György Kurtág György Kurtág György Kurtág (; born 19 February 1926 in Lugoj) is an award-winning Hungarian classical composer and pianist. He was an academic teacher of piano at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music from 1967, later also of chamber music, and taught until 1993. György Kurtág was born in Lugoj in the Banat region of Romania, to Hungarian parents. He became a Hungarian citizen in 1948, after moving to Budapest in 1946. There, he began his studies at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music, where he met his wife, Márta Kinsker, as well as composer György Ligeti, who became a
Alexander Mackenzie (composer) 19th- and early 20th-century Britain". During his time teaching in Edinburgh, Mackenzie wrote several works, including a piano trio, a string quartet and a piano quartet, and he maintained a considerable output despite his crowded schedule both then and later. "The Times" reported that his list of compositions numbered 90, of which 20 were distinctly Scottish. His orchestral works include the overture "Cervantes", performed at Schwarzburg-Sondershausen in 1877, three "Scottish Rhapsodies", a violin concerto premiered by Pablo de Sarasate at the Birmingham Festival of 1885, a "Scottish" concerto for piano (1897), a suite, "London Day by Day" (1902), and a