Georg Solti

Hungarian conductor Georg Solti was one of the great interpreters of Romantic and Modern works in the 20th century. Over his 60-year career, he produced a massive legacy of more than 250 recordings, and he received 32 Grammy Awards. Solti was born in Budapest in 1912, and he had one older sister. His mother came from a musical family, and she encouraged his musical explorations. When Solti was young, he played the piano and accompanied his sister, who was a singer, but he wasn't always very motivated to practice. At ten years old, he enrolled at the Ernö Fodor School of Musi...