Georges Cziffra, Hungarian-French pianist and composer (born 1921)

György Cziffra

Hungarian pianist and composer

Christian Georges Cziffra was a Hungarian-French virtuoso pianist and composer. He is considered to be one of the greatest virtuoso pianists of the twentieth century. Among his teachers was Ernő Dohnányi, a pupil of István Thoman, who was a favourite pupil of Franz Liszt.