Education:
Twelve years of piano studies at the Targu Mures Arts Lyceum; two years of private study with the composer Boldizsár Csíky; Balthasar five years of conducting study led by Ervin Lukács, András Ligeti, and Tamás Gál, after having admitted with maximum score to Franz Liszt Academy of Music… More
a „layman”, who asks questions
a "pro", who has the answers
"When I was thinking about what kind of a piece should this be, it was obvious that to this occasion would suit something American. This led me to the idea to write a rhapsody using American folk songs as Liszt did it in his Hungarian Rhapsodies" – said Dohnányi about the creation of his works. At a concert, we are to going to discover the musical styles of the rhapsodies and the concertos; and reveal, why did the composer write a musical piece exactly with an American theme.