Margaret Mikulska ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

>Richard Pennycuick wrote:
>
>>But I wonder why a small country like Hungary should have
>>disproportionately produced Szell, Solti, Fricsay, Reiner, Ormandy,
>>Dorati, who have I forgotten?
>
>Istvan Kertesz.  Von Dohnanyi.

Certainly Szell and Solti began their careers as pianists (guess I
could look up the others, but not at work I can't).

I believe there *is* some sort of precedent for Hungarian pianism...:-)

Deryk Barker
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