Dénes Zsigmondy
Dénes Zsigmondy (born April 9, 1922 in Budapest ; † February 15, 2014 ) was a Hungarian violinist and music teacher .
After attending grammar school, Zsigmondy studied art history and pedagogy at the University of Budapest and violin at the Music Academy. In 1944 he left Hungary and went to Salzburg, where he became known for his participation in the summer academy. He worked as a violin soloist and teacher in Europe and from 1959 also in the USA and Japan. He became known as a sought-after interpreter of the works of Mozart , Schubert and Beethoven , but above all the works of Béla Bartók , and premiered several compositions by Günter Bialas and Harald Genzmer . He made many recordings of sonatas for violin and piano with his wife, the pianist Anneliese Nissen .
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- Dénes Zsigmondy in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)
- Seeshaupter Dorfzeitung 2/2009: On the Wings of Longing - Benefit concert in honor of Denes Zsigmondy (PDF file; 1.00 MB)
- Allmusic - Denes Zsigmondy
Web links
- Literature by and about Dénes Zsigmondy in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Elhunyt Zsigmondy Dénes világhírű hegedűművész ( Memento of the original from February 21, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Hungarian)
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| SURNAME | Zsigmondy, Dénes |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Hungarian violinist and music teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 9, 1922 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Budapest |
| DATE OF DEATH | 15th February 2014 |