Béla Bartók’s 1942 visit to IU resonates in recent conference and concert
Bartók (1881-1945), a Hungarian composer, ethnomusicologist, and pianist known for gathering, transcribing, and promoting folk musics, was featured prominently this past April, 83 years later. The Hungarian Studies Program at the Department of Central Eurasian Studies and the Robert F. Byrnes Russian and East European Institute in the Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies, along with the Inner Asian and Uralic National Resource Center and the Musicology Department at the Jacobs School of Music, hosted the 36th György Ránki Hungarian Studies Conference and Concert in honor of the composer on the 80th anniversary of his death.
To learn more about Bartók’s legacy and music, access the recordings on the Byrnes Institute’s YouTube channel.