Melinda Berlász

music historian

Budapest, 14 November 1942

Corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Arts (2017–2021)

Full member of the Hungarian Academy of Arts (2021–)

Melinda Berlász, a musicologist renowned for her expertise in twentieth-century Hungarian composition and musical life, is a distinguished scholar whose work has initiated and shaped numerous music-historical volumes and series.

Széchenyi Prize

Hungarian state award, successor to the State Prize of the Hungarian People’’s Republic, recognizing outstanding representatives of the scientific community. Classes: grand prize and prize.

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2001

governmental award

Szabolcsi Bence Award

State award granted in recognition of outstanding musicological, music criticism, and music education activities.

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1985

governmental award

For Outstanding Work

It was a sectoral, ministerial-level decoration during the Kádár era (1957–1989).

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