Rezső Sugár
Person · male · Hungary · Budapest · born 1919 · died 1988
Hungarian composer (1919–1988)
Also known as Режё Шугар
Timeline
1910s
1950s
1970s
1980s
Biography
Biography
Rezső Sugár (9 October 1919 – 22 September 1988) was a Hungarian composer.
Rezső Sugár was born in Budapest. He studied musical composition under Zoltán Kodály at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music from 1937 to 1942. He was a teacher of composition at the Béla Bartók Secondary School of Music from 1949 to 1968 and at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music from 1968 to 1979.
His recorded compositions include the oratorios Hunyadi and Savonarola, the Quartet for Strings and Piano, and the Partita for String Orchestra.
He was a winner of the Kossuth Prize in 1954 and was the father of the composer and conductor Miklós Sugár.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
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| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 10 | 58.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 4 | 96.3th |
| Timeline events | 6 | 80.8th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 2 | 74th |
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Discography (0 release groups)
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Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Rezső Sugár head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 10 | 58.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 4 | 96.3th |
| Timeline events | 6 | 80.8th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 2 | 74th |
Awards & honours
| Year | Award | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | Erkel Ferenc Prize | won | |
| 1954 | Kossuth Prize | won | |
| 1976 | Meritorius Artist of Hungary | won | |
| 1986 | Bartók Béla – Pásztory Ditta Award | won |
Where this record comes from
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https://musicbrainz.org/artist/1841565e-f9da-468a-9dc1-0d0725a3d01adiscography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/1841565e-f9da-468a-9dc1-0d0725a3d01acore—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q463277seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rezs%C5%91_Sug%C3%A1rbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rezs%C5%91_Sug%C3%A1r
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Wikidata: Q463277 · MusicBrainz: 1841565e-f9da-468a-9dc1-0d0725a3d01a
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