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
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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’
Short list for Charles Taylor prize announced
Short list for Charles Taylor prize announced Richard Helm, Canwest News Service Wednesday, January 23, 2008 A biography of Sir John A. Macdonald, the tale of an unknown hero of the Holocaust, the story of a forgotten musical genius and two deeply personal family memoirs are the finalists for this year's Charles Taylor prize, awarded for literary non-fiction. The … [Read more...] about Short list for Charles Taylor prize announced
Wall Street Journal: Hungarian Rhapsody
Originally appearing in the Wall Street Journal: Hungarian Rhapsody Richard Hyfler, 27 February 2008 An interview with Kevin Bazzana, author of Lost Genius ($28, Carroll & Graf, 2007). Born in 1903, Hungarian pianist Ervin Nyiregyházi (pronounced air-veen nyeer-edge-hah-zee) played Buckingham Palace at age 8, was the subject of a book by the time he turned 13 … [Read more...] about Wall Street Journal: Hungarian Rhapsody
People Magazine: For Pianist Nyiregyhazi, Fame, Unjustly, Is Nine Wives and Ten Photographed Fingers
March 13, 1978, Vol. 9, No. 10 For Pianist Nyiregyhazi, Fame, Unjustly, Is Nine Wives and Ten Photographed Fingers When I play, it's as though I am Franz Liszt himself," says Californian Ervin Nyiregyházi. Even critics accept the braggadocio. A century back, composer Liszt was himself a child-prodigy pianist, flamboyant maestro and herculean womanizer. His reincarnation, … [Read more...] about People Magazine: For Pianist Nyiregyhazi, Fame, Unjustly, Is Nine Wives and Ten Photographed Fingers
