Désiré-Alexandre Batton, was a French composer, and was a student of which Italian composer who spent most of his working life in France, and Beethoven regarded him as the greatest of his contemporaries?
Luigi Cherubini Luigi Cherubini (] ; 8 or 14 September 1760 – 15 March 1842) was an Italian composer who spent most of his working life in France. His most significant compositions are operas and sacred music. Beethoven regarded Cherubini as the greatest of his contemporaries.
György Cziffra György Cziffra (in Hungarian form Cziffra György, ] , also known as Georges Cziffra; 5 November 192115 January 1994), was a Hungarian virtuoso pianist and composer. He is considered to be one of the greatest pianists of all time. Among his teachers were István Thomán, who was a favourite pupil of Franz Liszt.