Background
Szokolay, Sandor was born on March 30, 1931 in Kunagota, Hungary. Son of Balint and Erzsebet (Holecska) Szokolay.
Szokolay, Sandor was born on March 30, 1931 in Kunagota, Hungary. Son of Balint and Erzsebet (Holecska) Szokolay.
Student, Budapest Music Academy. Student with Szabo and Farkas, 1950—1957.
Member faculty Budapest Academy Music, since 1966. Musical advisory Hungarian television.
Composer: (Operas) Blood Wedding, 1963, Hamlet, 1968, Samson, 1973, Ecce Homo, 1987, Deploration, requiem in memory of Poulenc, 1964, zene hatalma (The Power of Music), 1969, Musza Dag, 1969, (ballets) Az iszonyat balladaja (the Ballad of Horror), Tetemrehivas (Ordeal of the Bier), (oratorios) A tuz marciusa (March Fire), Ister pokoljarasa (Ishtar's Descent to Hell), songs, chamber music & choral works. Concertos for violin, piano & trumpet.
Member of Hungarian Kodaly Society (chairman).
Car driving, mountaineering.
Married Sari Szesztay, 1952. Married Maja Weltler, 1970. 5 children.