Notable Alumni of Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music [Sorted List]

1. Edina Szvoren

1974-. (aged 52)

writer musicologist secondary school teacher composer

Edina Szvoren is a Hungarian writer. She was born in Budapest and studied music at the Béla Bartók Music High School and the Franz Liszt Academy of Music.

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2. Zoltán Peskó

1937-2020 (aged 83)

composer conductor

Zoltán Peskó was a Hungarian conductor and composer who held leading positions at German, Italian and Portuguese opera houses and orchestras, including the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Teatro Comunale di Bologna, La Fenice, and Teatro Nacional de São Carlos. He was a regular conductor at La Scala, where he promoted contemporary opera.

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3. Árpád Balázs

1937-. (aged 89)

composer

Árpád Balázs is a classical music composer. He studied composition in Budapest and Rome, and presented a series about classical music on Hungarian television.

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4. Dénes Gulyás

1954-. (aged 72)

composer opera singer music educator politician

Dénes Gulyás is a Hungarian tenor. A native of Budapest, he studied at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in that city. He had an international career in the 1970s, and sang at the Metropolitan Opera, among other houses; one of his performances there, a Manon in which he replaced Neil Shicoff as Des Grieux to the Manon of Catherine...

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5. Miklós Kocsár

1933-2019 (aged 86)

composer professor of music composition music educator film score composer

Miklós Kocsár was a Hungarian composer.

6. István Márta

1952-. (aged 74)

composer

István Márta is a Hungarian composer, theater and festival director, manager of the Zsolnay Cultural Quarter.

7. Ödön Pártos

1907-1977 (aged 70)

university teacher violist composer music educator violinist

Ödön Pártos [alternate transcription in English: Oedoen Partos, Hungarian: Pártos Ödön, Hebrew: עֵדֶן פרטוש ] (1 October 1907 in Budapest – 6 July 1977 in Tel Aviv) was a Hungarian-Israeli violist and composer. A recipient of the Israel Prize, he taught and served as director of the Rubin Academy of Music, now known as the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music in...

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8. Ella Némethy

1891-1961 (aged 70)

opera singer

Ella Némethy was a Hungarian mezzo-soprano who had an active international career in operas and concerts from 1919 to 1948. Music historian Péter P. Várnai writes in The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians that "she was the leading mezzo-soprano in the interwar years, especially in Wagnerian roles such as Brünnhilde, Isolde and Kundry. Her interpretations were characterized by...

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9. Andor Földes

1913-1992 (aged 79)

university teacher composer classical pianist

Andor Földes was an internationally renowned Hungarian pianist born in Budapest, who later took American citizenship.

10. Zoltán Székely

1903-2001 (aged 98)

violinist music educator composer

Zoltán Székely was a Hungarian violinist and composer.

11. Dezső Szomory

1869-1944 (aged 75)

writer playwright journalist music critic

Dezső Szomory was a Hungarian Jewish writer and dramatist.

12. Tibor Serly

1901-1978 (aged 77)

composer conductor musicologist violinist

Tibor Serly was a Hungarian violist, violinist, and composer.

13. Róbert Ilosfalvy

1927-2009 (aged 82)

opera singer

Róbert Ilosfalvy was a Hungarian operatic tenor; he possessed a voice of lyric grace and dramatic power enabling him to sing a wide range of roles in the Italian, German, and French repertories.

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14. Ildikó Komlósi

1959-. (aged 67)

opera singer

Ildikó Komlósi is a Hungarian mezzo-soprano.

15. Márta Kurtág

1927-2019 (aged 92)

pianist music educator répétiteur

Márta Kurtág was a Hungarian classical pianist and academic piano teacher. She was the wife of György Kurtág, with whom she performed for 60 years, including at international festivals. They often played from his collection Játékok, which they also recorded together.

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16. Zoltán Jeney

1943-2019 (aged 76)

composer

Zoltán Jeney was a Hungarian composer.

