Melinda Kistétényi
Hungarian composer and organist (1926–1999)
Melinda Kistétényi (25 July 1926 – 20 October 1999) was a Hungarian classical organist, composer and chorus master known for her improvisations. She worked as a professor of music at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest for 53 years.
Early life and education
Melinda Kistétényi was born in Budapest on 25 July 1926. As a child, Kistétényi already developed a talent for music. When she was six, she improvised in the style of Mozart on a live radio programme. She attended the Institute of Englishwomen school in Budapest. From 1946 to 1953, she attended the Budapest Academy of Music, where she was taught composition by János Viski, organ by Sebestyén Pécsi, conducting by János Ferencsik, András Kórodi and László Somogyi and church music by Jenő Ádám and Lajos Bárdos. She received a chorus master diploma in 1949.
Career
After receiving her chorus master's diploma, she began work as an assistant chorus master with the National Trade Unions Choir from 1952 to 1954 and then with the Choir of the Hungarian Home Office from 1954 to 1956. Kistétényi also worked as the deputy chorus master for the Central Choir of the Hungarian State Railways between 1958 and 1963.
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