Tibor Varga

Tibor Varga 4 July 1921 4 September 2003 was a Hungarian violinist conductor and world renowned music teacher who developed pedagogic methods for teaching string music He was a founding member of the string department in the Detmold music conservatory Varga was born in Győr Hungary in the same region that witnessed the birth of Joseph Joachim Leopold Auer Carl Flesch as well as of the famous conductor Hans Richter Young Varga took his first lessons at the age of two and a half with his father Lajos Varga who was also a violinist Due to an injury during the War Lajos Varga had to abandon his projects to be a concert artist and became a violin maker Coming to the attention of Jenő Hubay Varga was enrolled at the Budapest Franz Liszt Academy when only ten years old There he studied with among others Zoltán Kodály and Leó Weiner After Hubays death 1937 Varga was chosen to be the soloist in the memorial concert playing the 3rd Violin Concerto op 99 by Hubay under the direction of Ernő Dohnányi who in 1934 had become Hubays successor as the Rector of the Liszt Academy On completion of his musical studies at the Liszt Music Academy Varga devoted himself throughout the war years to studying philosophy at the Budapest University Varga was six years old when he made his first public appearance At ten he took on his first solo role with an orchestra performing the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto op 64 At the age of 13 he made his first recordings At 14 he took on his first concert tours abroad until his career had abruptly been interrupted by World War II After the War he continued his concert activities becoming one of the most prominent soloists Varga collaborated with eminent conductors such as Ernest Ansermet Leonard Bernstein Pierre Boulez Ferenc Fricsay Wilhelm Furtwängler Igor Markevitch Hans Rosbaud Georg Solti and others He performed with the greatest orchestras such as the Philharmonia Orchestra London and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and recorded for labels such as Deutsche Grammophon and EMI A recording of the Bartok Violin Concerto no 2 with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under Ferenc Fricsay as well as his versions of the Violin Concertos by Max Bruch Mozart Carl Nielsen Paganini Tchaikovsky etc have become major references of musical interpretation Source Article Tibor Varga violinist from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30