Péter Szervánszky was a Hungarian

Hungary

Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

 violinist.

On 5 January 1944, Péter gave the first performance in Hungary of Béla Bartók

Béla Bartók

Béla Viktor János Bartók was a Hungarian composer and pianist. He is considered one of the most important composers of the 20th century and is regarded, along with Liszt, as Hungary's greatest composer...

's 2nd violin concerto. Bartók had already left Hungary for the United States and left the score with the eminent musicologist Bence Szabolcsi. Péter performed the work with the Székesfövarosi Orchestra, conducted by János Ferencsik

János Ferencsik

János Ferencsik was a Hungarian conductor.Ferencsik was born in Budapest; he actively played music even as a very young boy. He took violin lessons and taught himself to play the organ. He studied at the National Conservatory of Music in Budapest, where his major subjects were organ performance...

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Péter is the brother of the artist Jenő Szervánszky

Jenö Szervánszky

- Biography :The following is an adaption of an article on the web site dedicated to the Szervánszky family - Early StudyJenö Szervánszky studied with Oszkár Glatz at the College of Fine Arts in Budapest...

 and the composer Endre Szervánszky

Endre Szervánszky

Endre Szervánszky was a Hungarian composer.-Biography:...

, and uncle of the pianist Valéria Szervánszky

Valeria Szervánszky

Valeria Szervánszky . Hungarian pianist, born in Budapest and now a resident of the United Kingdom. She is a classical pianist.-Biography:...

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