Tuesday, April 10, 2018

Georg Solti

Sculpture dedicated to Georg Solti, by Párkányi Raab Péter, Franz Liszt Academy of Music, Liszt Ferenc tér, Budapest

Sculpture dedicated to Georg Solti, by Párkányi Raab Péter, 2013
Franz Liszt Academy of Music
Liszt Ferenc tér
Budapest, September 2017

“A modernist sculpture unveiled in 2013 at the front of the Franz Liszt Academy of Music, designed by Párkányi Raab Péter (1967-) to honour György Solti (1912–1997). Solti was an alumnus of the Academy, emigrated from Hungary in 1939 and become famous as an orchestral and operatic conductor, knighted by the Queen of England. He was a long-serving music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, died in France.” (Sir Georg Solti sculpture, TrekEarth)

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