Vajda Missa in A; Orbán : Missa prima (2001)

Vajda, János, Hungarian composer; b. Miskolc, Oct. 8,1949. He received training in choral conducting from István Párkai and in composition from Emil Petrovics at the Budapest Academy of Music (graduated, 1975); after serving as répétiteur with the Hungarian Radio and Television Choir (1974-79), he completed his composition studies at the Sweelinck Cons, in Amsterdam (1979-80). From 1981 he taught at the Budapest Academy of Music. He won the Erkel Prize in 1981.