo, Mexico. She is the founder of the Chamber Music Festival in Cancún in 2012 and the Piano Festival in Cancún in 2023. In 2007 she participated in the Agustín Lara Festival in Veracruz and in the VIII Symposium organized by the CENCREM (National Center for Musical Creation) in Querétaro, where she premiered an original work written especially for her (Heberto Alcázar Leyva). In spring 2008 she recorded a CD of contemporary music for piano four hands with the Japanese pianist Eri Yoshimura (www.fourhandspiano.com). In 2009 she produced the radio program Los pianistas más grandes del siglo XX on Radio Ayuntamiento de Cancún. More than 200 concerts in Mexico: didactic concerts with the music of Wolfgang A. Mozart, chamber music concerts, vocal accompanying, orchestra and choir accompanying throughout the State of Quintana Roo: Cancún, Isla Mujeres, Tulum, Chetumal, Playa del Carmen, José María Morelos, Kantunilkín, Bacalar and Cozumel. In 2010 her article: Study on Bartók' Rhythm was published in the Journal of Piano Music in Korea (Official Journal of the South Korean Piano Association).

Throughout her fruitful career she has taught piano to about 400 students, several of whom have entered prestigious universities in the United States (Berkeley, Boston), Hungary (Franz Liszt Conservatory) and Mexico (Morelia, Colima and Xalapa). In 2010 she developed as pianist accompanist of the State Chamber Ballet, since 2011 as soloist of several orchestras such as the Quintana Roo Symphony, Sonora Philharmonic Orchestra OFS, Symphony Orchestra of the State of Puebla. She presented only concerts in numerous important halls: at the Conservatory of Music of the State of Mexico in Toluca; at the National Conservatory of Music in Mexico City; at the AUKA School of Music in Mexicali and at the School of Arts of La Piedad, Michoacán.

For her, living in Mexico gives her new opportunities to develop as a pianist, organizer and pedagogue of the new Mexican generation. She gives master classes and online and face-to-face classes in three languages: Spanish, English and Hungarian.