"LITTLE GRANDCHILD" OF LISZT, THE FIRST-CLASS ORGANIST

" .. the evening concert held by the young - twenty-eight years old in all - Hungarian organist, András Virágh, … was a real boksz-office hit. A great number of musical experts gathered together here to listen to the refined performing artist of Budapest origin, … a kind of man of arts who reminds in numerous respects of his illustriouforegoer, Ferenc Liszt. Both of them come from the same land of birth; their common feature is to interpret without musical score, from memory and what is even more, the attrctive and aesthetic quality of their physical appearances similarly connects them - a property which had crowned the giant of the last century with so much success in the determining social circles of the period."

Piacensa - Italy, 1988.

" … the Cziffra-Prize laureate organist, András Virágh, interpreted C-major and B-minor Prelude and Fugue by Joh. Seb. Bach on a conceptual and technikal level of the twentieth century of which no Hungarian organist has ever given evidence so far."

Szentesi Élet, 1989. Szentes

" … András Virágh, guest of the cathedral on Monday evening, has given proof not only of his excellent organist's qualities, but also of his ability to organize and shape his program to place and time. … The E-minor Prelude and Fugue by Bach started as if Virágh had apparently rendered the spirits free, but meanwhile we felt his control over the majestic troop with strong hands and designig will. … The recital was closed by the variations of Marcel Dupre, proving two things: the composer and the performer are both masters of the organ. Amazing tones were sounding, with force and elegance geared to the cordial line of the Christmas carol taken as a basis."

Délmagyarország, 1989. Szeged

" … Virágh is a mature artist, worthy of representing the Hungarian musical art in the world in compliance with highest requirements. He performed the extraordinarily difficult works of his recital without scores, from memory, his perfomance was characterized by the richness of styles and persuasive individual taste. … His musical memory is a very useful virtue of his art, all this is strengthened by his excellent virtuosity and his refined ability to play the organ. His control of tones, the elaborateness of the character of the details and his capability of forming - all have given proof of his outstanding art. András Virágh one of those who verify that the Hungarian organ-playing art has brillant talents."

Székesfehérvár, 1991.

" Phenomenal Liszt-interpretation …!"

Der Zürcher Oberlander, 1992.