Julian von Károlyi plays Chopin Barcarolle Op. 60

live, 1954 Gyula (Julian) Károlyi (1914-1993) -- 9th Prize winner, 2nd International Frederic Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw (1932). Gyula Károlyi began learning the piano in early childhood with Margit Varró in Budapest. He then emigrated to Munich, where his teachers included Josef Pembaur Jr., Max von Pauer, Alfred Cortot and Ernő Dohnányi. He made his first public performance at 19, playing a Chopin programme. The works of Liszt and Chopin would soon become his speciality. In 1932, Károlyi came to