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Ervin Nyiregyhazi

Ervin Nyíregyházi: Hungarian-born American pianist. Child prodigy. aka Erwin, Nyiregyházi

Short list for Charles Taylor prize announced

May 15, 2009 by Aaron Gross Leave a Comment

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

May 15, 2009 by Aaron Gross Leave a Comment

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

May 11, 2009 by Aaron Gross Leave a Comment

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

The Lost Zeppelin – Nyiregyhazi

May 11, 2009 by Aaron Gross Leave a Comment

In the YouTube excerpt below, Nyiregyhazi appears approximately two minutes in. IMDB describes The Lost Zeppelin: This film, like Capra's Dirigible (1931), is also loosely based on the crash of the airship Italia, flown by Umberto Nobile, around May 25, 1928 near the North Pole, and the international rescue effort that cost early polar explorer Roald Amundson his life. … [Read more...] about The Lost Zeppelin – Nyiregyhazi

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Ervin Nyíregyházi

Hungarian-born American pianist. Sometimes spelled "Erwin" and "Nyiregyházi" or "Nyiregyhazi".

b.Budapest, Hungary 19 Jan 1903
d.Los Angeles, CA, USA 13 Apr 1987


This website is dedicated to the dash between the dates on Erwin Nyiregyhazi's headstone.

Recent Nyiregyhazi.org Posts

  • 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
  • Nyiregyhazi Documentary
  • 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’
  • Short list for Charles Taylor prize announced
  • Wall Street Journal: Hungarian Rhapsody
  • People Magazine: For Pianist Nyiregyhazi, Fame, Unjustly, Is Nine Wives and Ten Photographed Fingers
  • The Lost Zeppelin – Nyiregyhazi

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