Ferenc László

Ferenc László, (b. Cluj, Romania, May 8, 1937, d. Cluj-Napoca, Romania, March 17, 2010 aged 72.) was a musicologist and flutist.

Following the completion of his studies in flute at Cluj Conservatory in 1959, he performed as a flutist with the Sibiu State Philharmonic Orchestra until 1965. He then became an instructor of chamber music at the Cluj Music Lyceum, where he served until 1970, and Assistant Professor of Chamber Music at the Bucharest Ciprian Porumbescu Conservatory, where he served until 1991.

Until his retirement in 2008, László taught at the Cluj-Napoca George Dima Conservatory, where he earned a Ph.D. degree in Musicology in 1996.

As a performing artist in communist Romania, László toured Romania and several Eastern European countries (Bulgaria, German Democratic Republic, Soviet Union). He was editor of the music section of A Hét (1970–73), regular contributor to the program in Hungarian language of the Romanian Radio and Television Corporation. He played a major role in the development of a Hungarian program with Electrecord, the Romanian state record company. In 1989, László was co-founder and later President of Romániai Magyar Zene Társaság (Hungarian Musical Society of Romania). In the 1990s, he became founding director of a couple of music societies, namely the Junimea Muzicală din România and the Societatea Română Mozart (Romanian Mozart Society). He served as vice president of the Romanian section of the Paneuropa Union.

He was married to cellist Ilse L. Herbert and had three children (Eva, Peter and Mark).

László’s research covers Romanian and universal musical themes. He was preoccupied with various Mozart-related issues, the relationship between musical culture and folk music culture and Beethoven’s traces in Cluj-Napoca. He was also a scholar of Bartók. His writings have been published by Korunk, Forschungen zur Volks- und Landeskunde, Musik und Kirche, Utunk, Studii de Muzicologie, Művelődés, Brassói Lapok, Secolul 20, Muzica, A Hét as well as Karpatenrundschau. He was an associate of the Budapest-based Magyar Zene.

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