WGéza 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 a unique quality. But since his death in 1976 at the age of fifty-four, his high reputation has faded somewhat from view. Most of his recordings were made on the Deutsche Grammophon label.
WJózsef Balogh is a Hungarian clarinetist.
WKálmán Balogh is a Hungarian cimbalom player and leader of Kalman Balogh's Gypsy Cimbalom Band.
WRóbert Bérczesi is a Hungarian musician, best known as the lead singer and songwriter of the Hungarian cult band hiperkarma. Before the hiperkarma he win a Hungarian talent spotter with his band called BlaBla, then as the winner of the talent spotter they can make they own studio album Kétségbeejtően átlagos with the Sony Music Entertainment label. With the hiperkarma makes only two albums, the hiperkarma (2000) and amondo (2003). After the hiperkarma he had two notable projects, the Biorobot with the Hungarian songwriter András Nemes, and his solo project, the Én meg az ének.
WZoltán Béres is a Hungarian radio host, composer, and DJ currently living in Australia.
WJános Kristóf Bródy is a Hungarian pop singer-songwriter, guitarist, composer and scriptwriter. Successful both with the bands Illés and Fonográf and in his solo career, writing lyrics for singers like Zsuzsa Koncz or for rock operas like István, a király, he was a major figure of the Hungarian music scene in the 60s–90s.
WFerenc Demjén is a Hungarian pop singer-songwriter and bassist. Besides a solo career, he was the member of bands Bergendy and V'Moto-Rock, and played an important part in the pop culture of the country, contributing to nearly 150 albums.
WAntal Doráti was a Hungarian-born conductor and composer who became a naturalized American citizen in 1943.
WFerenc Fricsay was a Hungarian conductor. From 1960 until his death, he was an Austrian citizen.
WVictor von Herzfeld was a Hungarian violinist and composer. He studied at the University of Vienna in law and at the Music Academy of Vienna music where he won first prize for both composition and violin playing. In 1884, he was awarded the Beethoven prize of the Society of the Friends of Music. He studied in Berlin with Eduard Grell and in 1886 went to Budapest as Professor in the Music Academy. He was second violin in the original Budapest Quartet established by David Popper and Jenő Hubay. Ernő Dohnányi dedicated his Sonata in C♯ minor for violin and piano, Op. 21 (1912) to Von Herzfeld. While serving as the music critic of the "Neue Pester Journal" he wrote a negative review of his friend and colleague Gustav Mahler's First Symphony. He is the author of a 1915 article on Robert Volkmann. He was buried at Kerepesi Cemetery in Budapest.
WKarmapolis is a Hungarian electro Indie band, with András Kenyeres with the vocals, guitar, piano, synthesizer, producing and songwriting, Szabolcs Szipszer at the synthesizers, drums, and producing, and Gábor Lipi at the bass.
WKlári Katona is a Hungarian pop singer.
WIstván Kertész was an internationally acclaimed 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 Suisse Romande. His orchestral repertoire numbered over 450 works from all periods, and was matched by a repertoire of some sixty operas ranging from Mozart, Verdi, Puccini and Wagner to the more contemporary Prokofiev, Bartók, Britten, Kodály, Poulenc and Janáček. Kertész was part of a musical tradition that produced fellow Hungarian conductors Fritz Reiner, Antal Doráti, János Ferencsik, Eugene Ormandy, George Szell, János Fürst, Ferenc Fricsay, and Sir Georg Solti.
WAttila László is a Hungarian jazz guitarist and composer. László is one of the leaders of Hungary's second generation of jazz musicians, which also includes Lakatos, Dés, Kőszegi, and Pege. Former president of the Hungarian Jazz Federation (1999–2005), a winner of the Golden Cross of Merit prize, László performed with renowned artists like Anthony Jackson, Randy Brecker, James Moody, Tommy Cambell, David Friedman, Gary Willis, Bob Mintzer, Peter Erskine, Hiram Bullock, Miroslav Vitous, Ilaiyaraaja, Russell Ferrante, and Jimmy Haslip.
WDezső Lehota was a Hungarian violinist, concertmaster, and music teacher.
WMyra Monoka, is an international singer and songwriter who creates soulful electronic music.
