Memorial concert for Dr. Andor Kiszely, held in McShain Auditorium at Rosemont College on Sunday, April 15, 2007.
Dr. Andor Kiszely, 1922-2006, was born in Balassagyarmat, Hungary on November 17, 1922. Dr. Kiszely received his musical and pianistic training at the Franz Liszt Royal Academy of Music in Budapest, Hungary. His artist-teachers in piano were Dr. Ernö Daniel, and Dr. Bela Böszörmenyi-Nagy, who studied with Dohnanyi. His third teacher in piano was Lajos Hernady, a Bartok student, who was an adjustor in the 1970 Tchaikovsky Piano Competition in Moscow. Dr. Kiszely also studied with Zoltan Kodaly. Shortly after he received his Masters Degree in Performance and Piano Pedagogy from the Franz Liszt Academy, he also received a doctorate in Political Science from Peter Pazmany University in Budapest. After the Second World War, under the auspices of the U.S. Special services, he toured West Germany, giving concerts in Munich, Augsburg, Stuttgart, Nuremberg, Heidelberg, and other cities. Until 1956, Dr. Kiszely led an active life in Budapest as a well-known performing artist and a respected teacher at the Budapest Academy of Music. He gave numerous recitals, was soloist with the MAV Symphony Orchestra, and made recordings for the Budapest Radio. During the days of the Hungarian Revolution, Dr. Kiszely was one of the musicians chosen by his colleagues to lead the reorganized ministry of education. After 1956, Dr. Kiszely made his home in Vienna, Austria. He received a Ford Foundation Scholarship for two years of post-graduate study in orchestral conducting at the State Academy of Music (Akademi für Musik und Darstellende Kunst) with Hans Swarowsky. Among his classmates were Zubin Mehta, and Claudio Abbado. He received his Diploma in Orchestral Conducting in 1959 In Vienna, he gave many recitals in the Musikvereinsaal and the Brahmssaal, and made recordings for the Austrian Radio and Television. Other appearances in Austria include Salzburg, Linz, and other cities. Dr. Kiszely came to the U.S. in 1959, giving recitals in Judson Hall, New York, Rutgers University, New Jersey, Klein Memorial Hall, Norwalk Conn; in Philadelphia, at St. Josephs College; LaSalle College; Holy Family College; International Institute, International House. Dr. Kiszely and his wife Joy Miller Kiszely founded the Main Line Conservatory of Music in Ardmore in 1967, which over its 40 years has produced medal winners in major competitions like the Bartok-Kabalevsky National, Stravinsky International, International Piano Recording Competition of the NGPT, finalists in the Philadelphia Orchestra Greenfield Competition, Mann Music Center Competition, World Piano Competition Grand Prize winners and Medalists, Eaglesmere, West Chester University, Drexel University competition winners, Pottstown and New Jersey Symphony orchestra winners, Baldwin Junior Keyboard, PMTA Concerto and Solo winners Outstanding Young Christian Artist, Bart Pittman Award winners, Kennett Square, and Tri-County Youth Festival winners. In addition, many students of the Main Line Conservatory serve on the faculties of Universities and Colleges and others have followed Dr. Kiszelys example and founded music schools, which today are thriving and proudly carrying on the musical tradition learned at the Main Line Conservatory Dr. Kiszely was nominated Master Teacher by the American Music Scholarship Association, and in 1983, received the Teacher of the Year Award from PMTA. He is listed in Whos Who in Music in the World, the International Whos Who of Music, and Whos Who in American Education.
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