17. Omar Bashir

1970-. (aged 56)

musician

Omar Bashir is an Iraqi-Hungarian musician. He is the son of Munir Bashir, who is widely considered to be one of the most important virtuosos in the history of the oud and a master of the modal tradition of Arabic maqam, as well as the nephew of expert oud player Jamil Bashir.

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18. György Ránki

1907-1992 (aged 85)

musicologist film score composer composer

György Ránki was a Hungarian composer.

19. Endre Szervánszky

1911-1977 (aged 66)

university teacher music teacher composer

Endre Szervánszky was a Hungarian composer.

20. Erzsébet Szőnyi

1924-2019 (aged 95)

conductor university teacher musicologist composer music educator

Erzsébet Szőnyi, also Erzsébet Szilágyi, was a Hungarian composer and music teacher. Her works encompass symphonic compositions, chamber music works, art songs, and oratorios. She also wrote numerous stage works including eight operas.

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21. Isidor Bajić

1878-1915 (aged 37)

pedagogue teacher composer

Isidor Bajić was a Serbian composer, teacher, and publisher.

22. Mihály Eisemann

1898-1966 (aged 68)

film score composer conductor composer

Mihály Eisemann was a Hungarian composer and conductor. He composed operettas and film scores. He was born in an area that after the First World War became part of Serbia. He was one of a number of leading composers to produce irredentist songs supporting a Greater Hungary and the reverse of the country's territorial losses at the Treaty of Trianon.

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23. Francesco Lotoro

1964-. (aged 62)

composer conductor pianist musicologist

Francesco Lotoro is an Italian pianist, composer and musicologist.

24. Andre Hajdu

1932-2016 (aged 84)

composer musicologist

André Hajdu was a Hungarian-born Israeli composer and ethnomusicologist.

25. Sylvia Geszty

1934-2018 (aged 84)

opera vocal coach music educator opera singer

Sylvia Geszty was a Hungarian-German operatic coloratura soprano who appeared internationally, based first at the Staatsoper Berlin in East Berlin and from 1970 at the Staatstheater Stuttgart. She is remembered as Mozart's Queen of the Night and an ideal Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos, but also performed Baroque opera and in the world premiere of Kurt Schwaen's Leonce und Lena.

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26. Ádám György

1982-. (aged 44)

composer pianist

Ádám György is a Hungarian pianist. György started his music studies at the age of four. While studying under Katalin Halmagyi, he was accepted to the Béla Bartók Conservatory of Budapest in 1994. György won the National Youth Piano Competition in 1998 and the Hungary's Pianist 2000 award two years later. From 2000 to 2006, Ádám attended the Franz Liszt...

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27. Louis Kentner

1905-1987 (aged 82)

composer pianist

Louis Philip Kentner CBE was a Hungarian, later British, pianist who excelled in the works of Chopin and Liszt, as well as the Hungarian repertoire.

28. István Thomán

1862-1940 (aged 78)

music educator composer classical pianist

István Thomán was a Hungarian piano virtuoso and music educator. He was a notable piano teacher, with students including Béla Bartók, Ernő Dohnányi, Paul de Marky who later taught Oscar Peterson in Quebec, Gisela Selden-Goth, and Georges Cziffra. His six-volume Technique of Piano Playing is still in use today.

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29. Aladár Pege

1939-2006 (aged 67)

university teacher jazz musician

Aladár Pege was a jazz musician from Hungary. He was well known for his work and was dubbed "the Paganini of double bass".

30. Pál Kadosa

1903-1983 (aged 80)

music educator film score composer composer university teacher musicologist

Pál Kadosa was a pianist and Hungarian composer of the post-Bartók generation. His early style was influenced by Hungarian folklore while his later works were more toward Hindemith and expressively forceful idioms. He was born in Levice. He studied at the national Hungarian Royal Academy of Music under Arnold Székely and Zoltán Kodály. He was appointed to the faculty of...

