Ervin Acél (conductor)W
Ervin Acél (conductor)

Ervin Acél was a Romanian conductor and pedagogue.

Béla BartókW
Béla Bartók

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. Through his collection and analytical study of folk music, he was one of the founders of comparative musicology, which later became ethnomusicology.

Ádám FischerW
Ádám Fischer

Ádám Fischer is a Hungarian conductor. He is the general music director of the Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra, chief conductor of the Danish National Chamber Orchestra, and chief conductor of the Düsseldorf Symphony.

Barnabás von GéczyW
Barnabás von Géczy

Barnabás von Géczy was a Hungarian violinist, composer and bandleader.

Karl GoldmarkW
Karl Goldmark

Karl Goldmark was a Hungarian-born Viennese composer.

Ken'ichiro KobayashiW
Ken'ichiro Kobayashi

Ken'ichiro Kobayashi is a Japanese conductor and composer. In Japan he is known among his fans as “Kobaken.”

Márta KurtágW
Márta Kurtág

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.

Roby LakatosW
Roby Lakatos

Roby Lakatos is a violinist from Hungary who combines jazz, classical, and Hungarian Romani music.

Margaret MatzenauerW
Margaret Matzenauer

Margaret Matzenauer was a mezzo-soprano singer with an opulent timbre and a wide range to her voice. She performed key works from both the Italian and German operatic repertoires in Europe and the United States.

Emánuel MoórW
Emánuel Moór

Emánuel Moór was a Hungarian composer, pianist, and inventor of musical instruments.

Arthur NikischW
Arthur Nikisch

Arthur Nikisch was a Hungarian conductor who performed internationally, holding posts in Boston, London, Leipzig and—most importantly—Berlin. He was considered an outstanding interpreter of the music of Bruckner, Tchaikovsky, Beethoven and Liszt. Johannes Brahms praised Nikisch's performance of his Fourth Symphony as "quite exemplary, it's impossible to hear it any better."

Maria StaderW
Maria Stader

Maria Stader was a Hungarian-born Swiss lyric soprano, known particularly for her Mozart interpretations.

Erzsébet SzőnyiW
Erzsébet Szőnyi

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.