Xaver varanus biography for kids

Xaver Varnus (Hungarian spelling Varnus Xavér born 29 April 1964 in Budapest) is a Hungarian-born Canadian organist, improvisor, writer, and television personality.

Xaver Varnus is to Hungary roughly what Vladimir Horowitz was to Russia: a famous exile, recognized in the streets, crowded by requests for autographs in restaurants, or even in the swimming pools.

Bus drivers brake when they see him walking on the streets of Budapest and pick him up between stops. But Varnus is neither a sports hero nor a rock star: he is a Canadian citizen who is also Hungary’s most acclaimed living classical musician and an institution in his homeland.

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According to public opinion polls and newspapers, he is among the five most popular personalities in Hungary: it is nearly impossible to get tickets to his concerts. His autobiographical book, ’God will forgive me. It's his job’ (1996) is a Hungarian best-seller. Mr. Varnus’s fame, based entirely on his recitals and his improvisations, is hard to Xaver Varnus - Organ Improvisation ZELIW