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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
 
Year Title Publisher Code Remark
Kocsár Miklós: Repliche; Variazioni; Magányos ének (Lonely Song)
Papp L.: Dialogo; Meditációk (Meditations) 		Hungaroton SLPX 11635 LP
1970 Mihály András, Maros Rudolf, Székely Endre, Láng István, Balassa Sándor, Lendvay Kamilló művei Hungaroton LPX 11494 LP
1972 Durkó Zsolt: Fire music; Iconography No.1; Iconography No.2; Altamira Hungaroton SLPX 11607 LP
1976 Balassa Sándor: Iris, Op.22; Lupercalia Op.24; Xenia, Op.20; Tabulae, Op.25 Hungaroton SLPX 11732 LP
1976 Szőllősy András művei Hungaroton SLPX 11805
1979 Durkó Zsolt: Mózes / Turner Illustrations / Colloids
(Durkó, Zsolt: Mózes (Excerpts) / Turner Illustrations - Colloids) 		Hungaroton SLPX 11982 LP
1998 Kurtág György: Művek szoprán hangra
(Kurtág, György: Works for Soprano) 		Hungaroton HCD 31821
2001 50 éves a Hungaroton - Karmesterek (1951-2001)
(Fifty Years of Hungaroton - Conductors, 1951-2001) 		Hungaroton HCD 32074-77 4 CDs
2001 50 éves a Hungaroton - Énekművészek (1951-2001)
(Fifty Years of Hungaroton - Singers) 		Hungaroton HCD 32096-98 3 CDs
2001 Kamarazene
(Chamber Music) 		Hungaroton HCD 31991
2002 Nagy Magyar Énekesek: Kovács Eszter
(Great Hungarian Voices: Eszter Kovács) 		Hungaroton HCD 32130
2004 Classic Moods - Verdi, Puccini, Massenet, Gounod, Bizet, Saint-Saens, Wagner, Offenbach Capriccio C18410