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31. Sándor Szokolay

1931-2013 (aged 82)

university teacher music educator composer

Sándor Szokolay was a Hungarian composer and professor of the Liszt Ferenc Academy, Budapest.

32. György Sebők

1922-1999 (aged 77)

pianist music educator classical pianist

György Sebők was a Hungarian-born American pianist and professor at the Indiana University's Jacobs School of Music in Bloomington, Indiana, United States.

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33. Kálmán Nádasdy

1904-1980 (aged 76)

screenwriter translator theatre manager theatrical director film director

Kálmán Nádasdy was a Hungarian film director. In 1959, he was a member of the jury at the 1st Moscow International Film Festival. His son is Ádám Nádasdy.

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34. Zoltán Mujahid

1979-. (aged 47)

singer

Zoltán Mujahid is a Pakistani-Hungarian singer and music teacher. He is most notable for coming in 10th place in the first series of Megasztár and participating in A Dal 2015.

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35. Jelly d'Arányi

1895-1966 (aged 71)

musician

Jelly d'Aranyi, fully Jelly Aranyi de Hunyadvár was a Hungarian violinist who made her home in London. The great-niece of Joseph Joachim and sister of violinist Adila Fachiri, she became one of the leading violinists of her generation. After studying at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, she established herself as a prominent chamber musician and soloist, forming...

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36. Mikuláš Schneider-Trnavský

1881-1958 (aged 77)

composer conductor music educator pedagogue

Mikuláš Schneider-Trnavský KSG was a Slovak composer, conductor and pedagogue. He was popular mostly because of his songs, some becoming traditional.

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37. Jenő Huszka

1875-1960 (aged 85)

composer

Jenő Huszka was a Hungarian composer of operettas.

38. László Lajtha

1892-1963 (aged 71)

ethnomusicologist university teacher composer conductor musicologist

László Lajtha was a Hungarian composer, ethnomusicologist and conductor.

39. Frigyes Hidas

1928-2007 (aged 79)

musicologist conductor composer

Frigyes Hidas was a Hungarian composer.

40. Stefi Geyer

1888-1956 (aged 68)

university teacher music educator concertmaster

Stefi Geyer was a Hungarian violinist who was considered one of the leading violinists of her generation.

41. Iván Erőd

1936-2019 (aged 83)

composer pianist

Iván Erőd was a Hungarian-Austrian composer and pianist. Educated in Budapest, he emigrated to Austria in 1956, where he studied at the Vienna Music Academy. He was successful as a pianist and composer of operas, chamber music and much more, with elements from serialism, Hungarian folk music and jazz. He first was a professor of music theory and composition at...

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42. Mátyás Seiber

1905-1960 (aged 55)

composer cellist music educator university teacher

Mátyás György Seiber was a Hungarian-born British composer who lived and worked in the United Kingdom from 1935 onwards. His work linked many diverse musical influences, from the Hungarian tradition of Bartók and Kodály, to Schoenberg and serial music, to jazz, folk song, and lighter music.

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43. Péter Hoppál

1972-. (aged 54)

educator choir director Esperantist politician

Péter Hoppál is a Hungarian politician, member of the National Assembly (MP) for Pécs (Baranya County Constituency I then II) since 2010. He was also a Member of Parliament from the Fidesz Baranya County Regional List between 2009 and 2010. He served as Secretary of State for Culture from 15 June 2014 to 17 May 2018.

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44. Miklós Perényi

1948-. (aged 78)

music educator cellist composer

Miklós Perényi is a Hungarian cellist. He was born in Budapest into a musical family and studied at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest with Ede Banda and Enrico Mainardi. He continued his studies at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, graduating in 1962. In 1963 he won a prize at the Pablo Casals International Violoncello Competition in...

