György Sándor
György Sándor (September 21st 1912 - December 9th 2005) is a Pianiste Hungarian, friend of Béla Bartók and defender of its music.
Born with Budapest, he studies with the Académie of music Franz-Liszt of the city, at Béla Bartók and Zoltán Kodály, and begins a career of concert performer in 1930. He makes his entry with the Carnegie Hall in 1939. He adopts nationality étatsunienne and is used in United States Army Signal Body of 1942 for 1944.
Friend of Béla Bartók, it creates in 1946 his third concerto for piano with the Orchestre of Philadelphia and Eugene Ormandy.
He recorded complete works for the piano of Kodály, Prokofiev and Bartók. He receives the Grand Prix of the disc of the Académie Charles Cros in 1965.
He taught with the Université of Michigan then to the Juilliard School. Among his pupils, one counts Helene Grimaud, György Sebök, Barbara Nissman, Ian Pace, the player of pianoforte Malcolm Bilson and the type-setter Ezequiel Viñao.
It published a book, One Playing Piano: Motion, Sound, Expression , which announces its technique of piano.
It is deceased with New York of a Heart attack.
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