Lívia Rév (5 July 1916 – 28 March 2018) was a Hungarian classical concert pianist.

Career

Rév was born in Budapest as Lili Rauchwerger. She began her studies with Margit Varró and Klára Máthé. Aged nine, she won the Grand Prix des Enfants Prodiges. Aged twelve she performed with an orchestra. She studied with

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and Arnold Székely at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music, with Professor

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at the Leipzig Conservatory, and with Paul Weingarten at the Vienna Conservatory, having left Hungary in 1946. Among Rév's earliest recordings made around 1947 were a series of sixteen-inch radio transcription discs for the Standard Program Library. These included a virtuosic performance of

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's ''Toccata''. She performed across Europe, in Asia, Africa, and in the United States. She was a soloist with such conductors as Sir

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, Eugen Jochum, Josef Krips, Rafael Kubelík, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt,

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and Walter Susskind.Lívia Rév biography
Naxos.com; accessed 9 January 2018. Her first United States appearance was in 1963 at the invitation of the Rockefeller Institute. Her recordings for Saga and Hyperion vary from complete Debussy Préludes, Chopin

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and

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'' Songs Without Words''.. An early LP for the Ducretet-Thompson label included Chopin's complete waltzes.

Personal life

Rév lived in Paris, with her husband Pierre Aubé, until her death on 28 March 2018, aged 101.Elhunyt Rév Lívia, a zongora Callasa
accessed 29 March 2018. She was awarded the Ferenc Liszt International Record Grand Prix.

References

External links

Lívia Rév biography at Hyperion Records

Programme notes

Lívia Rév official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rev, Livia 1916 births 2018 deaths Hungarian centenarians Hungarian classical pianists Hungarian women pianists Hungarian expatriates in France Hungarian expatriates in Germany Franz Liszt Academy of Music alumni University of Music and Theatre Leipzig alumni Women centenarians Musicians from Budapest