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45. Veronika Harcsa

1982-. (aged 44)

singer composer jazz musician

Veronika Harcsa is a Hungarian jazz singer and songwriter, known to be active in various musical genres. She has received the Hungarian Music Award for Best Jazz Album and Best Alternative Album.

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46. Ervin Nyiregyházi

1903-1987 (aged 84)

composer pianist

Ervin Nyiregyházi was a Hungarian and American pianist and composer. After several years on the concert stage in the 1920s, he descended into relative obscurity before briefly reemerging in the 1970s. His highly distinctive playing style, which has been seen by some as linked to the kind of Romantic pianism associated with Franz Liszt, divided critical opinion.

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47. Tibor Varga

1921-2003 (aged 82)

conductor university teacher composer music educator violinist

Tibor Varga was a Hungarian violinist, conductor, and music teacher who developed pedagogic methods for teaching string music. He was a founding member of the string department in the Musikhochschule Detmold.

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48. Josip Štolcer-Slavenski

1896-1955 (aged 59)

music educator composer

Josip Štolcer-Slavenski was a Croatian composer and professor at the Music Academy in Belgrade.

49. Jozsef Gregor

1940-2006 (aged 66)

performing artist opera singer librettist musician

József Gregor was a renowned Hungarian operatic bass who enjoyed success first in Hungary, then in France, Belgium and Canada, and finally in the United States. Gregor was born in Rákosliget, a small town that is now part of Budapest. He studied violin for ten years and then, voice at the Liszt Academy in Budapest for one year but did...

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50. Sándor Veress

1907-1992 (aged 85)

composer ethnomusicologist music educator university teacher

Sándor Veress was a Swiss composer of Hungarian origin. He was born in Kolozsvár/Klausenburg, Transylvania, Kingdom of Hungary, Austro-Hungarian Empire, nowadays called Cluj-Napoca, Romania, and died in Bern. The first half of his life was spent in Hungary; the second, from 1949 until his death, in Switzerland, of which he became a citizen in the last months of his life.

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51. Szabolcs Fényes

1912-1986 (aged 74)

composer theatre manager film score composer musician

Szabolcs Fényes was a Hungarian composer of film scores. He was married to the actress Rózsi Csikós.

52. Lajos Bárdos

1899-1986 (aged 87)

choir director conductor composer university teacher musicologist

Lajos Bárdos was a composer, conductor, music theorist, and professor of music at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music, in Budapest, Hungary, where he had previously studied under Albert Siklós and Zoltán Kodály. His younger brother, György Deák-Bárdos, was also a composer.

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53. László Polgár

1947-2010 (aged 63)

university teacher voice teacher opera singer

László Polgár was a Hungarian operatic bass. He was a singer in the Opera, Oratorio and Lieder genres and was renowned for his silky voice and outstanding declamation and musicality. His art is well represented on compact disc, particularly in opera.

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54. Ditta Pásztory-Bartók

1903-1982 (aged 79)

pianist

Ditta Pásztory-Bartók was a Hungarian pianist and the second wife of the composer Béla Bartók. She was the dedicatee of a number of his works, including Out of Doors and the Third Piano Concerto.

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55. György Sándor

1912-2005 (aged 93)

pianist writer academic musician composer music educator

György Sándor was a Hungarian pianist and writer.

56. Gergely Bogányi

1974-. (aged 52)

composer pianist

Gergely Bogányi is a Hungarian pianist. Coming from a musical family, Bogányi is one of the youngest pianists to have won the Kossuth Prize, becoming one of the leading pianists of his generation.

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57. Munir Bashir

1930-1997 (aged 67)

musicologist musician

Munir Bashir was an Iraqi-Assyrian oudist. Bashir is considered one of the foremost virtuosos of the Arabic oud, and is widely renowned as one of the most important figures in 20th century Middle Eastern music.

