Éva Andor (15 December 1939 16 May 2014) was a Hungarian opera
soprano
A soprano () is a type of classical singing voice and has the highest vocal range of all voice types. The soprano's vocal range (using scientific pitch notation) is from approximately middle C (C4) = 261 Hertz, Hz to A5 in Choir, choral ...
singer. She was a soloist at the
Hungarian State Opera.
Biography
Andor was born in
Budapest, Hungary on 15 December 1939. She studied under
Zoltán Kodály
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from a young age at the
Franz Liszt Academy of Music, which she graduated from in 1964.
She made her debut at the
Hungarian State Opera House later in the same year as Barbarina in ''
The Marriage of Figaro''. She was a private singer at the Opera House where she played roles in operas written by composers such as
Mozart
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,
Verdi and
Pucinni. She taught classes at the F. Liszt Academy of Music beginning in 1986.
She was married to radio director Gyula Vadász until his death in 2010. Andor died in 2014 at the age of 74. In 2016, a singing competition was held posthumously in her honor at the F. Liszt Academy of Music, which repeats every two years.
Awards
* Bartók–Pásztory Award (1992)
* Artisjus Award (1987)
* Szot award (1984)
* Meritorious Artist (1976)
* Mihály Székely memorial plaque (1971)
* Ferenc Liszt Award (1968)
External links
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References
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Hungarian opera singers
1939 births
2014 deaths
Hungarian sopranos
Academic staff of the Franz Liszt Academy of Music