Tibor Ney (20 April 1906

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and music teacher. Tibor Ney was the professor of violin at the

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, the concertmaster of the

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, and a founding member of the Hungarian String Trio.

Biography

He was born into a musical family in

, his father Bernard Ney and his cousin, David Ney, were members of the Opera in Budapest. Tibor Ney entered the Academy of Music in Budapest, where he studied violin with Joseph Bloch and Nándor Zsolt, later his master was Jeno Hubay in his masterclass, where he had finished his violin studies receiving his diploma in 1926. From 1926, he was a member of the orchestra of the

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in Budapest, but he tried to continue his career abroad, playing in the

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under the baton of

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. Coming back to

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in 1932, he became the concertmaster of the

of which principal conductor was

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(the orchestra was known as the Hungarian Symphony Orchestra outside Hungary, adopted the name Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra just later). In May 1944, Dohnányi disbanded his ensemble, in 1945, Tibor Ney became once again the concertmaster of the reorganized Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, a post he held until 1966. He played together as soloist and chamber music partner with several outstanding musicians, just among them the Hungarian pianist

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. One of their recordings was the

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No. 5'' conducted by

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(1950). He premiered Rezső Kókai's ''Concerto for violin and orchestra'' (1953).

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on ''The New York Times'' commented the disk of

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: ''II. Sonata for Violin and Piano'' (Tibor Ney, Ernő Szegedi): "A Bela Bartok bonanza has recently arrived, 20-odd disks recorded in his native Hungary on the Qualiton label of Budapest...Bartók's ''Second Violin Sonata'' is unlisted in Schwann. Qualiton fills the gap with a performance by Tibor Ney, violinist and Ernő Szegedi, pianist." He founded the Hungarian String Trio with Martin Banda, Ede Banda in 1948, performing Hungarian and French chamber music with them from 1948 until 1960. Ney was appointed the professor of the violin at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music (1960–1974). After retiring from the concert stage, he edited several works of Paganini, G. Tartini and

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published by Editio Musica, Budapest, and

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. Gyögy Lehel, Hungarian conductor commemorates about him with these words: "''he was a musician from a family, which had been enriched the music culture of our country since David Ney. But he was an outstanding violinist as well, delegate of the Hubay school, a real soloist ..it was not the virtuosity the final goal in his art, but to serve the music, although only a few possessed the technique on that high level as he had.''" Gy. Lehel: Secret of Tibor Ney, Muzsika 1981. 4. (LFZE Notable Alumni cites it (in Hungarian
Tibor Ney

Discography (selected)

* Béla Bartók: ''II. Sonata for Violin and Piano'' (Tibor Ney, Ernő Szegedi), Qualiton HLP M 155

* Béla Bartók: ''First Rhapsody'' (Tibor Ney, Endre Petri), Qualiton LP 1553 * J.S. Bach: ''Brandenburg Concerto No, 5 in D major'', (Klemperer / Annie Fischer / János Szebenyi /Tibor Ney) Hungaroton LPX 1216

* Zsolt Durkó: ''Organismi'', Hungaroton LPX 1298

Scores (selected)

* Paganini: ''Mose-Fantasia''
Editio Musica Budapest, 1968. (Tibor Ney)
* Paganini: ''Moto Perpetuo, Op.11'' (Tibor Ney) * Paganini: ''Nel cor più non mi sento'' (Tibor Ney) * Paganini: ''6 Sonatas, Op.3'' (Tibor Ney) * Paganini: ''Le Streghe, Op.8'' (Tibor Ney) * Paganini: ''Variations on 'I Palpiti', Op.13'' (Tibor Ney) * Paganini: ''Violin Concerto No.2, Op.7'' (Tibor Ney) * G.Tartini: ''Sonata D-dur'', 1976, (ISMN 979-000111887-3) (Tibor Ney

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Media

J.S. Bach: ''Brandenburg Concerto No, 5 in D major'', - Otto Klemperer / Annie Fischer / János Szebenyi /Tibor Ney

Béla Bartók: ''I. Sonata for violin and piano'' - Tibor Ney, Ernő Szegedi

BélaBartók: ''Rhapsody No. 1 for violin and piano'', Sz. 86, BB94 - Tibor Ney, Endre Petri

References

External links

Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music - Notable Alumni - Tibor Ney (in Hungarian)

Discogs Béla Bartók: II. Sonata for Violin and Piano (Tibor Ney, Ernő Szegedi)

Discogs J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No, 5 (Klemperer / Annie Fischer / János Szebenyi /Tibor Ney)
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IMSLP Paganini Album (Tibor Ney) Editio Musica Budapest, 1968.

Partitura G.Tartini: Sonata D-dur, 1976, (Tibor Ney)

The New York Times
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