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'''Kamilló Lendvay''' (born 28 December 1928) is a prominent award-winning [[Hungary|Hungarian]] composer of the 20th and 21st century whose works have been performed in the United States, Europe, and Asia.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://info.bmc.hu/index.php?node=artists&l=en&table=SZERZO&id=12|title=BMC - Magyar Zenei Információs Központ|website=BMC - Magyar Zenei Információs Központ|access-date=2016-05-27}}</ref>
'''Kamilló Lendvay''' (born 28 December 1928) is a prominent award-winning [[Hungary|Hungarian]] composer of the 20th and 21st century whose works have been performed in the United States, Europe, and Asia.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://info.bmc.hu/index.php?node=artists&l=en&table=SZERZO&id=12|title=BMC - Magyar Zenei Információs Központ|website=BMC - Magyar Zenei Információs Központ|access-date=2016-05-27}}</ref>


Lendvay is "one of the most important members of the generation of Hungarian composers whose careers began in the 1950s. His œuvre includes theatrical, oratorial, orchestral, chamber, and solo instrumental works. In his music classical forms and genres have a significant role. Ideas gained from the works of the 20th-century Hungarian masters, together with abundant humour and many grotesque elements, are blended into an individual style in his works."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.umpgclassical.com/en-GB/Composers/L/Lendvay-Kamillo.aspx|title=Lendvay, Kamilló {{!}} Universal Music Publishing Classical|website=www.umpgclassical.com|access-date=2016-05-27}}</ref>
Lendvay is "one of the most important members of the generation of Hungarian composers whose careers began in the 1950s. His œuvre includes theatrical, oratorial, orchestral, chamber, and solo instrumental works. In his music, classical forms and genres have a significant role. Ideas gained from the works of the 20th-century Hungarian masters, together with abundant humour and many grotesque elements, are blended into an individual style in his works."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.umpgclassical.com/en-GB/Composers/L/Lendvay-Kamillo.aspx|title=Lendvay, Kamilló {{!}} Universal Music Publishing Classical|website=www.umpgclassical.com|access-date=2016-05-27}}</ref>


Lendvay attended the [[Franz Liszt Academy of Music]] from 1949 to 1957, where he studied with János Viski and László Somogyi.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.umpgclassical.com/en-GB/Composers/L/Lendvay-Kamillo.aspx|title=Lendvay, Kamilló {{!}} Universal Music Publishing Classical|website=www.umpgclassical.com|access-date=2016-05-27}}</ref> He was a professor at the Liszt Academy from 1972 to 1992, where he was head of the music department from 1976.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.umpgclassical.com/en-GB/Composers/L/Lendvay-Kamillo.aspx|title=Lendvay, Kamilló {{!}} Universal Music Publishing Classical|website=www.umpgclassical.com|access-date=2016-05-27}}</ref> He began his career in [[Szeged]] as conductor, music coach, and director of the choir at Szeged Opera <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.stormworks-europe.com/site/index-1c.html |title=Stormworks® Europe Kamilló Lendvay |date=2011-07-16 |access-date=2016-05-27 |deadurl=unfit |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716150818/http://www.stormworks-europe.com/site/index-1c.html |archivedate=July 16, 2011 }}</ref> and 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.umpgclassical.com/en-GB/Composers/L/Lendvay-Kamillo.aspx|title=Lendvay, Kamilló {{!}} Universal Music Publishing Classical|website=www.umpgclassical.com|access-date=2016-05-27}}</ref>
Lendvay attended the [[Franz Liszt Academy of Music]] from 1949 to 1957, where he studied with János Viski and László Somogyi.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.umpgclassical.com/en-GB/Composers/L/Lendvay-Kamillo.aspx|title=Lendvay, Kamilló {{!}} Universal Music Publishing Classical|website=www.umpgclassical.com|access-date=2016-05-27}}</ref> He was a professor at the Liszt Academy from 1972 to 1992, where he was head of the music department from 1976.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.umpgclassical.com/en-GB/Composers/L/Lendvay-Kamillo.aspx|title=Lendvay, Kamilló {{!}} Universal Music Publishing Classical|website=www.umpgclassical.com|access-date=2016-05-27}}</ref> He began his career in [[Szeged]] as conductor, music coach, and director of the choir at Szeged Opera <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.stormworks-europe.com/site/index-1c.html |title=Stormworks® Europe Kamilló Lendvay |date=2011-07-16 |access-date=2016-05-27 |deadurl=unfit |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716150818/http://www.stormworks-europe.com/site/index-1c.html |archivedate=July 16, 2011 }}</ref> and 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.umpgclassical.com/en-GB/Composers/L/Lendvay-Kamillo.aspx|title=Lendvay, Kamilló {{!}} Universal Music Publishing Classical|website=www.umpgclassical.com|access-date=2016-05-27}}</ref>

