Mihály András
conductor
Place of Birth
Budapest
Date of Birth
1917
6 November 1917, Budapest - 19 September 1993, Budapest
Received his cellist degree in Adolf Schiffer's class at the Academy of Music, where he studied chamber music with Leó Weiner and Imre Waldbauer. Just like Sárai, he studied composing privately, with Pál Kaodsa and István Strassner. In 1946 he became a solo cellist of the Opera, and from 1948 he worked as a secretary-general there for two years; he returned to the institution as its director in 1978. A key personality of Hungarian chamber music teaching, he taught at the Academy of Music for four decades. As the head of the Budapest Chamber Ensemble, he gained undyng distinction in popularising contemporary music.
Awards:
1952 Erkel Award
1954 Erkel Award
1955 Kossuth Prize
1964 Erkel Award
1967 Erkel Award
1969 Merited Artist
1972 Liszt Award
1974 Excellent Artist
1986 Pro Artibus Artisjus Medal
see also: Mihály András - composer
Received his cellist degree in Adolf Schiffer's class at the Academy of Music, where he studied chamber music with Leó Weiner and Imre Waldbauer. Just like Sárai, he studied composing privately, with Pál Kaodsa and István Strassner. In 1946 he became a solo cellist of the Opera, and from 1948 he worked as a secretary-general there for two years; he returned to the institution as its director in 1978. A key personality of Hungarian chamber music teaching, he taught at the Academy of Music for four decades. As the head of the Budapest Chamber Ensemble, he gained undyng distinction in popularising contemporary music.
Awards:
1952 Erkel Award
1954 Erkel Award
1955 Kossuth Prize
1964 Erkel Award
1967 Erkel Award
1969 Merited Artist
1972 Liszt Award
1974 Excellent Artist
1986 Pro Artibus Artisjus Medal
see also: Mihály András - composer
| Year | Title | Publisher | Code | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hungaroton | SLPX 11635 | LP | ||
| 1970 | Hungaroton | LPX 11494 | LP | |
| 1972 | Hungaroton | SLPX 11607 | LP | |
| 1976 | Hungaroton | SLPX 11732 | LP | |
| 1976 | Hungaroton | SLPX 11805 | ||
| 1979 |
Durkó, Zsolt: Mózes (Excerpts) / Turner Illustrations - Colloids
(Durkó Zsolt: Mózes / Turner Illustrations / Colloids) |
Hungaroton | SLPX 11982 | LP |
| 1998 |
Kurtág, György: Works for Soprano
(Kurtág György: Művek szoprán hangra) |
Hungaroton | HCD 31821 | |
| 2001 |
Fifty Years of Hungaroton - Conductors, 1951-2001
(50 éves a Hungaroton - Karmesterek (1951-2001)) |
Hungaroton | HCD 32074-77 | 4 CDs |
| 2001 |
Fifty Years of Hungaroton - Singers
(50 éves a Hungaroton - Énekművészek (1951-2001)) |
Hungaroton | HCD 32096-98 | 3 CDs |
| 2001 |
Chamber Music
(Kamarazene) |
Hungaroton | HCD 31991 | |
| 2002 |
Great Hungarian Voices: Eszter Kovács
(Nagy Magyar Énekesek: Kovács Eszter) |
Hungaroton | HCD 32130 | |
| 2004 | Capriccio | C18410 |