Ferenc Erkel

Being a pianist, conductor and composer whose family attended intimate presentations from the chamber music of Beethoven, Ferenc first moved to Kolozsar (the cultural middle of a big geographical area) and to Infestations pursuing his music. His meritorious playing and repertory was lauded by many and included functions by Hummel, Herz, Thalberg, Chopin and Liszt. But having arrive to Infestations, and recently appeared in the Hungarian theatre firm of Buda, Erkel became totally emersed in the Municipal Theater of Infestations. His two most effective operas had been “Batori Maria” and “Hunyadi Laszlo” and then be followed via an arduous group of ethnic and political situations by “Loan company ban”. In the last mentioned two operas Erkel created an exclusively Hungarian operatic type incorporating Viennese nuances using the structure of Hungarian folksongs. Erkel was in no way limited in range. His compositions also included choral functions, ballet, incidental music, music, chamber parts, piano functions, and orchestral compositions. A lot of his music as up to date by his piano playing methods as well as the verbunkos of Hungary.