Zoltán Pongrácz

composer, choir conductor

Sládkovičovo, 5 February 1912 – Budapest, 3 April 2007

Posthumous associate member of the Hungarian Academy of Arts

A first glance at his oeuvre reveals that the young composer was initially attracted to vocal compositions. During the decade from the mid-1930s onwards, he wrote choral works

Erkel Ferenc Award

State award granted for outstanding composing, musical directing, and artistic activity.

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1992governmental award

Officer’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary

One of the four highest Hungarian state awards is the Hungarian Order of Merit, which is granted in various grades to individuals who perform exemplary activities in culture, science, art, or their own field, in order to advance Hungary’’s interests and promote universal human values.

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1989governmental award

Meritorious Artist of the Hungarian People’s Republic

State award for artists who have created outstanding artistic values over a prolonged period in Hungarian national culture and artistic fields (theatre, music, dance, circus, film, visual, photography, applied arts), and who already hold an artistic award granted by the minister responsible for culture. The recipient is entitled to the title “Meritorious Artist of Hungary” (short: “Meritorious Artist”).

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