Jozsef Eotvos

József Eötvös was born in 1962 in Pécs, Hungary. He studied at the University of Music F. Liszt Weimar guitar and composition. Between 1985-1988 he became acclaimed after having won several international competitions; and he gave concerts in many European and Asian countries. He was the first to perform Johann Sebastian Bach’s Goldberg Variations in his own transcription for solo guitar. The transcription has been hailed by international critics as transcription of the century. The resulting recording was awarded the Best Classical Music CD of the Year in Japan in 1998. Later, his transcri...