Janos ferencsik beethoven biography

Hungarian conductor

The native form of this personal name is Ferencsik János. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

János Ferencsik
Born	18 January 1907 Budapest
Died	12 June 1984(1984-06-12) (aged 77)
Occupation(s)	Musician, conductor

János Ferencsik (18 January 1907 – 12 June 1984) was a Hungarianconductor.

János Ferencsik (18 January – 12 June ) was a Hungarian conductor.

János Ferencsik (18 January – 12 June ) was a Hungarian conductor.

Born: October 18, - Budapest, Hungary Died: June 12, - Budapest, Hungary.

János Ferencsik studied conducting with Fleischer and composition with Lajtha at the Hungarian National Conservatory; having joined the Budapest Opera in.

János Ferencsik, who was born in and died in , was an almost exact contemporary of Doráti.

Ferencsik was most well-known as the chief conductor of the Hungarian State Symphony Orchestra, a position which he took up in and held until his death in.

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 and composition.

He joined the Budapest State Opera at the age of twenty, where he was engaged as a rehearsal coach. In this capacity he took part in the Bayreuth Festival in 1930-31.^[1]

At Bayreuth, he assisted Arturo Toscanini, an experience which was to be of decisive importance for the remainder of his caree