Géza Anda

Géza Anda
Géza Anda in 1967
Born
Géza Anda

(1921-11-19)19 November 1921
Died13 June 1976(1976-06-13) (aged 54)
NationalityHungary
Switzerland (since 1955)[1]
Spouses
Helene Winterstein-Bosshard
(m. 1953; div. 1963)
(m. 1964)
ChildrenGratian Anda

Géza Anda (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈɡeːzɒ ˈɒndɒ]; 19 November 1921 – 13 June 1976) was a Swiss-Hungarian pianist. A celebrated interpreter of classical and romantic repertoire, particularly noted for his performances and recordings of Mozart, he was also considered to be a tremendous interpreter of Beethoven, Schumann, Brahms and Bartók. In his heyday he was regarded as an amazing artist, possessed of a beautiful, natural and flawless technique that gave his concerts a unique quality. Most of his recordings were made on the Deutsche Grammophon label.

Early years and education

Géza Anda was born in 1921 in Budapest. He studied with Imre Stefaniai and Imre Keéri-Szántó, then became a pupil of Ernst von Dohnányi and Zoltán Kodály at the Franz Liszt Academy in Budapest.[2] In 1940 he won the Liszt Prize, and in the next year, he made an international name for himself with his performance of Brahms's Piano Concerto No. 2.[2] In 1941, he also made his debut with the Berlin Philharmonic under Wilhelm Furtwängler, who dubbed him "troubadour of the piano."[2] In 1943, he settled in Switzerland.

Career

In the mid-1950s, Anda gave masterclasses at the Salzburg Mozarteum, and in 1960 he took the position of director of the Lucerne masterclasses, succeeding Edwin Fischer. His students included Per Enflo, who later became renowned for his work in mathematical analysis.

As a performer, Anda was particularly noted for his interpretation of Schumann's and Brahms's piano music. The New Grove Dictionary cites his "charismatic readings of Bartók and Schumann".[3] He was regarded as the principal Bartók interpreter of his generation,[4] even if other pianists since his death have made more obviously exciting recordings of that composer's concertos. Although he played very little Mozart in his early career, he became the first pianist to record the full cycle of Mozart's piano concerti; he recorded them between 1961 and 1969, conducting the orchestra from the keyboard.[5]

His performance of the Andante from Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 21 in C on the soundtrack of the 1967 film Elvira Madigan[6] led to the epithet "Elvira Madigan" often being applied to the concerto. For his recording of Mozart's Piano Concertos No. 17 & No. 21 with the Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg, he received the Grand Prix du Disque in 1963.

"From the outset of his career, he was what one might call a philosopher-virtuoso. In his lifelong quest for the perfect balance of head and heart, between intellect and instinct, he explored many facets of music-making."[2] He was honored in 1965 by being named a Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, and he also became an honorary member of the Royal Academy of Music in 1970.[7]

During his career he collaborated with other directors, among which are worth highlighting Ferenc Fricsay where he joined the Berlin Radio Symphony,[8] Claudio Abbado, Ernest Ansermet, Sir John Barbirolli, Karl Böhm, Ernest Bour, Eugen Jochum, Herbert von Karajan, Joseph Keilberth, István Kertész, Otto Klemperer, Rafael Kubelík, Ferdinand Leitner, Erich Leinsdorf, Fritz Reiner, Hans Rosbaud, Sir Malcolm Sargent, Carl Schuricht, Sir Georg Solti and George Szell.

Personal life

Initially, Anda married Swiss-born Helene Winterstein-Bosshard (1906-?), who was his manager. In 1964, he married Hortense Bührle, who was the youngest child of German-born industrialist and majority owner of Oerlikon-Bührle Emil Bührle.[9] They have one son;

  • Gratian Dietrich Bela Anda known as Gratian Anda (born 1969)

He died on 13 June 1976 in Zurich, Switzerland. His cause of death was esophageal cancer.[10]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ according to HLS/DSS the Anda family was naturalized at Zurich in 1955.
  2. ^ a b c d Géza Anda: Troubadour of the Piano. Deutsche Grammophon CD set #00289 477 5289. Booklet, p. 9
  3. ^ Géza Anda: Troubadour of the Piano. Deutsche Grammophon CD set #00289 477 5289. Booklet, p. 10
  4. ^ In this he followed in the footsteps of Andor Földes.
  5. ^ Grove Dictionary of Music Online: "Géza Anda."
  6. ^ ImdB: Elvira Madigan (1967)
  7. ^ Grove Dictionary
  8. ^ Wyeth Press (Editor unkn.) 1981, p. 30.
  9. ^ "Thuner Tagblatt 17 December 1964 — e-newspaperarchives.ch". www.e-newspaperarchives.ch. Retrieved 2023-05-28.
  10. ^ Caskets on Parade

References

  • Wyeth Press (Editor unkn.) (1981). Records in Review. Wyeth Press. {{cite book}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  • Wolfgang Rathert: Géza Anda. Pianist. Ein Panorama zum 100. Geburtstag / A Panorama on his 100th Birthday, herausgegeben von der / published by Géza Anda Foundation [German-Englisch]. Hofheim, Wolke 2021 (ISBN 978-3-95593-104-9).

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