János Bihari

János Bihari (21 October 1764 – 26 April 1827) was an influential Hungarian Romani violinist.

[1] By the middle of the nineteenth century, "Gypsy music" was elevated to high fashion, the first great was that of János Bihari, the pianist Franz Liszt described: "The tones sung by his magic violin flow on our enchanted ears like the tears...".

[2] Bihari was born into a Romani family in Nagyabony, Hungary (today Veľké Blahovo, Slovakia); his father was a violinist.

In every country Bihari learnt local folk and academic music and arranged it to play during his performances.

Bihari's melodies were used by such composers as Franz Liszt, Ludwig van Beethoven, Pablo de Sarasate and others.