Julian of Károlyi

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Julian Julius von Károlyi (Hungarian. Károlyi Gyula ; born January 31, 1914 in Lučenec , † March 1, 1993 in Munich ) was a German pianist of Hungarian origin.

Life

Julian von Károlyi comes from the Károlyi von Nagykároly family, one of the oldest Hungarian noble families .

As a child he took piano lessons from Louis Akom, a well-known Budapest organist, and made rapid artistic progress. In 1926 he made his debut in Budapest with great success and played Mozart 's Concerto in E flat major . This attracted the interest of Béla Bartók , who recommended him to the famous piano teacher Margit Varró (1881–1978), who directed his further training.

He later studied with Joseph Pembaur in Munich , from 1927 to 1930 as a Gewandhaus scholar with Max von Pauer at the Leipzig Conservatory , in 1931 with Alfred Cortot in Paris and finally from 1932 to 1934 with Ernst von Dohnányi at the Franz Liszt Music Academy in Budapest .

In 1929 he gave his first public piano recital in London, and in 1930 bassist Fedor Chaliapin accompanied him on a large-scale tour of England.

His international breakthrough marked an extremely successful piano recital at the Royal Albert Hall in London . From 1934 he performed regularly and played under the most prominent conductors and orchestras, including in Berlin , Paris , London, Budapest, Prague , Warsaw , Stockholm , Helsinki , Riga , the USA (since 1951), in South America, near and far East and in almost all major German cities.

In the early 1940s, Julian von Károlyi settled permanently in Munich, where he lived at Nibelungenstrasse 12. In 1956 he took on German citizenship. From 1972 he held a professorship at the University of Music in Würzburg .

repertoire

Julian von Károlyi had a brilliant technique and was one of the greatest virtuosos of his time. He was best known for his recording and interpretation of the piano works by Frédéric Chopin , Franz Liszt and Sergej Rachmaninow , which he recorded for Deutsche Grammophon from 1943 to the early 1950s and for Electrola from 1958 to 1960 . When recording works for piano and orchestra, he worked with conductors such as Edmund Nick , Hans Rosbaud , Robert Heger , István Kertész and Gilka Zdravkovic . German radio stations recorded a number of works with Károlyi in the 1950s, including Debussy , Dohnányi and Kodály .

Prices

  • 1929, Berlin: Mendelssohn Prize
  • 1932, Warsaw: Chopin Prize
  • 1933, Budapest: Liszt Prize

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personal data
SURNAME Károlyi, Julian from
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Károlyi, Julian Julius von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pianist
DATE OF BIRTH January 31, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH Lučenec
DATE OF DEATH March 1, 1993
Place of death Munich