Melinda Kistétényi was a Hungarian composer known for improvisations. She was born in Hungary

Hungary

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 and worked as a professor of music at the Franz Liszt

Franz Liszt

Franz Liszt ; ), was a 19th-century Hungarian composer, pianist, conductor, and teacher.Liszt became renowned in Europe during the nineteenth century for his virtuosic skill as a pianist. He was said by his contemporaries to have been the most technically advanced pianist of his age...

 Academy of Music of Budapest

Budapest

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 for 53 years. Her students include Andras Schiff

András Schiff

András Schiff is a Hungarian-born British classical pianist, who has won a number of awards including the Grammy and made numerous recordings.- Biography :...

, Zoltán Kocsis

Zoltán Kocsis

Zoltán Kocsis is a Hungarian pianist, conductor, and composer.Born in Budapest, he started his musical studies at the age of five and continued them at the Béla Bartók Conservatory in 1963, studying piano and composition...

, Ivan Fischer

Iván Fischer

Iván Fischer is a Hungarian conductor and composer. Born in Budapest into a Jewish musical family, Fischer initially studied piano, violin, cello and composition in Budapest...

, Dezső Ránki

Dezsõ Ránki

Dezső Ránki is a Hungarian pianist.Born September 8, 1951 in Budapest, he began taking piano lessons at the Budapest Academy of Music at the age of eight. When he was thirteen, he enrolled at the Budapest Conservatory and became a pupil of Klára Máthé. Subsequently he studied at the Franz Liszt...

, Sylvia Sass

Sylvia Sass

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 and Veronika Kincses. She died in Budapest.

Works

Selected works include:

• Gyászének (with Zoltan Kodály
  Zoltán Kodály
  Zoltán Kodály was a Hungarian composer, ethnomusicologist, pedagogue, linguist, and philosopher. He is best known internationally as the creator of the Kodály Method.-Life:Born in Kecskemét, Kodály learned to play the violin as a child....
  
  
• Sonata for Solo Trombone
• Plaisirs, doux vainqueurs
• A csábító
• Már nem hívlak, kérlek
• Csöndesedj, vígaszt nyerj
• Hiába várod
• I call you all to Woden's hall
• Piu non cerca libertá

Kistétényi's works have been recorded and issued on CD, including:

• Contemporary Works with Trombone Label: Hungaraoton

Film appearances:

• Zenés TV színház (TV series) – Egy szerelem három éjszakája (1986) (musician: organ)

External links

• Kistétényi improvises on organ