Kamilló Lendvay

The native form of this personal name is Lendvay Kamilló. This article uses the Western name order.

Kamilló Lendvay (28 December 1928 − 30 November 2016) was a prominent award-winning Hungarian composer, conductor, and music educator of the 20th and 21st centuries whose works have been performed throughout the world, including in the United States, Europe, and Asia.[1][2][3]

He was known for his "characteristic melos, his exactingness regarding form, and [his] variety of expression."[2] "He has been open to the latest developments of contemporary music. . . . The end product is felicitous: the improvisative and aleatoric elements [are] integrated with [a] noble melodic style and . . . rich polyphony. For him, more important are the stable form, clear structure, and authentic content."[4]

His music has been described as "dramatic"[5][6] "brilliant", "moving",[6] "engaging", "robust", "fun";[7] "expressively written",[8] "wholly original",[7] and "wonderfully organised and developed", with "tremendous energy and verve", "great beauty", "richly textured polyphony",[9] a "generally expressive style",[10] and "exciting, driving rhythms and complex tone clusters";[7] his various works as "an energetic treat,"[11] a "lived emotional storm," a "burning drama",[2] and a "dark and sometimes violent oratorio";[10] his instrumentation as having a "resonant orchestral palette"[10] and "show[ing] off the piano like a jewel";[12] and his choral works as showing "his understanding and mastery of choral technique and composition."[7]

Lendvay was born in Budapest and attended the Franz Liszt Academy of Music from 1949-57, where he studied with János Viski and László Somogyi.[3] He began his career in Szeged as a conductor, music coach, and director of the choir at Szeged Opera [4] and then was musical director of the State Puppet Theatre from 1960-66, musical director of the Hungarian Army Art Ensemble from 1966-68, and conductor and (from 1972) musical director of the Budapest Operetta Theatre from 1970-74. He was a professor at the Liszt Academy from 1972-92, where he was head of the music theory department from 1976.[3]

"That musicians, not only myself, find enjoyment in my work has always been my guiding principle. Also, I have never compromised in matters of style, regardless of prevailing fashion or the presumed taste of the public, or other considerations. My law is the unity between theme, harmony, and form. In my many decades of composition, I remained faithful to these principles. . . . Here I am living in the twenty-first century. I am open to every direction. I am interested in any good contemporary music, provided it is honest and touches me emotionally and/or intellectually. I have no patience for the artificial, art for art’s sake, or momentary fashions in which the world is upside down, just because. . . . That my musical principles bore fruit is witnessed by the fact that the overwhelming majority of [my] work . . . was commissioned by artists, musical institutions, radios, [and] festivals."[13]

He received, among others, the following awards:[4] including Erkel Prize (1962, 1964, 1978), Grand Prix International du Disque Lyrique (1979), Merited Artist (1981), Bartók-Pásztory Award (1989, 2005), Excellent Artist (1996), Silver Pen Award (1998), Kossuth Prize (1998), and Artisjus Music Award (2003).[3]

References

  1. ↑ "BMC - Magyar Zenei Információs Központ". Budapest Music Centre. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 "Kamilló Lendvay - Notable Alumni". zeneakademia.hu. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Lendvay profile: Universal Music Publishing Classical". umpgclassical.com. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 "Stormworks® Europe Kamilló Lendvay". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  5. ↑ Crutchfield, Will (16 February 1986). "MUSIC: DEBUTS IN REVIEW; TWO PIANISTS, A VIOLINIST AND A CELLIST IN RECITALS". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  6. 1 2 "Repertoire By Country". timreynish.com. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  7. 1 2 3 4 "Finding Beauty in Ephemera". the-unmutual.blogspot.com. 1 September 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  8. ↑ "6moons.com - world music: Zoltán Lantos' "Mirrorworld"". 6moons.com. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  9. ↑ "Lendvay - The ultimate Stabat Mater site". The ultimate Stabat Mater site. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  10. 1 2 3 "Mark Morris's Guide to Twentieth Century Composers HUNGARY". musicweb-international.com. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  11. ↑ ClickCulture. "Press Releases - North Carolina Symphony". ncsymphony.org. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  12. ↑ Hinson, Maurice. Music for Piano and Orchestra: An Annotated Guide. Indiana University Press. ISBN 0253339537. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  13. ↑ Biography, kamillolendvay.hu; accessed 2 December 2016.

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