Zoltan Szekely
1903 - 2001
For a full biography and a complete list of works with links to scores and recordings, visit www.forbiddenmusicregained.org
Venice, September 4, 1925. At the third festival of the International Society for Contemporary Music, a young Hungarian violinist presented his own Sonata for Solo Violin. The response to his performance was overwhelming: thunderous applause from the audience, praise from colleagues and rave reviews from the international press. A splendid success for the young violinist and composer Zoltán Székely. Present in the audience was his future wife, Igminia (Mientje) Everts from Nijmegen. She recalled the impassioned response from the public: “I have seen with my own eyes Stravinsky and Schoenberg standing on their chairs in the Gran Teatro La Fenice in Venice to applaud Zoltán’s performance of his Solo Sonata!”
Zoltán Székely was born on December 8, 1903 in Kocs, Hungary. His father, Laszló Székely, was a physician, and because of his work the family moved from time to time. At home there was music every day: Zoltán’s father played the violin, his mother Erzsébet sang and his sister Piroska played the piano. Lászlo Székely was not familiar with classical music but played the folk music of the Hungarian countryside. He was an avid fan of … Continue
Selected works
Sonata for violin solo 1920
Polyphon et Homophon 1925 violin and cello
String trio 1921 violin, viola and cello
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