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István Anhalt

Born: 12th April 1919, Budapest, Hungary

Died: 24th February 2012, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Nationality: Hungarian, Canadian

István Anhalt was a Hungarian-Canadian composer.

Anhalt served as a professor of music at McGill University and founded the McGill University Electronic Music Studio. He also served as head of music at Queen's University, Kingston. His works earned him the reputation of one of the founding fathers of electroacoustic music in Canada. Among his pupils are Kevin Austin, John Fodi, Clifford Ford, Hugh Hartwell, John Hawkins, Alan Heard, Richard Hunt, Donald Patriquin, Nicole Rodrigue and Alex Tilley.

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