Edith Farnadi

Hungarian pianist. She was born in Budapest on 25 September 1921. She was considered a child prodigy, and her tutors and instructors included Leó Weiner, and Béla Bartók. From 1945 until her death she lived in Vienna, and recorded extensively for. She taught at the conservatory of Graz, and visited her homeland regularly for performances. She was considered one of the best interpreters of the piano works of Franz Liszt, Zoltán Kodály and Béla Bartók whose piano music she recorded. She died in Vienna on 15 December, 1973, and she was buried in Hungary.