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- Tamas Vasary, Hungarian pianist, died February 5, 2026, in Budapest at 92, per the Hungarian Academy of Arts.
- He was renowned for Romantic-era performances, especially Chopin and Liszt, and for recordings of Chopin nocturnes and Rachmaninoff concertos.
- He fled Hungary in 1956 and later lived in Switzerland and England before returning in 1989.
- He conducted the Bournemouth Sinfonietta and produced albums featuring Respighi and Honegger.
