György Kurtág

György Kurtág in 2014

György Kurtág (Hungarian: [ˈɟørɟ ˈkurtaːɡ]; born 19 February 1926) is a Hungarian classical composer and pianist. He was born in Lugoj, Romania, to Hungarian Jewish parents. He moved to Budapest in 1946 and became a Hungarian citizen in 1948. He was an academic teacher of piano at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music from 1967, later also of chamber music, and taught until 1993.

In 1947, he married pianist Márta Kurtág. She died in October 2019.