László Simon
László Simon (16 July 1948 – 9 September 2009) was a Hungarian pianist.
Also recorded as Laszlo Simon
László Simon
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- Name
- László Simon
- Born
- 16 July 1948
- Birthplace
- Miskolc, Hungary
- Died
- 9 September 2009
- Place of death
- Berlin, Germany
- Nationality
- Hungary
- Occupation
- pianist · musician
- Languages
- Hungarian
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László Simon (16 July 1948 – 9 September 2009) was a Hungarian pianist.
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László Simon (1948–2009) was a Hungarian musician and pianist. Born in Miskolc, the musician died in Berlin. Languages used include Hungarian.
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• Name — László Simon • Born — 16 July 1948 • Birthplace — Miskolc, Hungary • Died — 9 September 2009 • Place of death — Berlin, Germany • Style — Classical
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László Simon was born in Miskolc. He studied under Zoltán Benkö in Budapest, and under Hans Leygraf in Stockholm and Hannover. He also received artistic and pianistic incitements from Claudio Arrau in New York. He would later be praised for his excellent performance in international piano competitions Casagrande (1971, 1st place, jointly shared), Geneva and Busoni and received the King's Swedish Music Award. His recording of the twelfth Transcendental Études by Franz Liszt was later part of the evidence in the plagiarism scandal involving recordings by the English pianist Joyce Hatto (1928-2006), and became more famous as a result of the investigation. László Simon was a respected piano teacher throughout the world. After working in Darmstadt, Hannover and Karlsruhe, he became a professor at the Berlin University of the Arts in 1981. In this position, he mentored the conductor Shi-yeon Sung as well as the pianists Gergely Boganyi, Li-Chun Su and Ji-yeoun You. He died in Berlin, aged 61.
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László Simon died at Berlin.
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D.A.W.M.: Remarkable Liszt. In: The Daily Telegraph (1975) D.A.W.M.: László Simon. In: The Daily Telegraph (Feb. 1977) Dominic Gill: Laszlo Simon. In: London Financial Times (1977)
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