All the works on this album are world premiere recordings.
Composer Biography
Ivan Vandor studied with Max Deutsch, a pupil of Arnold Schönberg, and attended Olivier Messiaen's class at the Conservatory in Paris.
Composer Biography
Ivan Vandor won 1st prize in the Chamber Music International Competition of the Italian Society for Contemporary Music in 1962, where Stockhausen took 2nd prize.
Composer Biography
Ivan Vandor earned a degree in ethnomusicology from UCLA and conducted research on Tibetan Buddhist music in the Himalayas, publishing a book on the subject.
Composer Biography
Ivan Vandor, born Weisz in Hungary in 1932, moved to Italy in 1938 and began studying violin, then piano and composition.
Composer Biography
Ivan Vandor wrote music for films by directors such as Elio Petri, Nelo Risi, and Michelangelo Antonioni.
Composer Biography
Before resuming formal composition studies, Ivan Vandor was a jazz saxophonist from ages 16 to 22.
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