Sandor Kalloś

Sandor Kalloś (also "Shandor Kallosh", Russian: Шандор Эрнестович Каллош, Ukrainian: Шандор Ернестович Каллош, Hungarian: Sándor Kallós) (born October 23, 1935, Chernivtsi, Ukraine) is a Russian composer (of Hungarian descent), a noted proponent of musical Minimalism, an influential pioneer of the Early Music Revival and electronic music in the USSR, lutenist, and a prolific author of incidental music for film, animation,^[1] theater and ballet.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Style 3 List of works 3.1 Sacred works 3.2 Secular works 3.2.1 Symphonic works 3.3 Instrumental music 3.4 Incidental music (theater) 3.4.1 Ballets 3.4.2 Operas 3.5 Film Music 4 References 5 External links

Biography

Sandor Kalloś was born 23 October 1935 in Chernivtsi. He matriculated from the Lviv Conservatory in 1961, having studied composition under Adam Sołtys. His graduate studies were at Moscow Conservatory (class of Yu. Shaporin, 1962–1964). In 1954-1963 he worked as a violinist in various symphony orchestras. From 1971 he appeared as a lutenist (notably as the accompanist to Karina, Ruzanna and Pavel Lisitsian), and from 1975 as a conductor.

Style

List of works

Sacred works

• "5 Hymns & Halleluiah from Byzantine Hermologe" (in Classical Greek) for soloists, chorus a capella and tape.
• "Credo" for viola d'amore and 6-channell electronics.
• "Sacred Chamber Music on Catalan Themes from the 17th century".
• "David's Psalms" (in Classical Greek) for voice and lute.

Secular works

Symphonic works

• 1st Symphony (1957),
• 2nd Symphony (1960),
• 3rd Symphony (1961),
• 4th Symphony (1976),
• Violin Concerto #1 (1964),
• Violin Concerto #2 (1969);
• Concerto for viola, double bass and оrch. (1977);

Instrumental music

• 5 Pieces for Lute, Theremin and tape
• "Dialoghi" for viola d'amore and tape

Incidental music (theater)

• "Merlin"
• "St. Petersburg Tales"

Ballets

• "Macbeth"
• "Faust"
• "A Wedding Voyage"^[2]
• "The Princess of the Moon"
• "Alice in Wonderland"^[3]
• "Antigone"
• "Dances of Death"

Operas

• "Kupriyanov and Natasha"
• "Daphne"
• "Darling Giaccomina"
• "Royal Games"

Film Music

• "A Lady's Visit"
• "Evil's Allure" (2006)
• "I'm again with You"
• "A Few Things From the Provincial Life"
• "Wild Love"
• "A Princess and the Beans"

References

1. ^ http://www.animator.ru/db/?p=show_person&pid=573. (Russian)
2. ^ erki.xxiso.ee
3. ^ Alice in Wonderland

External links

• Sandor Kalloś at IMDb
• New York Times filmography

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