Classical pianist Zsolt Bognár’s nearly 200 programs of conversational portraits with the foremost international classical music artists are streamed on YouTube and produced by our US-based 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.
As Living the Creative Life, the series now expands its mission by engaging with creatives from all artistic disciplines with the performing arts always at the program’s core.
Photo by Kaupo Kikkas
Zsolt Bognár
Host and Executive Producer
Pianist, host, and author Zsolt Bognár is known to many around the globe in musical and cultural circles. As pianist, he has performed in Europe, Asia, and United States, and recorded a highly-praised debut album of works of Schubert and Liszt. He has appeared at New York’s Lincoln Center and 92nd Street Y, and at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. With notable performances in Berlin, Vienna, Munich, Amsterdam, Tokyo, Chicago, and Los Angeles, he has appeared on several NPR programs including full-length recitals and interviews. Mr. Bognár’s speaking engagements explore diverse subjects from music to medical subjects; his two TEDMED presentations in San Francisco were broadcast live in 164 countries. As broadcast personality, he has anchored telecast events at competitions, music festivals, and performance venues, including Live with Carnegie Hall; as writer he has published cultural musings, musical reviews, and travelogues in magazines around the world. Born in Urbana, Illinois, Zsolt Bognár studied with Sergei Babayan and Paul Schenly at Cleveland Institute of Music.
Jutta Ittner
Executive Producer
Jutta Ittner grew up loving classical music, opera, theater, and the visual arts. A graduate from Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich, she earned her Ph.D. in Hamburg University and for over 30 years taught German Literature and Culture at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, where she met Zsolt Bognár, then a student at the Cleveland Institute of Music. As Professor Emerita, her main focus is producing LTCL, her favored way of 'Living the Creative Life."