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58. Erzsébet Házy

1929-1982 (aged 53)

actor composer opera singer

Erzsébet Házy was a Hungarian operatic soprano. She fascinated the critics (see 'Critics' below) and audience not only with her voice but also with perfect acting and her beauty. She was particularly admired for her portrayal of the title heroine in Giacomo Puccini’s Manon Lescaut.

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59. Leó Weiner

1885-1960 (aged 75)

classical pianist university teacher musicologist composer music educator

Leó Weiner was one of the leading Hungarian music educators of the first half of the twentieth century, and a composer.

60. Miklós Malek

1975-. (aged 51)

pianist songwriter composer

Miklos Malek is a Hungarian songwriter, music producer and artist and television personality, who is a resident of Los Angeles. He has produced for a number of renowned artists. He is also a judge and mentor in the Hungarian version of X-Faktor.

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61. Ferenc Farkas

1905-2000 (aged 95)

composer conductor music educator university teacher

Ferenc Farkas was a Hungarian composer.

62. Dezső Ránki

1951-. (aged 75)

pianist classical pianist

Dezső Ránki is a Hungarian virtuoso concert pianist with a broad repertoire and a significant discography of solo, duo and concerto works.

63. József Simándy

1916-1997 (aged 81)

opera singer university teacher

József Simándy was a Hungarian tenor with German origins. His name in Hungarian form is Simándy József, his original family name is Schulder. A student of Emilia Posszert, he joined the chorus of the Hungarian State Opera in 1940; in 1946, he made his debut as Don José in Carmen in Szeged. In 1947, he returned to the Budapest Opera,...

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64. Sylvia Sass

1951-. (aged 75)

opera singer

Sylvia Sass is a Hungarian operatic soprano who has sung leading roles both in her native country and internationally.

65. André Vásáry

1982-. (aged 44)

singer

André Vásáry is a Hungarian singer and sopranist. He is one of the leading countertenors in the contemporary classical scene, however his repertoire encompasses other genres as well. During his 10-year career, he has one gold and three platinum albums.

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66. Andrea Rost

1962-. (aged 64)

opera singer

Andrea Rost is a Hungarian lyric soprano. She has performed in leading roles with the Vienna State Opera, La Scala, the Royal Opera House, Opéra National de Paris, the Metropolitan Opera and the Salzburg Festival. The year 1997 saw the release of her first solo recording, Le delizie dell’amor, featuring arias from bel canto, Verdi and Puccini operas.

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67. István Kertész

1929-1973 (aged 44)

composer conductor

István Kertész was a Hungarian orchestral and operatic conductor who throughout his brief career led many of the world's great orchestras, including the Cleveland, Chicago, Philadelphia, New York, Los Angeles, Pittsburgh, Detroit, San Francisco and Minnesota Orchestras in the United States, as well as the London Symphony, Vienna Philharmonic, Berlin Philharmonic, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Israel Philharmonic, and L'Orchestre de la...

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68. Annie Fischer

1914-1995 (aged 81)

composer pianist music educator classical pianist

Annie Fischer was a Hungarian classical pianist.

69. Joseph Szigeti

1892-1973 (aged 81)

violinist music educator

Joseph Szigeti was a Hungarian violinist.

70. Tamás Vásáry

1933-2026 (aged 93)

conductor classical pianist

Tamás Vásáry was a Hungarian concert pianist and conductor who made an international career, living in Switzerland from 1956 and later in London from 1970. He was known for interpreting music of the Romantic era, especially by Chopin, Liszt and Schumann.

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71. Géza Anda

1921-1976 (aged 55)

conductor pianist composer classical pianist musician

Géza Anda was a Swiss-Hungarian pianist. A celebrated interpreter of classical and romantic repertoire, particularly noted for his performances and recordings of Mozart, he was also considered to be a tremendous interpreter of Beethoven, Schumann, Brahms and Bartók. In his heyday he was regarded as an amazing artist, possessed of a beautiful, natural and flawless technique that gave his concerts...

