2. When Nyiregyházi was asked how to pronounce his name in an interview, he replied like this
Selected materials from www.Fugue.us/Ervin
His Name
1.
...has to be written as "Nyiregyházi". While "i" is regular, "a"
must be Hungarian "á" (Please note that this spell is different from
the town name "Nyíregyháza" where non-English, Hungarian "í" and "á"
are used)
2. When Nyiregyházi was asked how to pronounce his name in an
interview, he replied like this
His Life
1. Please read the introductory article "Lost genius" by Kevin Bazzana
2. His complete absolute pitch is well documented in "The Psychology of a music
prodigy" by G. Revesz. Revesz recorded that Ervin (7 years old) was
able to identify 20 out of 24 notes from these
three chords. See the actual notes.
3. Wikipedia article
Selected
Recordings
1. Liszt Deux
Legendes, No.1. St Francois D'Assise Predicant Aux Oiseaux ("Birds")
Old First Church, 5/6/1973
2. Liszt:
Deux Legendes No.2, "St. Francois De Paule Marchant Sur les flots"
("Waves")
Old First Church, 5/6/1973
3. Liszt: gMazeppah in D Minor, No. 4 from the Eudes
d'execution transcendante
(ca. spring or summer of 1924; November 1924; 63703H) , pianoroll
recording
4. Liszt: Faust symphony,
the 2nd movement "Gretchen"
Ronald Antonioli's home, 4/30/1978
5. Tchaikovsky, arranged by Percy Grainger: Concert Paraphrase on the gFlower Waltzh from The
Nutcracker
(ca. September 1922; January 1923; 61613H), pianoroll recording
Film
Footage (appeared as pianist)
The Lost
Zeppelin (1926)
Soul of Monster (1944)
His own words
Also sprach Nyiregyhazi
Sound clip: CTV interview (1978)
His performance for Queen
Mary
His slum period
Life without
having a
piano
The ending
Ongoing Projects
UK label Sonetto Classics has acquired large archival
materials of
Nyiregyházi in 2016, and Nyiregyházi
Live Trilogy project has been launched. The first album,
Nyiregyházi Live, Vol. 1: The Century Club Recital (2CD), is released
on April 8, 2017, which marks the 30th anniversary of his death. The
second album, Nyiregyházi Live, Vol. 1: Forest Hill Clubhouse, 1973 /
Last recordings, 1984 has been released together with a photobook by Yoshimasa Hatano in October 2020.
Both albums
are available from Sonetto
Classics Official Store.