Istvan Toman ( Hungarian. Thomán István , German: Stefan Thoman ; November 4, 1862 , Humenné [1] - September 22, 1940 , Budapest ) - Hungarian pianist and teacher.
| Istvan Toman Hungarian Thomán István | |
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 Istvan Toman (1932) | |
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| Date of Birth | November 4, 1862 |
| Place of Birth | Humenne , Austrian Empire |
| Date of death | September 22, 1940 (77 years old) |
| Place of death | Budapest |
| Buried | |
| A country |  Austria-Hungary  Hungary |
| Professions | pianist , music teacher , composer |
| Instruments | the piano |
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Biography
He studied law in Vienna and Budapest, but in 1881 he entered the Academy of Music , where he studied under Erkel and Robert Volkman . Twice won the Liszt scholarship and since 1883 studied in his class. Accompanied F. Liszt in Weimar , Rome and Bayreuth .
Since 1888 - professor at the Liszt Academy of Music . Having retired in 1907, he taught at a private music school; gave master classes. His students were, in particular, Bela Bartok , Ernst von Donagni , Zoltan Koday , Fritz Rainer , Leo Weiner [2] , György Tsifra [3] , Arnold Sekei , Ethelka Freund and others. Bartok paid tribute to Toman by publishing a congratulatory article on the 40th anniversary of his artistic career [4] .
Concerted in Hungary and abroad.
The author of songs, rhapsodies, impromptu. Compiled a collection of exercises "Piano technique" ( Hungarian. A zongorazas technikaja ).
He was buried in Budapest at the Kerepeshi cemetery [5] .
Family
Father - David Toman, mother - Rosa Weisberger [6] .
Notes
- ↑ Nowadays - in the Prešov Region , Slovakia .
- ↑ Thoman, Istvan (1862-1940, Hungary ) . Piano genealogy. Date of treatment April 13, 2014.
- ↑ Loparits E. Hungarian Gypsy style in the Lisztian spirit: Georges Cziffra's two transcriptions of Brahms' fifth Hungarian Dance . - Ann Arbor, 2008 .-- S. 54 .-- 129 p. (inaccessible link)
- ↑ Bartók Béla . Thomán Istvánról. // Zenei szemle, 2/3 (March 1927). - P. 93-95.
- ↑ Istvan Thoman . Find a Grave. Date of treatment April 13, 2014.
- ↑ Outstanding & Famous Humennites . Humenne, Slovakia . JewishGen KehilaLinks. Date of treatment April 13, 2014.
Links
- István Thomán (English) . Liszt Academy. Date of treatment April 13, 2014.
- Thomán István (Hungarian) . Magyar Elektronikus Könyvtár. Date of treatment April 13, 2014.