WZoltán 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.
WFerenc "Feró" Nagy is a Hungarian rock singer and musician. Although not proficient on any instrument, he can play the guitar, the harmonica, the saxophone and the piano.
WIbolya Oláh is a Hungarian pop singer. She was the runner-up of the first series of Hungarian Pop Idol, Megasztár.
WBalázs Pándi is a Hungarian drummer. He has worked and toured with various acts from all around the world including Venetian Snares, Otto von Schirach, To Live and Shave in L.A., The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble and Zu. He also played drums for the Blood of Heroes project.
WPassed is a Hungarian indie electronic pop band. Their influences include Gabor Szabo and Carlos Santana. The members are twins of Polish origin, singer Dorottya and harpist Fanni Nizalowski from Budapest, bassist Dávid Godzsák, an ethnic Hungarian from Királyhelmec, Slovakia, and producer Levente Szabó from Sárospatak. Godzsák left to pursue a career with other musical groups and was replaced by Áron Farkas. One of their main goals is to bring back the harp into modern popular culture. The band's first single was released in June 2015, On The Grind, and was played on the radio.
WPierrot, born Tamás Zoltán Marosi is a Hungarian pop singer, computer and tabletop game designer, musician and producer, best known internationally for his video game series AGON and Yoomurjak's Ring. He is also well known in Hungary as a musician, singer-songwriter and producer of several music albums. His own music style is primarily acoustic “adult pop”, while as a producer, he has a colorful portfolio of various styles ranging from world music to alternative rock to reggae and hip-hop. He has also been involved in edutainment and tourism projects such as an interactive sight-seeing game network Kaland&Játék (Adventure&Game). He is author of a book on Asian gastronomy, a series of novels and a story-book for children. The name Pierrot had originally been his nickname. He has been using this alias both as musician and game developer since 1986.
WGábor Presser is a Kossuth Prize winner and a Hungarian musician, composer, singer. He is member in Locomotiv GT and was member in Omega, a prominent personality of the Hungarian pop music.
WMárk Rózsavölgyi was a Hungarian composer and violinist. He has been called "the father of csárdás".
WMagdolna "Magdi" Rúzsa is a Hungarian singer who won the 2006 title of Megasztár ("Megastar"), Hungary's nationwide talent search, that resembles, but is not based on, Pop Idol. As the winner of the category "Newcomer of the Year" at the Fonogram Hungarian Music Awards in 2007, she represented Hungary at the Eurovision Song Contest in Helsinki, Finland with the song "Unsubstantial Blues". She finished ninth and won a Marcel Bezençon Award in the Best Composer category. She often performs songs by her favorite singer, Janis Joplin.
WVera Schmidt is a Hungarian pop singer-songwriter who rose to popularity after placing fifth in the Hungarian version of Pop Idol Megasztár. She is a student in Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest.
WJean Schwartz was a Hungarian-born American songwriter.
WMárta Sebestyén is a Hungarian folk vocalist, composer and actress.
WFerenc Sebő is a Hungarian folklorist and musician, best known as the bandleader for the Sebő Ensemble, a band that produced many future stars, including Márta Sebestyén. The Sebő Ensemble was one of the best-known groups of the Hungarian roots revival in the 1970s.
WTamás Somló was a Hungarian musician, singer-songwriter and artist. He is mostly known for having been a member of Hungarian rock bands Omega and Locomotiv GT and for composing several of their successful songs. Beside of being a singer, his main instruments were bass guitar, clarinet, and the saxophone.
WGábor Szakácsi is a Hungarian-born American rock guitarist and music producer, best known as the frontman of Seattle punk group Sledgeback. He fronted C.A.F.B., one of the most influential Hungarian punk bands of the 1990s, with whom he released six full-length albums between 1993 and 2017. After leaving Hungary Hun started Sledgeback in 2004 and released several albums with the group. His distinct voice became the trademark of Sledgeback.
WZorán Sztevanovity is a Hungarian pop guitarist, singer and composer.
WAntonia Morvai, known as Antonia Vai, is a Swedish/Hungarian singer-songwriter, musician and music producer.
WJosef Waldbauer (1861–1920) was an Austro-Hungarian composer, violinist and music educator.