杰尔吉·塞伯克 György Sebők

György Sebők
György Sebők(November 2, 1922 – November 14, 1999) was a Hungarian-born American pianist and professor at theIndiana University'sJacobs School of Musicin Bloomington, Indiana, United States.
He was known worldwide as a soloist with major orchestras, a recitalist on four continents, a recording artist, and for his master classes, visiting professorships, and the Swiss music festival he organized inErnen.
Biography
He was born inSzeged,Hungaryon November 2, 1922.
Sebők gave his first solo piano recital at age 11. At 14, he played Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 1 under conductorFerenc Fricsay—a performance upon which he would reflect many years later.
He enrolled in theFranz Liszt Academyat the age of 16, under the guidance ofZoltán KodályandLeo Weiner. After graduating, he gave concerts[1]for ten years throughout Eastern and Central Europe and the former Soviet Union.
He won theGrand Prix du Disquein 1957. Sebők was listed in Who's Who in America, Who's Who in Music, the National Register of Prominent Americans, and other biographical dictionaries. He received numerous honors, including the Cross of Merit of the Hungarian Government, La Medaille de la Ville de Paris, Echelon Vermeille, and, in 1996, Kulturpreis des Staates Wallis, (Prix de Consecration). Also in 1996, the French Government bestowed on him the decoration Chevalier de L'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.