Miklós Kocsár (21 December 1933 – 29 August 2019) was a Hungarian composer. He was born in

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, (son of László Kocsár and Erzsébet Borsy) and studied composition at the Academy of Music in

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, graduating in 1959. After completing his studies, he took a position in 1972 as Professor at the

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Conservatory in

, teaching theory and composition. From 1974–95, he worked in Hungarian Radio. In 1973 he won the

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Prize.

Selected works

*''Duó-Szerenád'' (Duo Serenade) for violin and viola (1955) *String Quartet (1960) *''Szonáta szólóhegedűre'' (Sonata) for violin solo (1961–1991) *''Hét változat mélyhegedűre'' (7 Variations) for viola solo (1983) *''Concerto lirico'' for viola and orchestra (2000)

Discography

Kocsár's works have been recorded an issued on media including: *''Miklós Kocsár: Choral Works'' Label: Hungaroton *''Miklós Kocsár: Concerto in memoriam Z.H.'' Label: Hungaroton *''Miklós Kocsár: Repliche Nos. 1–3 / Music of the Seasons / Songs on Poems by Lajos Kassak'' Label: Hungaroton *''Miklós Kocsár: Echos Nos. 1–4 / Hollos: Ciklus / Buyanovski: 4 Improvisations for horn solo'' Label: Hungaroton *''Horusitzky / Sugar, R. / Kosa / Balassa / Kocsar: Hungarian Contemporary Songs'' Label: Hungaroton *''Soproni / Farkas / Kocsar / Togobickij / Vajda: Violin Sonatas and Duets'' Label: Hungaroton *''Choral Works from the End of the Millennium'' Label: Hungaroton *''Hungarian Contemporary Works for Flute Duet'' Label: Hungaroton *''Jereb: Monography / Szekely: Rhapsody / Farkas, F.: Bucinata / Kocsar: Rhapsody / Victor: Viatrone'' Label: Hungaroton *''Hungarian Contemporary Choral Works'' Label: Hungaroton *''Choral Music'' Label: Hungaroton *''Hungarian Contemporary Choral Anthology'' Label: Hungaroton *''Cimbalom Music'' Label: Hungaroton *''Miklós Kocsár: Repliche No. 2'' Label: Hungaroton Kocsár has composed for film soundtracks including: *''Csodakarikás'' (TV movie), 1987 *''Csontváry'', 1980 *''Napraforgó'', 1974 *''Az óriás'', 1960IMDB listing
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References

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