Károly Horváth

Károly Horváth (26 October 1950 – 4 November 2015) was a Romanian-born composer and musician. He spent most of his professional life in Hungarian theatre. Born in Oradea, Horváth graduated from the Music Lyceum in 1970 and was awarded his degree by the National University of Music Bucharest. From 1975 he worked in Hungarian-language TV for a Bucharest television station. He founded Transylvania's first folk music bands, "Concord" and "Táltos". He also founded the "Tinodi" music band and the Sándor Tomcsa Theatre and helped found the Székelyudvarhely Festival.

From 1975 to 1987, he performed in theatre in both Romania and Hungary. In 1987 he relocated to Hungary. Until 1992 he toured Western Europe, North and South America, and Australia with the Mákvirág folk-együtteshez ("Poppy Folk Ensemble"). From 1992, he was primarily involved in musical theatre as a composer and musician, in Hungary, Transylvania and Vojvodina.

From 2005 to 2011 he was the musical director of the Griff Puppet Theatre, after which he became composer and director of music at the Sékesfehérvár Royal Games.

Horváth died in Budapest in 2015.