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72. Fritz Reiner

1888-1963 (aged 75)

composer conductor

Frederick Martin Reiner was an American conductor of opera and symphonic music in the twentieth century. Hungarian born and trained, he emigrated to the United States in 1922, where he rose to prominence as a conductor with several orchestras. He reached the pinnacle of his career while music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in the 1950s and early 1960s.

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73. David Popper

1843-1913 (aged 70)

music educator cellist composer

David Popper was a Bohemian cellist and composer.

74. Imre Antal

1935-2008 (aged 73)

television presenter television actor classical pianist

Imre Antal was a Hungarian pianist, television presenter and comedian.

75. Wanda Wiłkomirska

1929-2018 (aged 89)

teacher classical violinist composer music educator violinist

Wanda Wiłkomirska was a Polish violinist and academic teacher. She was known for both the classical repertoire and for her interpretation of 20th-century music, having received two Polish State Awards for promoting Polish music to the world as well as other awards for her contribution to music. She gave world premiere performances of numerous contemporary works, including music by Tadeusz...

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76. Antal Doráti

1906-1988 (aged 82)

composer conductor

Antal Doráti was a Hungarian-born conductor and composer who became a naturalized American citizen in 1943.

77. Ferenc Fricsay

1914-1963 (aged 49)

conductor music director

Ferenc Fricsay was a Hungarian conductor. From 1960 until his death, he was an Austrian citizen.

78. József Torgyán

1932-2017 (aged 85)

lawyer politician

József Torgyán was a Hungarian lawyer and politician, chairman of the Independent Smallholders' Party (1991−2002), Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development (1998−2001) in the Government of Viktor Orbán.

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79. János Starker

1924-2013 (aged 89)

editor academic musician musicologist music educator cellist

János Starker was a Hungarian-American cellist. From 1958 until his death, he taught at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, where he held the title of Distinguished Professor. Starker is considered one of the greatest cellists of all time.

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80. Eugene Ormandy

1899-1985 (aged 86)

violinist conductor university teacher

Eugene Ormandy was a Hungarian-born American conductor and violinist, best known for his association with the Philadelphia Orchestra, as its music director. His 44-year association with the orchestra is one of the longest enjoyed by any conductor with any American orchestra. Ormandy made numerous recordings with the orchestra, and as guest conductor with European orchestras, and achieved three gold records...

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81. György Kurtág

1926-. (aged 100)

librettist university teacher pianist composer music educator

György Kurtág is a Hungarian composer of contemporary classical music and pianist. According to Grove Music Online, with a style that draws on "Bartók, Webern and, to a lesser extent, Stravinsky, his work is characterized by compression in scale and forces, and by a particular immediacy of expression". In 2023 he was described as "one of the last living links...

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82. Ervin László

1932-. (aged 94)

writer pianist non-fiction writer philosopher

Ervin László is an American philosopher of science, systems theorist, integral theorist, originally a classical pianist. He is an advocate of the theory of quantum consciousness.

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83. Edvin Marton

1974-. (aged 52)

violinist composer

Edvin Marton is a Ukrainian-born Hungarian composer and violinist. He became known as the violinist of the skaters, mainly because Evgeni Plushenko, Stéphane Lambiel, Yuzuru Hanyu (as a tribute to Plushenko), and other famous skaters often skated to his music.

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84. Zoltán Kocsis

1952-2016 (aged 64)

conductor pianist composer music educator classical pianist

Zoltán Kocsis was a Hungarian pianist, conductor and composer.

85. Ernő Dohnányi

1877-1960 (aged 83)

music educator conductor composer university teacher pianist

Ernst von Dohnányi was a Hungarian composer, pianist and conductor. He used the German form of his name on most published compositions.

86. Ferenc Erkel

1810-1893 (aged 83)

conductor pianist composer music educator chess player

Ferenc Erkel was a Hungarian composer, conductor and pianist. He was the father of Hungarian grand opera, written mainly on historical themes, which are still often performed in Hungary. He also composed the music of "Himnusz", the national anthem of Hungary, which was adopted in 1844. He died in Budapest.

