Background
KROO, Gyorgy was born on August 26, 1926 in Budapest. Son of Miklbs Kroo and Sari Englander.
music historian and music critic
KROO, Gyorgy was born on August 26, 1926 in Budapest. Son of Miklbs Kroo and Sari Englander.
Music Academy, of Budapest.
Lecturer in music history, Music Academy, Budapest since 1961, Professor, of musicology since 1975. Ford Scholarship to research in Bartok Archives of New York 1967-1968. Represents Hungarian Radio at Rostrum of Composers, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Paris.
Active as music critic for New Music Review (Hungarian Radio), Elet bs Irodalom (weekly).
Specialist in 19th-Century opera, Bartdk and contemporary Hungarian music
Married Ilona Balogh.