József Örmény ( uk, Йожеф Ермінь) (born 1960 in
Uzhhorod,
Ukraine
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) is a Ukrainian
pianist
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of Hungarian origin. He is mostly known for performing
20th-century music
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including
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Alfred Schnittke and Ukrainian composers
Yevhen Stankovych
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,
Valentin Silvestrov
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, and others. He was also in close creative relationship with the Polish composer
Andrzej Nikodemowicz, who wrote five of his piano concerti for Örmény.
Early life
József Örmény was educated in
Lviv Conservatory
Lviv National Musical Academy named after Mykola Lysenko ( uk, Львівська національна музична академія імені Миколи Лисенка) or informally Lviv Conservatory is a state conservatory located in Lv ...
(professor:
Maria Krushelnytska) and afterwards in
Moscow Conservatory (professor:
Yevgeny Malinin
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Biography
Malinin was born in Moscow. A disciple of Heinrich Neuhaus, he began his career while a student at the Moscow Conservatory. In 1949 he won (ex-a ...
).
[Yozef Örmény's bio at Ukrainian National Symphony Orchestra site](_blank)
(in Ukrainian), retrieved 27.03.2011.
Career
Today he is a professor in Lviv Conservatory and an active piano performer.
[Yakym Horak']
article about József Örmény at Postup magazine
(in Ukrainian), retrieved 27.03.2011.
Notes
1960 births
Living people
Musicians from Uzhhorod
Ukrainian pianists
21st-century pianists
Lviv Conservatory alumni
Moscow Conservatory alumni
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