Biography
György Kurtág (Hungarian: [ˈɟørɟ ˈkurtaːɡ]; born 19 February 1926) is a Hungarian composer of contemporary classical music and pianist. According to Grove Music Online, with a style that draws on "Bartók, Webern and, to a lesser extent, Stravinsky, his work is characterized by compression in scale and forces, and by a particular immediacy of expression".He was an academic teacher of piano at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music from 1967, later also of chamber music, and taught until 1993.
Filmography
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Movies 7
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GenderMale
Birthday1926-02-19 (98 years old)
RelationshipsMárta Kurtág (1947-01-01 - 2019-10-17)
ChildrenGyörgy Kurtág Jr.
CitizenshipsRomania, France, Hungary
AwardsWihuri Sibelius Prize, Grawemeyer Award, Léonie Sonning Music Prize, Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal, Béla Bartók - Ditta Pásztory Award, Meritorius Artist of Hungary, Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order, Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of Hungary, Austrian Decoration for Science and Art, Herder Prize, honorary citizen of Budapest, Haztörekvés m-díj, Ferenc Erkel Prize, Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition, Ernst von Siemens Music Prize, Kossuth Prize
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