Sandor Kalloś


Sandor Kalloś 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, lutenist, and a prolific author of incidental music for film, animation, theater and ballet.

Biography

Sandor Kalloś was born on 23 October 1935 in Chernivtsi. He matriculated from the Lviv Conservatory in 1961, having studied composition under Adam Sołtys. His graduate studies were at Moscow Conservatory.
In 1954-1963 he worked as a violinist in various symphony orchestras. From 1971 he appeared as a lutenist, and from 1975 as a conductor.

List of works

Sacred works

Symphonic works