Kamilló Lendvay (28 December 1928;
Budapest, Hungary
Budapest is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns of Hungary, most populous city of Hungary. It is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, tenth-largest city in the European Union by popul ...
− 30 November 2016; Budapest, Hungary) was a prominent award-winning
Hungarian composer, conductor, and music educator of the 20th and 21st centuries whose works have been performed throughout the world, including in the United States, Europe, and Asia.
Lendvay was born in Budapest and attended the
Franz Liszt Academy of Music
The Franz Liszt Academy of Music (, 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 Liszt Collection, which features several ...
from 1949 to 1957, where he studied with János Viski and László Somogyi.
He began his career in
Szeged
Szeged ( , ; see also #Etymology, other alternative names) is List of cities and towns of Hungary#Largest cities in Hungary, the third largest city of Hungary, the largest city and regional centre of the Southern Great Plain and the county seat ...
as a conductor, music coach, and director of the choir at Szeged Opera
and then was musical director of the State Puppet Theatre from 1960 to 1966, musical director of the Hungarian Army Art Ensemble from 1966 to 1968, and conductor and (from 1972) musical director of the Budapest Operetta Theatre from 1970 to 1974. He was a professor at the Liszt Academy from 1972 to 1992, where he was head of the music theory department from 1976.
"That musicians, not only myself, find enjoyment in my work has always been my guiding principle. Also, I have never compromised in matters of style, regardless of prevailing fashion or the presumed taste of the public, or other considerations. My law is the unity between theme, harmony, and form. In my many decades of composition, I remained faithful to these principles."
Biography
kamillolendvay.hu; accessed 2 December 2016.
He received, among others, the following awards:Kossuth Prize
The Kossuth Prize (, ) is a state-sponsored award in Hungary, named after the Hungarian politician and revolutionist Lajos Kossuth. The Prize was established in 1936, by the Hungarian National Assembly, to acknowledge outstanding personal and grou ...
(1998), and Artisjus Music Award (2003).
References
External links
Kamilló Lendvay on Budapest Music Centre website
Kamilló Lendvay on Universal Music Publishing website
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1928 births
2016 deaths
20th-century Hungarian classical composers
21st-century Hungarian classical composers
Hungarian male classical composers
20th-century Hungarian male musicians
21st-century Hungarian male musicians
Musicians from Budapest