Background
Sandor Kalloś was born on 23 October 1935 in Chernivtsi.
Sandor Kalloś was born on 23 October 1935 in Chernivtsi.
He matriculated from the Lviv Conservatory in 1961, having studied composition under Adam Sołtys.
His graduate studies were at Moscow Conservatory (class of Yu Shaporin, 1962–1964). In 1954-1963 he worked as a violinist in various symphony orchestras. From 1971 he appeared as a lutenist (notably as the accompanist to Karina, Ruzanna and Pavel Lisitsian), and from 1975 as a conductor.