Zoltan gardonyi biography

Hungarian composer and musicologistThe native form of this personal name is Gárdonyi Zoltán. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Zoltán Gárdonyi (Hungarian pronunciation: ; 25 April – 27 June ) was a Hungarian composer and musicologist.

He taught at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music for 26 years.

Life and work

Gárdonyi was born in Budapest.

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His mother, the pianist Maria Weigl, studied at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music with Liszt's pupil, István Thomán, at the same time and in the same cl* as Béla Bartók. At the age of 17, Gárdonyi began his studies in composition with Zoltán Kodály at the Liszt Academy in Budapest.

After studying with Paul Hindemith and Arnold Schering in Berlin, he taught as a professor at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest from until He also led the faculty for Protestant sacred music until it was closed by the communists in

His oeuvre includes sacred music, orchestral works and chamber music.

Three of his motets