József Örmény

The native form of this personal name is Örmény József. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

József Örmény Йожеф Ермінь
Background information
Born	1960 (age 63–64) Uzhhorod, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Genres	Classical
Occupations	Pianist Teacher
Instrument	Singing

József Örmény^[a] (born 1960) is a Ukrainian pianist of Hungarian origin. He is mostly known for performing 20th-century music including Olivier Messiaen, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Alfred Schnittke and Ukrainian composers Yevhen Stankovych, Valentin Silvestrov, and others. He was born in Uzhhorod, Ukraine, and he was also in close creative relationship with the Polish composer Andrzej Nikodemowicz [pl], who wrote five of his piano concerti for Örmény.^[1]

Early life

József Örmény was educated at the Lviv Conservatory, where he studied with Maria Krushelnytska [uk] and afterwards at Moscow Conservatory, where he studied with Yevgeny Malinin.^[2]

Career

Today, he is a professor in Lviv Conservatory and an active piano performer.^[3]

Notes

1. • Hungarian: Örmény József
   • Ukrainian: Йожеф Франтишкович Ермінь, romanized: Yozhef Frantyshkovych Ermin

References

1. Nidecka, Ewa (2019-06-26). "Piano Concerto No. 6 by Andrzej Nikodemowicz – a Symptomatic Stylistic Transformation with Regard to Late Style?". Bulletin of Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts. Series in Musical Art. 2 (1): 35–49. doi:10.31866/2616-7581.2.1.2019.171785. ISSN 2617-4030.
2. Yozef Örmény's bio at Ukrainian National Symphony Orchestra site (in Ukrainian), retrieved 27.03.2011.
3. Yakym Horak's article about József Örmény at Postup magazine (in Ukrainian), retrieved 27.03.2011.