The rise and bizarre fall of a musical prodigy A Hungarian pianist was hailed as a boy, played for royalty and later took New York by storm. But moving to L.A. proved, in many ways, to be his undoing, and he lived for decades in flophouse rooms. By Anthony Mostrom, Special to the Los Angeles Times July 24, 2011 He was a forlorn-looking figure, dressed in a rumpled … [Read more...] about The rise and bizarre fall of a musical prodigy — Los Angeles Times [24 July 2011]
NY Times – Review of Lost Genius: The Curious and Tragic Story of an Extraordinary Musical Prodigy
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/28/books/review/Kimmelman-t.html?ref=books LOST GENIUS The Curious and Tragic Story of an Extraordinary Musical Prodigy. By Kevin Bazzana. Illustrated. 383 pp. Carroll & Graf Publishers. $28. By MICHAEL KIMMELMAN Published: October 28, 2007 Not long after World War II, a small-time impresario in Los Angeles named Irwin Parnes heard … [Read more...] about NY Times – Review of Lost Genius: The Curious and Tragic Story of an Extraordinary Musical Prodigy
Nyiregyhazi Documentary
LA Times: A Spiritual Connection: Ervin Nyiregyházi, Louis ‘Moondog’ Hardin and, yes, Bobby Fischer
Los Angeles Times: A spiritual connection: Ervin Nyiregyházi, Louis 'Moondog' Hardin and, yes, Bobby Fischer CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK By Mark Swed January 27, 2008 DURING the 1970s, I often spent time in the music room of the L.A. Central Library. One other regular was an elegant, if seedy, older gentleman, always dressed in the same threadbare suit and tie and loath to … [Read more...] about LA Times: A Spiritual Connection: Ervin Nyiregyházi, Louis ‘Moondog’ Hardin and, yes, Bobby Fischer
YouTube: Erwin Nyiregyhazi plays Blanchet’s ‘In the Old Turkish Harem Garden’
Erwin Nyiregyhazi playing a rare work by Blanchet ('In the Old Turkish Harem Garden'), in his own free version, preceded by a few words by Gregor Benko. … [Read more...] about YouTube: Erwin Nyiregyhazi plays Blanchet’s ‘In the Old Turkish Harem Garden’
