Ivan Vandor
(1932--2020) Hungarian born Italian composer
About Ivan Vandor
Lived 1932 – 2020 (aged 88). Ivan Vandor was an Italian composer, ethnomusicologist, university teacher, musicologist, film score composer and music educator.
Ivan Vandor (13 October 1932 – 15 November 2020) was an Italian composer, musician and ethnomusicologist of Hungarian origin.
Life Born in Pécs, Vandor moved to Rome, Italy with his family in 1938.
He began studying the violin at 6 and piano at 8, and, from 1948 to 1954, was tenor sax in the group Roman New Orleans Jazz Band. In 1959, he graduated in Composition with Goffredo Petrassi at the Santa Cecilia Conservatory and in 1962 he obtained Italian citizenship.
An album of his chamber works is published on the label Stradivarius.
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Who was Ivan Vandor?
(1932--2020) Hungarian born Italian composer
When was Ivan Vandor born?
Ivan Vandor was born on 13 October 1932 in Pécs.
When did Ivan Vandor die?
Ivan Vandor died on 15 November 2020 in Giove.
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Ivan Vandor was a composer, ethnomusicologist, university teacher, musicologist, film score composer and music educator.
What nationality was Ivan Vandor?
Ivan Vandor was Italian.
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