Ernő Balogh
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Ernő Balogh (4 April 1897, Budapest – died 2 June 1989, Mitchellville, Maryland) was a United States-based Hungarian-born pianist, composer, editor, and teacher.
Biography
Balogh attended the Budapest Conservatory from 1905-17. His teachers included Béla Bartók for piano and Zoltán Kodály for composition, the two subjects in which he won the Franz Liszt Prize. Balogh became close friends with both men. In 1927, he arranged for Bartók to make his first concert tour in the United States.
After completing his course at the Budapest Conservatory and further piano studies with Leonid Kreutzer at the Berlin Conservatory, Balogh moved to the United States in 1924. Settling in New York, he established a successful career as both soloist and accompanist; in the latter capacity, he played with celebrated musicians including Fritz Kreisler, Lotte Lehmann, and Grace Moore.
Personal life
In 1936, Balogh married Malvina Schweizer, a university professor.[citation needed] They continued to live in New York until 1960, when they moved to Washington, D.C. pursuant to Balogh's acceptance of a position teaching at the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, Maryland.[citation needed]
References
- "Erno Balogh, Pianist And Author, 92, Dies". The New York Times. 7 June 1989. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
- "Erno Balogh Collection". International Piano Archives at Maryland. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
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- Hungarian classical pianists
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- Pupils of Béla Bartók
- Musicians from Budapest
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- Hungarian emigrants to the United States
- Peabody Institute faculty
- Disease-related deaths in Maryland
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