János Vajda
Vajda János János Vajda (born 8 October 1949, in Miskolc) is a Hungarian composer.
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János Vajda
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- Full name
- Vajda János Gábor.
- Born
- 1949. · Miskolc.
- Nationality
- Hungary.
- Occupation
- composer, music educator and university teacher.
- Education
- Franz Liszt Academy of Music.
- Honours
- Kossuth Prize, Erkel Ferenc Prize, Bartók Béla – Pásztory Ditta Award and Artisjus Award.
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Vajda János János Vajda (born 8 October 1949, in Miskolc) is a Hungarian composer.
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János Vajda (born 1949) is a Hungarian composer, music educator and university teacher. The composer was born Vajda János Gábor in Miskolc. János Vajda studied at Franz Liszt Academy of Music. The composer received Artisjus Award, Bartók Béla – Pásztory Ditta Award and Erkel Ferenc Prize, among others.
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János Vajda is recorded with the occupation music educator. Recorded at birth as Vajda János Gábor. Recorded as having received Kossuth Prize, Erkel Ferenc Prize and Bartók Béla – Pásztory Ditta Award. Recognition and collections. Vajda received Kossuth Prize, Erkel Ferenc Prize, Bartók Béla – Pásztory Ditta Award and Artisjus Award.
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1949
János Vajda was born on 8 October 1949.
Works, editions, recordings
• Operas • Barabás (1977), opera after Frigyes Karinthy • Márió és a varázsló (1988), after Thomas Mann's Mario and the Magician (1929) • Leonce és Léna (1999), opera after Georg Büchner's Leonce and Lena (1836/1895), libretto: Szabolcs Várady • Karnyóné (2004), opera after Mihály Csokonai Vitéz, libretto: Szabolcs Várady • The Imaginary Invalid or the Cabal of Hypocrites (2021), opera after Molière (The Imaginary Invalid (1673)) and Mikhail Bulgakov (The Cabal of Hypocrites (1936)), libretto: Szabolcs Várady • Recordings • Songs – Orbán Spanish songs. Songs to words by Sándor Weöres. János Vajda, Songs to words by Géza Szöcs: Andrea Meláth (mezzo-soprano), Emese Virág (piano). HCD31827 Hungaroton • Missa in A, Orban: Missa prima HCD31929 Hungaroton
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- 1."Mario and the Magician, Thomas Mann, Helen Tracy Lowe-Porter – 1931", The Hungarian Quarterly, vol. 44, 2003 "Further additions to the gallery of Hungarian heroic-lyric opera were to be Mario und der Zauberer by Janos Vajda, Leonce and Lena by the same composer,"
- 2.The Imaginary Invalid or the Cabal of Hypocrites – Hungarian State Opera. 14 October 2021.
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