Revision as of 15:27, 27 May 2016

Kamilló Lendvay (born 28 December 1928) is a prominent award-winning Hungarian composer of the 20th and 21st century whose works have been performed in the United States, Europe, and Asia.[1]

Lendvay is "one of the most important members of the generation of Hungarian composers whose careers began in the 1950s. His œuvre includes theatrical, oratorial, orchestral, chamber, and solo instrumental works. In his music, classical forms and genres have a significant role. Ideas gained from the works of the 20th-century Hungarian masters, together with abundant humour and many grotesque elements, are blended into an individual style in his works."[2]

Lendvay attended the Franz Liszt Academy of Music from 1949 to 1957, where he studied with János Viski and László Somogyi.[3] He was a professor at the Liszt Academy from 1972 to 1992, where he was head of the music department from 1976.[4] He began his career in Szeged as conductor, music coach, and director of the choir at Szeged Opera [5] and 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.[6]

"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. . . . Here I am living in the twenty-first century. I am open to every direction. I am interested in any good contemporary music, provided it is honest and touches me emotionally and/or intellectually. I have no patience for the artificial, art for art’s sake, or momentary fashions in which the world is upside down, just because. . . . That my musical principles bore fruit is witnessed by the fact that the overwhelming majority of [my] work . . . was commissioned by artists, musical institutions, radios, [and] festivals."[7] Important to him are "stable form, clear structure, and authentic content."[8]

Lendvay has won many prizes and awards, including Erkel Prize (1962, 1964, 1978), Grand Prix International du Disque Lyrique (1979), Merited Artist (1981), Bartók-Pásztory Award (1989, 2005), Excellent Artist (1996), Silver Pen Award (1998), Kossuth Prize (1998), Artisjus Music Award (2003).[9]

External links

  1. ^ "BMC - Magyar Zenei Információs Központ". BMC - Magyar Zenei Információs Központ. Retrieved 2016-05-27.
  2. ^ "Lendvay, Kamilló | Universal Music Publishing Classical". www.umpgclassical.com. Retrieved 2016-05-27.
  3. ^ "Lendvay, Kamilló | Universal Music Publishing Classical". www.umpgclassical.com. Retrieved 2016-05-27.
  4. ^ "Lendvay, Kamilló | Universal Music Publishing Classical". www.umpgclassical.com. Retrieved 2016-05-27.
  5. ^ "Stormworks® Europe Kamilló Lendvay". 2011-07-16. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved 2016-05-27. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ "Lendvay, Kamilló | Universal Music Publishing Classical". www.umpgclassical.com. Retrieved 2016-05-27.
  7. ^ "kamillolendvay.hu/en/home.html". Retrieved 2016-05-27.
  8. ^ "Stormworks® Europe Kamilló Lendvay". 2011-07-16. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved 2016-05-27. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  9. ^ "Lendvay, Kamilló | Universal Music Publishing Classical". www.umpgclassical.com. Retrieved 2016-05-27.
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