professor of the International Bartók Seminars in Budapest and then in Szombathely. Among his foremost students were Joshua Epstein, Rudolf Werthen, Yair Kless, André Rieu, Yossi Zivoni, Carola Nasdala, Hedwig Pirlet-Reiners, Michel Bessler.Nilla Pierrou In the Jury Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition of Belgium in Brussels, Paganini Competition in Genoa (Italy) Henryk Wieniawski Violin Competition in Poznan (Poland) Geneva International Music Competition (Switzerland) Vianna da Motta International Music Competition (Portugal) Enescu Competition in Bucharest (Romania) Bartók Competition in Budapest (Hungary) Sibelius Competition in Helsinki (Finland) Curci International Competition in Naples (Italy) London International Violin Competition Flesch (UK) Awards Commander of Order of Leopold II (Belgium) Officer of Order of Leopold II (Belgium) Knight of Order of Leopold II (Belgium) Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Chevaliers of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (France) Order of Pro Cultura Hungarica (Hungary) Honorary Member of the Royal Academy of Music (England) External links Biography in French in Internet Archive Notable Alumni / Franz Liszt Academy of Music Independent (18 August 1998 ) References 1907 births 1998 deaths 20th-century classical violinists Belgian classical violinists Hungarian classical violinists Male classical violinists Jewish classical musicians Belgian music educators Hungarian music educators Academic staff of the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover Academic staff of the Royal Conservatory of Brussels Violin pedagogues Officers Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Chevaliers of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres Hungarian Jews Belgian Jews Hungarian refugees Hungarian exiles Hungarian emigrants to Belgium Musicians from Budapest Musicians from Brussels 20th-century Belgian male musicians