Sándor Veress

(b Cluj-Napoca, 1 Feb 1907; d Berne, 6 March 1992). Swiss composer of Hungarian origin. A pupil of Bartók and Kodály at the Budapest Academy, he was involved during the 1930s in folksong work with Lajtha and Bartók; in 1949 he settled in Berne, teaching at the conservatory and university. He was an outstanding representative of the Hungarian generation after Bartók: he used 12-note technique in the 1950s, though with Bartók's clarity and inquisitiveness remaining. His many works cover most genres, with emphasis on orchestral, choral and piano music. Notable are the Violin Concerto (1939) and Hommage à paul Klee (1952). His numerous writings include many on Bartók and several on music education.

Sándor Veress (born February 1, 1907(1907-02-01) in Kolozsvár/Klausenburg, then Austria-Hungary, nowadays Cluj-Napoca, Romania; died March 4, 1992 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.

References

1. ^ Opera Glass

External links

• Sándor Veress international homepage
• (French) A biography of Sándor Veress, from IRCAM's website.

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