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Mother country of musicians, chess
players and mathematicians.
Hungarian is not an easy
tongue to learn. Its complexity is said to be the reason
why Hungary gave birth to many great chess players and mathematicians.
Is it for the same reason that the list of remarkable hungarian musicians
is so long ?
To name but a few :
Composers : B Bartók, Z Kodály, G Kurtág, G Ligeti, F Liszt, P
Eötvös
Conductors : G Solti, S Végh, A Doráti, J Ferencsik, A & I
Fischer, F Fricsay, I Kertész,
E Ormándy, F Reiner, H Richter, G Szell, G Varga, T Vásáry
Pianists : G Sándor, G Anda, B Bartók, G Cziffra, A Fischer, A Foldes,
P Frankl, L Kentner,
Z Kocsis, L Kraus, G & M Kurtág, D Ránki, A Schiff, G Sebök, G
Solti, T Vásáry
Violonists : L Auer, J Hubay, J Joachim, Z Székely, J Szigeti, T Varga,
S Végh
Cellists : M Perényi, J Starker
String Quartets : Budapest, Hungarian, Keller, Takács, Tátrai,
Végh
Singers : K Kovats, E Marton, L Polgár, S Sass, S Sölyom-Nagy, M
Székely.

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