Agi Jambor: a nearly forgotten pianist

I came across her name for the first time ever, on YouTube, about six years ago. A gentleman called ‘Stephen’, who had been a friend of Ms Jambor’s, had uploaded some of her audio recordings on the video-sharing website. I was stunned by the sensitivity and beauty of her playing, especially her Bach. Agi Jambor’s life story is worthy of a Hollywood movie. Born in Budapest in 1909, the half-Jewish daughter of a businessman and a prominent piano teacher, she made her debut with a symphony orchest [...]