György Fischer
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György Fischer | |
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 György Fischer in 2005 | |
| Born | 12 August 1935 |
| Died | 25 October 2020 (aged 85) |
| Nationality | Hungarian |
| Other names | Gyorgy Fischer Gyorgy J. Fischer Georg Fischer |
| Occupation(s) | Pianist, Conductor |
| Partner(s) | Lucia Popp Ida Bieler |
| Parent | Pál Fischer (1892–1945) |
György Fischer (12 August 1935 – 25 October 2020)[1] was a Hungarian pianist and conductor.
Life
[edit]Assistant to Herbert von Karajan at the Vienna Opera, he became a specialist in the works of Mozart, conducting operas in Cologne, Munich, and South America.[2] He performed with the Australian Opera in 1987. First he married opera singer Lucia Popp.[3] After being divorced from her he married American violinist Ida Bieler.[4] His sister-in-law was Hungarian actress Flóra Kádár, the first wife of his elder brother, DOP and photojournalist Péter Fischer.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Fallece el director Húngaro György Fischer a los 85 años de edad". Platea Magazine (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 November 2020.
- ^ "György Fischer". Oxford Dictionary of Music. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
- ^ "Peter Fisher's work lives on". The Jewish Chronicle Online. 2013-03-21. Retrieved 2016-07-28.
- ^ "Ida C Bieler & Gyorgy J Fischer". Ancestry. Retrieved 2016-07-29.
- ^ "Fisher Péter (Fischer)" (in Hungarian). Geni. Retrieved 2016-07-28.
Bibliography
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Media related to György Fischer (pianist) at Wikimedia Commons
- Cummings, David M. (2000). Fischer, György. International Who's who in Music and Musicians' Directory (in the Classical and Light Classical Fields 2000/2001 Volume One (Seventeenth Edition). Cambridge: International Biographical Centre/Melrose Press. p. 200. ISBN 9780948875533. Retrieved 2016-07-29.
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