Sándor Kallós
Sándor Kallós is a composer, a noted proponent of minimal music, 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
Sándor Kallós was born on 23 October 1935 in Chernivtsi, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union. He matriculated from the Lviv Conservatory in 1961, having studied composition under. 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. Kallós is of Hungarian descent.List of works
Sacred works
- "5 Hymns & Halleluiah from Byzantine Hermologe" for soloists, chorus a capella and tape.
- "Credo" for viola d'amore and 6-channell electronics.
- "Sacred Chamber Music on Catalan Themes from the 17th century".
- "David's Psalms" for voice and lute.
Secular works
Symphonic works
- 1st Symphony,
- 2nd Symphony,
- 3rd Symphony,
- 4th Symphony,
- Violin Concerto #1,
- Violin Concerto #2 ;
- Concerto for viola, double bass and оrch. ;
Instrumental music
- 5 Pieces for Lute, Theremin and tape
- "Dialoghi" for viola d'amore and tape
- 3 Ricercari for viola solo
Incidental music (theater)
- "Merlin"
- "St. Petersburg Tales"
Ballets
- "Macbeth"
- "Faust"
- "A Wedding Voyage"
- "The Princess of the Moon"
- "Alice in Wonderland"
- "Antigone"
- "Dances of Death"
Operas
- "Kupriyanov and Natasha"
- "Daphne"
- "Darling Giaccomina"
- "Royal Games"
Film music
- I Give You This Star
- Border dog Alyi
- A Few Things From the Provincial Life
- A Lady's Visit
- I'm again with You
- Wild Love
- A Princess and the Beans
- Dandelion Wine
- Evil's Allure
- Hoffmaniada