Boldizsár Csiky (born October 3, 1937) is a

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...

n composer of Hungarian ethnicity. He was born in

Târgu Mureș Târgu Mureș (, ; hu, Marosvásárhely ) is the seat of Mureș County in the historical region of Transylvania, Romania. It is the List of cities and towns in Romania, 16th largest Romanian city, with 134,290 inhabitants as of the 2011 Romania ...

and began his musical studies at the Târgu Music School (1954–1955) before further study at the Conservatory in

Cluj ; hu, kincses város) , official_name=Cluj-Napoca , native_name= , image_skyline= , subdivision_type1 = Counties of Romania, County , subdivision_name1 = Cluj County , subdivision_type2 = Subdivisions of Romania, Status , subdivision_name2 ...

(1955–1961). He was awarded the Composers' Union Award in 1971, Romanian Academy Award in 1980 and the "Bartók – Pásztory" award at the

Franz Liszt Academy of Music The Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music ( hu, Liszt Ferenc Zeneművészeti Egyetem, often abbreviated as ''Zeneakadémia'', "Liszt Academy") is a music university and a concert hall in Budapest, Hungary, founded on November 14, 1875. It is home to the ...

, Budapest in 1984. He was Director of Târgu Mureș Symphony Hall between 1990–1997 and professor of chamber music at the Music School in Târgu Mureș (1961–1970)Cosma, Viorel (2007)
Boldizsár CSIKY – compozitor şi profesor
. Uniunea Compozitorilor și Muzicologilor din România. Retrieved 3 December 2013 .

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