Júlia Székely [SEP] place of death
Júlia Székely
Júlia Székely (Budapest, 8 May 1906 – 19 March 1986) was a Hungarian writer and musician.
She studied with the composer Béla Bartók, eventually becoming a pianist. She is also the author of biographies (especially of famous musicians), novels and dramas.
Works.
- "A repülő egér" (1939): novel
- "A halhatatlan kedves" (1961): biography of composer Ludwig van Beethoven
- "Vándor Évek" (1962): biography of composer
Telmanyi, Ede Zathurecky, Zsigmondy, Franz von Vecsey, Zoltán Székely, Tibor Varga and newcomers Antal Szalai, Vilmos Szabadi, Kristóf Baráti (b. 79) and others.
- Opera singers: Astrid Varnay, József Simándy, Júlia Várady, Júlia Hamari, Kolos Kováts (Bluebeard in Bartók's Bluebeard)
- Conductors: Eugene Ormandy, George Szell, Antal Doráti, János Ferencsik, Fritz Reiner, sir Georg Solti, István Kertész, Ferenc Fricsay, Zoltán Rozsnyai, Sándor Végh, Árpád Joó, Ádám Fischer,