Tamás, János, 1936-1995

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Name (Latin)
Tamás, János, 1936-1995
Other forms of name
Tamás, János
Date of birth
1936-05-24
Date of death
1995-11-14
Associated country
Hungary
Switzerland
Field of activity
Music
Occupation
Composers
Conductors (Music)
Music teachers
Pianists
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 118009791
Wikidata: Q1714811
Library of congress: n 85289679
Sources of Information
  • German Wikipedia, September 18, 2014(János Tamás; born May 24, 1936, Budapest; died November 14, 1995, Aarau; Hungarian-Swiss composer, conductor, and teacher)
  • His Mosaïque [SR] p1976:label (Jànos Tamàs; composer and conductor) container (János Tamás)
  • Int. ww music, 8th ed.(Tamás, János; b. 24 May 1936; Hungarian composer, pianist, conductor; lives in Switzerland)
  • www.musicedition.ch/composers(János Tamás; b. May 24, 1936, Budapest; d. Nov. 14, 1995)
  • LC manual auth. cd.(hdg.: Tamás, János)

Wikipedia description:

János Tamás [ˈjaːnoʃ ˈtɒmaːʃ] (24 May 1936 – 14 November 1995) was a Hungarian-Swiss composer, conductor and music educator. Tamás studied in his home town Budapest. After the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, he fled to Switzerland in 1956 and completed his studies at the Bern and Zurich Conservatories. From 1961, he worked as Solorepetitor at the Zürich Opera House, and from 1963 as First Kapellmeister of the Städtebundtheater Biel-Solothurn. In 1969 he was granted citizenship of Schönenwerd. Tamás worked as a teacher at the Old Cantonal School Aarau from 1971. He also conducted the Orchesterverein Aarau and left behind about 120 compositions. Tamás died in Aarau at the age of 59. Tamás' compositional estate is administered by the Paul Sacher Foundation in Basel.

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