Rezső Sugár
Sugár Rezső Rezső Sugár (9 October 1919 – 22 September 1988) was a Hungarian composer. Rezső Sugár was born in Budapest. He studied musical composition under Zoltán Kodály at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music from 1937 to 1942.
Rezső Sugár

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- Born
- 1919 · Budapest.
- Died
- 1988 · Budapest.
- Nationality
- Hungary
- Occupation
- composer · music teacher
- Education
- Franz Liszt Academy of Music
- Teachers
- Zoltán Kodály
- Honours
- Kossuth Prize · Erkel Ferenc Prize · Meritorius Artist of Hungary · Bartók Béla – Pásztory Ditta Award
- Languages
- Hungarian
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He was a teacher of composition at the Béla Bartók Secondary School of Music from 1949 to 1968 and at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music from 1968 to 1979. His recorded compositions include the oratorios Hunyadi and Savonarola, the Quartet for Strings and Piano, and the Partita for String Orchestra. He was a winner of the Kossuth Prize in 1954 and was the father of the composer and conductor Miklós Sugár.
Rezső Sugár studied at Franz Liszt Academy of Music. Training under Zoltán Kodály is recorded. The recorded working language is Hungarian. Employment is recorded with Franz Liszt Academy of Music. Distinctions recorded are Kossuth Prize, Erkel Ferenc Prize, Meritorius Artist of Hungary and Bartók Béla – Pásztory Ditta Award.
Rezső Sugár is recorded as having received Kossuth Prize, Erkel Ferenc Prize and Meritorius Artist of Hungary.
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Rezső Sugár (9 October 1919 – 22 September 1988) is described as a composer in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek. Rezső Sugár was born in Budapest, Hungary (9 October 1919) and died in Budapest, Hungary (22 September 1988).

Commemorative plaque of Rezső Sugár, Budapest District XII, Zsolna Street No 37
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1988
Rezső Sugár died in 1988 at Budapest.
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