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2022-07-25 13:57:46
Ernst von Dohnányi, 2022
This Week in Classical Music: July 25, 2022. Dohnányi, Conductor and Composer. Ernst von Dohnányi (Ernő Dohnányi in Hungarian), was born on July 27th of 1877 in Pozsony, now Bratislava, Kingdom of Hungary, then part of the dual monarchy of Austria-Hungary. Ernst von Dohnányi is the German version of his name and how he used to sign his compositions. Dohnányi studied the piano and composition at the Royal National Hungarian Academy of Music (and convinced his friend, Béla Bartók, to join him there). In 1898, one year after he graduated, the conductor Hans Richter took Dohnányi to London where he played Beethoven’s Piano Concerto no. 4 to great acclaim. He was also composing (Brahms liked his Op. 1, a Piano Quintet), and by 1900 the young Dohnányi was acknowledged as the greatest Hungarian pianist-composer since Liszt. He became friends with the famous violinist Joseph Joachim, 46 years his elder; Joachim […]
2018-08-09 04:05:22
Hungarian Conductor Ferenc Fricsay Born On This Day in 1914 [ON-THIS-DAY]
Hungarian conductor Ferenc Fricsay was born on this day in 1914 – 104 years ago. A protégé of Bela Bartok, Zoltán Kodály, Ernst von Dohnanyi and Leo Weiner, Maestro Fricsay served distinguished conducting positions with the Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, Budapest Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Bavarian State Opera and the Berlin Philharmonic. MOZART | DON GIOVANNI | OVERTURE | FERENC FRICSAY […] The post Hungarian Conductor Ferenc Fricsay Born On This Day in 1914 [ON-THIS-DAY] appeared first on The World's Leading Classical Music News Source. Est 2009..
2018-07-05 18:40:00
Hungarian-American cello virtuoso Janos Starker was born on this day in 1924 – 94 years ago. Maestro Starker served as a former principal cellist of the Budapest Opera, Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, Dallas Symphony, Chicago Symphony and New York’s Metropolitan Opera – and held a distinguished long-term teaching position on faculty at Indiana University’s Jacobs School of […] The post Hungarian Cello Virtuoso Janos Starker Born On This Day in 1924 [ON-THIS-DAY] appeared first on The World's Leading Classical Music News Source. Est 2009..
2016-09-06 20:32:47
"Rocktopia,'' which featured five lead singers, a rock band, the Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra and more, was filmed in Budapest in June. The mashup of classical music and rock - in addition to Mozart and Queen, the music covered the gamut from Beethoven to Heart, from Rachmaninoff to Journey, from Puccini to Hendrix, and more - will be used as a PBS fundraiser.
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