Andre Hajdu

André Hajdu (Hungarian: Hajdú András; Hebrew: אנדרה היידו; 5 March 1932 – 1 August 2016) was a Hungarian-born Israeli composer and ethnomusicologist.Hajdu studied at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest with Endre Szervánszky and Ferenc Szabó (composition), Erno Szégedi (piano), and Zoltán Kodály (ethnomusicology).As a Kodály disciple, he was involved for two years in research about Gypsy musical culture and published several articles on this subject.[2] Among his class mates were Gilbert Amy, William Bolcom, Philip Corner and Paul Méfano.Hajdu composed many pedagogical works, particularly for piano and theory through a creative approach (involving the player to the process of composing) e.g. Milky Way, Art of Piano-playing, Book of Challenges, Concerto for 10 young pianists.
Hajdu with Mira Zakai in Jerusalem, in 2009
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