Dobszay László
conductor, chorus master
Place of Birth
Date of Birth
1935
2 February 1935 Szeged - 26 August 2011 Budapest
He studied history and literature at the Lóránd Eötvös University in Budapest and music at the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, with János Viski for composition, Iván Engel for piano, Zoltán Kodály for folk music and Bence Szabolcsi for music history. For a decade from 1956 he was principally occupied with pedagogical activities, writing papers, composing music and compiling materials as part of a wide-ranging reform of the Hungarian music teaching system. In 1966 he was invited by Kodály and Benjamin Rajeczky to join the Folk Music Research Group of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. At the same time László Dobszay was making equally fundamental contributions to liturgical chant studies, surveying sources and repertories. In 1969 he, Benjamin Rajeczky and Janka Szendrei founded the Schola Hungarica. In 1970 Dobszay was appointed teacher at the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music. He gained his doctorate in 1976, and was appointed head of the Early Music Department of the Institute for Musicology. In 1990 he became the head of the newly founded Church Music Department at the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music.
Awards
1976 Erkel Ferenc Award
1992 Musica Omnium Award
1998 Pro Budapest Award
2000 Academy Prize
2000 Soros Lifetime Achievement Award
2004 Széchenyi Prize
He studied history and literature at the Lóránd Eötvös University in Budapest and music at the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, with János Viski for composition, Iván Engel for piano, Zoltán Kodály for folk music and Bence Szabolcsi for music history. For a decade from 1956 he was principally occupied with pedagogical activities, writing papers, composing music and compiling materials as part of a wide-ranging reform of the Hungarian music teaching system. In 1966 he was invited by Kodály and Benjamin Rajeczky to join the Folk Music Research Group of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. At the same time László Dobszay was making equally fundamental contributions to liturgical chant studies, surveying sources and repertories. In 1969 he, Benjamin Rajeczky and Janka Szendrei founded the Schola Hungarica. In 1970 Dobszay was appointed teacher at the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music. He gained his doctorate in 1976, and was appointed head of the Early Music Department of the Institute for Musicology. In 1990 he became the head of the newly founded Church Music Department at the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music.
Awards
1976 Erkel Ferenc Award
1992 Musica Omnium Award
1998 Pro Budapest Award
2000 Academy Prize
2000 Soros Lifetime Achievement Award
2004 Széchenyi Prize