Sandor Kalloś

Sandor Kallós. Photo sourced from Discogs

Sandor Kalloś (also "Shandor Kallosh", Russian: Шандор Эрнестович Каллош, Ukrainian: Шандор Ернестович Каллош, Hungarian: Kallós Sándor) (born 23 October 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, a lutenist and violinist, and a prolific author of incidental music for film, animation,^[1][2] theater and ballet.

Biography

Sandor Kalloś was born on 23 October 1935 in Chernivtsi. He first studied at the Chernivtsi School of Music (graduating in 1957), and later graduated from the Lviv Conservatory in 1961, having studied composition under Adam Sołtys. His graduate studies were at the Moscow Conservatory (class of Yuri Shaporin, 1962–1964). Between 1954 and 1963 he worked as a violinist in various symphony orchestras. From 1971 onwards he also performed as a lutenist (notably accompanying the "Madrigal" soloist ensemble, Karina, Ruzanna and Pavel Lisitsian), and, since 1975, as a conductor.

He wrote at least four symphonies, two violin concertos, a number of ballets (including "Alice in Wonderland", based on the book of the same name, for choreographer Mai Murdmaa, and "Macbeth" and "Faust" for Nikolai Boyarchikov) and several operas, including "Kupriyanov and Natasha" based on Alexander Vvedensky. In 1967 he began working in the field of electronic music with the ANS synthesizer at the Moscow Experimental Electronic Music Studio.

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
3 Ricercari (Три ричеркара) for viola solo

Incidental music (theater)

"Merlin"
"St. Petersburg Tales"

Ballets

"Macbeth"
"Faust"
"A Wedding Voyage"^[3]
"The Princess of the Moon"
"Alice in Wonderland"^[4]
"Antigone"
"Dances of Death"

Operas

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

Film music

Island (short) (1973)
Border dog Alyi (1979)
A Few Things From the Provincial Life (1983)
A Lady's Visit (1989)
I'm again with You
Wild Love
A Princess and the Beans (1997)
Dandelion Wine (1997)
Evil's Allure (2006)

References

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0436063/
"Российская анимация в буквах и фигурах | Персоналии | Каллош Шандор Эрнестович". Animator.ru. 1935-10-23. Retrieved 2012-08-13.
"ERKI PEHK, conductor". Xxiso.ee. 2007-12-07. Archived from the original on 2007-12-07. Retrieved 2012-08-13.
"Alice in Wonderland". Vanemuine.ee. 2004-02-07. Retrieved 2012-08-13.

External links

Text adapted from Wikipedia