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
Musical nationalism composed Finlandia. Studied at the music conservatory in his hometown, Stockholm. In addition to being a violinist, conductor, and composer, he was also a painter. He is perhaps best known for his five symphonies and three "Swedish Rhapsodies". George Enescu is considered Romania's most important composer . Amongst his best-known compositions are his two "Romanian Rhapsodies" and his Violin Sonata No. 3 (in Romanian Folk Style), Op. 25. Béla Bartók collaborated with fellow Hungarian composer Zoltán Kodály to document Hungarian folk music, which they both incorporated in their musical pieces . Zoltán Kodály studied at the Academy of Music in