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Béla Síki

Hungarian-Swiss pianist and music pedagogue
Person Human Q2238644

Facts

17 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[21]
Date of birth
February 21, 1923
Date of death
October 29, 2020
Place of birth
Budapest
Place of death
Seattle
Country of citizenship
Switzerland[10]
Occupation
pianist, music educator, composer, university teacher, music teacher, musician[11]
Employer
University of Washington (1985–1993), University of Cincinnati (1980–1985), University of Washington (1965–1980)[12][13]
Educated at
Franz Liszt Academy of Music[14]
Doctoral student
Margaret Brink, Jennifer Hammill, Dong-Seom Lee, Meng-Yin Tsai, Junghee Spicer, Marlene Thal[22][23][24][25][26][27]
Languages spoken, written or signed
Hungarian[32]
Given name
Béla[30]
Instrument
piano[31]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/University of Washington[33]
Record label
Columbia Graphophone Co. Ltd., Pye Records[28][29]
Student
Marlene Thal, Margaret Brink, Jennifer Hammill, Junghee Spicer, Dong-Seom Lee, Meng-Yin Tsai[15][16][17][18][19][20]
🏷️ Also known as
en Bela Siki en Béla Síki es Bela Siki he בלה שיקי hu Síki Béla nl Bela Siki pt Bela Siki
🔖 Identifiers · 39
ISNI
0000000364412824
VIAF cluster ID
225751612
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n81033186
GND ID
135003113
Alexander Turnbull Library ID
124376
AllMusic artist ID
mn0002212382
AusStage person ID
433746
BIBSYS ID
1512647520979
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
13927693q
CiNii Research ID
1140563741721680384
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
135003113
Dezède person ID
41539
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Discogs artist ID
1326114
Europeana entity
agent/base/57332
FAST ID
1916921
Freebase ID
/m/0fc9zm
Gran Enciclopèdia de la Música ID
14282
Hungarian National Namespace person ID (new)
695854
IdRef ID
175329036
J9U entity ID
987007273766405171
MusicBrainz artist ID
e0f0cbd6-ba8a-4a56-a28b-f532b21137ad
Muziekweb performer ID
M00000244467
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA12255654
NLA Trove people ID
1583997
NSZL (VIAF) ID
000000029450
NSZL name authority ID
526761
NUKAT ID
n2013051308
National Library of Lithuania ID
LNB:/Dx;=Bd
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
XX1552249
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
069232784
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803100505765
Patrinum ID
183256
RERO ID (legacy)
A018757804
SBN author ID
RMSV067741
SNAC ARK ID
w6ns5084
Te Papa agent ID
71140
The Oxford Dictionary of Music entry ID
8381
UOM ID
20280
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJjXpjGxfxwq4M7ykRgkDq

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🔗 Connections
Occupation 4
composer, pianist, university teacher, music educator
Employer 2
University of Washington, University of Cincinnati
Record label 2
Pye Records, Columbia Graphophone Co. Ltd.
Country of citizenship 1
Switzerland
Educated at 1
Franz Liszt Academy of Music
Given name 1
Béla
Instance of 1
human
Instrument 1
piano
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
Hungarian
Mb:teacher 1
Jan Wijn
Place of birth 1
Budapest
Place of death 1
Seattle
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

Béla Síki was born on February 21, 1923[1], in Budapest[2]. He died on October 29, 2020[3], in Seattle[4]. He worked as a pianist[5], music educator[6], composer[7], university teacher[8], and music teacher[9].

FAQs

Where was Béla Síki born?

Béla Síki was born in Budapest[2].

Where did Béla Síki die?

Béla Síki died in Seattle[4].

What did Béla Síki do for work?

Béla Síki worked as a pianist[5], music educator[6], composer[7], university teacher[8], and music teacher[9].

Where did Béla Síki go to school?

Béla Síki was educated at Franz Liszt Academy of Music[14].

Related Entities

Switzerland

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Library of Congress Authorities. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . seattletimes.com. Retrieved . seattletimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [23] ↑ . WorldCat. wikidata.org.
  16. [24] ↑ . WorldCat. wikidata.org.
  17. [25] ↑ . WorldCat. wikidata.org.
  18. [26] ↑ . WorldCat. wikidata.org.
  19. [27] ↑ . WorldCat. wikidata.org.
  20. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [1] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [3] ↑ . seattletimes.com. seattletimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Printstream · 2026-11-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #65760: add GND as source to unsourced or imported places and occupations"
  2. 11d ago · Christice67 · 2026-11-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Hungarian National Namespace person ID (new) → 695854
    "Created claim: Hungarian National Namespace person ID (new): 695854"
  3. 26d ago · Bargioni · 2026-10-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #60914: add P1810 to P396"
  4. 5w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-10-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    SBN author ID → RMSV067741
    "Created claim: SBN author ID: RMSV067741, batch #289737"
  5. 25w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instrument → piano
    Place of birth → Budapest
    Educated at → Franz Liszt Academy of Music
    Occupation → pianist, music educator, composer +1
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #32081: import P21 and P106 from GND (23)"
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