Artist database

This is the Artist Database of BMC, which includes information about composers, musicians, orchestras, choirs and groups that are either Hungarian or Hungarian by origin or live in Hungary, as well as information about releases recorded with them.

Wilheim András


conductor, piano, organ

Place of Birth
Székesfehérvár
Date of Birth
1949

 
He obtained his diploma as a musicologist at the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest in 1974. Then he worked at the Bartók Archives till 1990. His field of interest is 20th century music and he has published studies on Bartók, Satie, Varese, Webern and Cage. As a member of the Budapest New Music Studio, he often performs at concerts and has taken part in several recordings as a solist or artistic director. He has beenn entrusted by the Editio Musica Budapest with the compilation of a catalogue of the works of György Kurtág. In 1995 he was invited to lecture at the Centre Acanthes Music Seminar in Avignon. Since 1980 he has regularly given lectures at the Bartók Seminar, Szombathely.

Awards
1979 Kassák Award (Paris)
2005 Ferenc Erkel Award