Viktor Orbán said goodbye to the legendary musician Szabolcs Szörényi on his social media page.
Another icon of Hungarian popular music has left. God rest Szabolcs Szörényi, the bassist of the Illés and Fonograph bands. Generations grew up on their songs
– wrote the Prime Minister.
Szabolcs Szörényi, Kossuth Prize-winning composer, music director, former bass guitarist of the Illés and then the Fonograph ensemble, died at the age of 81. Szabolcs Szörényi received the Kossuth Award in 2000, sharing it with the members of the former Illés ensemble, in 2012 he received the Award for Budapest, in 2018 the capital’s XIII. he was awarded the title of honorary citizen of his district. In 2019, together with his brother Levente, he received the international lifetime achievement award of the Höfner guitar shop at the fourth National Beatles Meeting held in Kobuci Kert in Óbuda.
Source: magyarnemzet.hu
