Sandor Kalloś (born October 23, 1935, Chernivtsi

Chernivtsi

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, Ukraine

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) is a Russian

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 composer (of Hungarian descent), a noted proponent of musical Minimalism

Minimalism

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, an influential pioneer of the Early Music Revival

Early Music Revival

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 and electronic music

Electronic music

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 in the USSR, lutenist, and a prolific author of incidental music for film, animation, theater and ballet.

Biography

Sandor Kalloś was born 23 October 1935 in Chernivtsi

Chernivtsi

Chernivtsi is the administrative center of Chernivtsi Oblast in southwestern Ukraine. The city is situated on the upper course of the River Prut, a tributary of the Danube, in the northern part of the historic region of Bukovina, which is currently divided between Romania and Ukraine...

. He matriculated from the Lviv

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 Conservatory in 1961, having studied composition under Adam Sołtys. His graduate studies were at Moscow Conservatory (class of Yu. Shaporin, 1962–1964).
In 1954-1963 he worked as a violinist in various symphony orchestras. From 1971 he appeared as a lutenist (notably as the accompanist to Karina, Ruzanna and Pavel Lisitsian

Pavel Lisitsian

Pavel Gerasimovich Lisitsian was a Soviet baritone opera singer who performed in the Bolshoi Opera, Moscow from 1940 until his retirement from stage in 1966....

), and from 1975 as a conductor.

Sacred works

• "5 Hymns & Halleluiah from Byzantine Hermologe" (in Classical Greek) for soloists, chorus a capella and tape.
• "Credo" for viola d'amore
  Viola d'amore
  The viola d'amore is a 7- or 6-stringed musical instrument with sympathetic strings used chiefly in the baroque period. It is played under the chin in the same manner as the violin.- Structure and sound :...
  
   and 6-channell electronics.
• "Sacred Chamber Music on Catalan Themes from the 17th century".
• "David's Psalms" (in Classical Greek) for voice and lute.

Symphonic works

• 1st Symphony (1957),
• 2nd Symphony (1960),
• 3rd Symphony (1961),
• 4th Symphony (1976),
• Violin Concerto #1 (1964),
• Violin Concerto #2 (1969);
• Concerto for viola, double bass and оrch. (1977);

Instrumental music

• 5 Pieces for Lute
  Lute
  Lute can refer generally to any plucked string instrument with a neck and a deep round back, or more specifically to an instrument from the family of European lutes....
  
  , Theremin
  Theremin
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   and tape
• "Dialoghi" for viola d'amore
  Viola d'amore
  The viola d'amore is a 7- or 6-stringed musical instrument with sympathetic strings used chiefly in the baroque period. It is played under the chin in the same manner as the violin.- Structure and sound :...
  
  and tape

Ballets

• "Macbeth"
• "Faust"
• "A Wedding Voyage"
• "The Princess of the Moon"
• "Alice in Wonderland"
• "Antigone"
• "Dances of Death"

Film Music

• "A Lady's Visit"
• "Evil's Allure" (2006)
• "I'm again with You"
• "A Few Things From the Provincial Life"
• "Wild Love"
• "A Princess and the Beans"

External links

• Sandor Kalloś at IMDb
• New York Times filmography