Solti, Sir Georg

Sir Georg Solti was the last of the great generation of European autocrats who wielded the conductor's baton, including Wilhelm Furtwängler, Otto Klemperer, and Bruno Walter . He was personally responsible for the development of the acclaimed and exciting “ Chicago sound ” that characterised his 22 years as music director of that city's symphony orchestra.

Georg Solti was born in Budapest, Hungary, on October 21, 1912. He started playing the piano at the age of six and gave his...