Zsuzsa Kollár studied with Jenő Jandó, the other pianist on this album, at the Liszt Academy starting in 1977.
Performer Biography
Jenő Jandó, one of the pianists on this album, has won several piano competitions, including first prize in the 1973 Hungarian Piano Concours.
Composer Biography
Schubert contracted a venereal infection in 1822 or 1823 that was incurable at the time and led to his early death.
Composer Biography
Franz Schubert, the composer, was the twelfth of fourteen children and only the fourth to survive infancy.
Composition History
The Fantasie in F minor, a substantial work on this album, was written in 1828, the last year of Schubert's life, and published posthumously.
Composer Biography
Schubert was accepted into the Imperial Chapel as a chorister in 1808 on the recommendation of Antonio Salieri, a prominent Italian composer and conductor.
Performer Biography
Zsuzsa Kollár, the other pianist, won first prize in the International Piano Competition for Young Musicians in Usti nad Lahen, Czechoslovakia, at age 15.
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