Sándor Veress

Sándor Veress (born February 1, 1907(1907-02-01) in Kolozsvár/Klausenburg, then Austria-Hungary, nowadays Cluj-Napoca, Romania; died March 4, 1992(1992-03-04) in Bern) was a Swiss composer of Hungarian origin. The first half of his life was spent in Hungary; the second, from 1949 until his death, in Switzerland, of which he became a citizen in the last months of his life.

Veress taught at the Franz Liszt Academy in Budapest. Among the composers who have studied under him are György Ligeti, György Kurtág, Heinz Holliger, Heinz Marti, Jürg Wyttenbach, Roland Moser. He wrote numerous chamber music pieces and symphonic works. He wrote one opera, Hangyegyek lázadása (1931).[1] Veress was awarded the Kossuth Prize in 1949 in Hungary (though as an émigré he was unable to collect this award) and the Bartók-Pásztory Prize in 1985; in Switzerland he received the Berne canton prize in 1976.

Selected works

Opera
Ballet
Orchestral
Concertante
Chamber and instrumental
Piano
Vocal
Choral
Film score

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