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László Simon

1948 – 2009

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Lived 1948 – 2009 (aged 61). László Simon was a Hungarian pianist and musician.

László Simon (16 July 1948 – 9 September 2009) was a Hungarian pianist.

Professional life 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.

Press coverage

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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Who was László Simon?

pianist (1948–2009)

When was László Simon born?

László Simon was born on 16 July 1948 in Miskolc.

When did László Simon die?

László Simon died on 9 September 2009 in Berlin.

What was László Simon's occupation?

László Simon was a pianist and musician.

What nationality was László Simon?

László Simon was Hungarian.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: László Simon

· Wikidata: Q1526978

· DBpedia: László Simon

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