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87. György Cziffra

1921-1994 (aged 73)

composer classical pianist

Christian Georges Cziffra was a Hungarian-French virtuoso pianist and composer. He is considered to be one of the greatest virtuoso pianists of the twentieth century. Among his teachers was Ernő Dohnányi, a pupil of István Thoman, who was a favourite pupil of Franz Liszt.

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88. Béla Bartók

1881-1945 (aged 64)

university teacher music educator classical pianist musician collector of folk music

Béla Viktor János Bartók was a Hungarian composer, pianist and ethnomusicologist. He is considered one of the most important composers of the 20th century; he and Franz Liszt are regarded as Hungary's greatest composers. Among his notable works are the opera Bluebeard's Castle, the ballet The Miraculous Mandarin, Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, the Concerto for Orchestra and six...

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89. György Ligeti

1923-2006 (aged 83)

musician librettist composer university teacher pianist

György Sándor Ligeti was a Hungarian composer of contemporary classical music. He has been described as "one of the most important avant-garde composers in the latter half of the twentieth century" and "one of the most innovative and influential among progressive figures of his time".

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90. Zoltán Kodály

1882-1967 (aged 85)

ethnomusicologist classical composer secondary school teacher

Zoltán Kodály was a Hungarian composer, ethnomusicologist, music pedagogue, linguist, and philosopher. He is well known internationally as the creator of the Kodály method of music education.

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91. Emmerich Kálmán

1882-1953 (aged 71)

film score composer conductor composer

Emmerich Kálmán was a Hungarian composer of operettas and a prominent figure in the development of Viennese operetta in the 20th century. Among his most popular works are Die Csárdásfürstin (1915) and Gräfin Mariza (1924). Influences on his compositional style include Hungarian folk music (such as the csárdás), the Viennese style of precursors such as Johann Strauss II and Franz...

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92. János Koós

1937-2019 (aged 82)

singer comedian actor

János Koós was a Hungarian pop singer, who became successful in the 1960s after participation in the talent show Táncdalfesztivál.

93. Joseph Kosma

1905-1969 (aged 64)

film score composer conductor composer

Joseph Kosma was a Hungarian composer who immigrated to France. His most famous composition is the standard Autumn Leaves.

94. András Schiff

1953-. (aged 73)

composer conductor university teacher classical pianist

Sir András Schiff is a Hungarian and British classical pianist and conductor. He has received numerous awards and honours, including the Grammy Award, Gramophone Award, Mozart Medal, and Royal Academy of Music Bach Prize, and was appointed Knight Bachelor in the 2014 Queen's Birthday Honours for services to music.

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95. Péter Eötvös

1944-2024 (aged 80)

librettist university teacher pianist composer conductor

Péter Eötvös was a Hungarian composer, conductor and academic teacher.

96. Sándor Kónya

1923-2002 (aged 79)

composer opera singer singer university teacher

Sándor Kónya was a Hungarian tenor who appeared internationally, particularly associated with German and Italian roles, especially Lohengrin and Calaf.

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97. Jenő Hubay

1858-1937 (aged 79)

composer music educator classical violinist university teacher

Jenő Hubay de Szalatnya, also known by his German name Eugen Huber ( pronounced [ˈɔʏɡeːn ˈhuːbɐ, ˈɔʏɡn̩ -]), was a Hungarian violinist, composer and music teacher.

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98. Agi Jambor

1909-1997 (aged 88)

music educator composer classical pianist

Agi Jambor was a Hungarian-born pianist.

99. Antal Zalai

1981-. (aged 45)

violinist

Antal Zalai is a Hungarian concert violinist.

100. Lili Kraus

1903-1986 (aged 83)

composer classical pianist

Lili Kraus was a Hungarian-born pianist.