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György Cziffra (1921-1994) is universally hailed as one of the greatest pianists of the twentieth century. A musicologist wrote, “In the realm of classical music, his name has been immortalised as synonym of piano playing… He had a remarkable virtuoso technique but also the capacity to leave an intellectual imprint on the music he was playing. Bravura technique is a physical ability one can accomplish and elaborate by hard work yet it is often considered a mere showing off. Some denounce it as sheer acrobatics, a boastful self-display of skill although no pianist can do without technical perfection.”

Rimsky-Korsakov/Cziffra: “Flight of the Bumble Bee”

Childhood

György Cziffra

Much has been written about his growing up in dire poverty on the outskirts of Budapest and his incredible musical talent on display at an early age. To be sure, the origins of his improvisational art can be traced back to his childhood and his ability to learn music without scores. Essentially, he mimicked the piano playing of his sister and repeated and improvised over tunes sung by his parents. “Th

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Great Performers: György Cziffra

Born in Budapest on 5 November 1921 into an impoverished family, Cziffra’s youthful ability to improvise at the piano landed him a circus job. At nine he auditioned for Ernö Dohnányi, who accepted the prodigy into the Budapest Conservatory. Cziffra already had several tours under his belt when he was called up for military service, leaving his young, pregnant bride behind. He tried escaping several times, landing in prison camps. Cziffra returned to Budapest in 1946 and eked out a living playing piano in bars and tea rooms, while strenuously rebuilding his technique. However, a thwarted attempt to cross the Hungarian border in 1950 led to 18 months imprisonment and a stint in a disciplinary camp, where, for ten hours a day, the pianist was forced to carry 60-kilo blocks of marble, severely distending his wrist tendon in the process.

After the Cziffra family successfully crossed over to the West in 1956, the pianist made his Vienna and Paris debuts, astonishing critics and audiences alike. Indeed, the hard-to-please French critic and pianophile Be

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This page is about the pianist. For his son, the conductor, see György Cziffra Jr..

György Cziffra (in Hungarian form Cziffra György 5 November 1921 – 15 January 1994), also known as Georges Cziffra and George Cziffra, was a Hungarian-French virtuosopianist and composer. He is considered to be one of the greatest pianists of the twentieth century. Among his teachers was István Thomán, who was a favourite pupil of Franz Liszt.

He became a French citizen in 1968. Cziffra is known for his recordings of works of Franz Liszt, Frédéric Chopin and Robert Schumann, and also for his technically demanding arrangements of several orchestral works for the piano, including Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's Flight of the Bumblebee and Johann Strauss II's The Blue Danube.

Cziffra left a sizeable body of recordings. In recent years, dozens of private recordings from various sources have surfaced online, on YouTube. The non-profit short-run record label Zenith Classical is in the process of making Cziffra's private recordings available on CD.

Early years

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