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{{Short description|Hungarian-born Israeli composer and ethnomusicologist}}
{{Infobox academic
| name = André Hajdu
| native_name = אנדרה היידו
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1932|3|5|df=y}}
| birth_place = {{flag|Hungary}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2016|8|1|1932|3|5|df=y}}
| death_place = {{flag|Israel}}
| occupation = Composer, Ethnomusicologist
| notable_students =
{{unbulleted list|
| Aharon Razel
| Gil Shohat
| Yonatan Razel
| Yoni Rechter
| Matti Kovler
| Matan Porat
}}
| awards =
{{unbulleted list|
| First prize for Gypsy Cantata, World Festival of Youth, Warsaw (1955)
| [[Israel Prize]] (1997)
}}
| image = Andre Hajdu at work.jpg
| caption = André Hajdu at work
}}
'''André Hajdu''' ({{lang-hu|Hajdú András}}; {{lang-he|אנדרה היידו}}; 5 March 1932 – 1 August 2016) was a Hungarian-born Israeli [[composer]] and [[Ethnomusicology|ethnomusicologist]].
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After the [[Hungarian Revolution of 1956]], Hajdu escaped to Paris and continued his studies at the [[Paris Conservatoire]] with [[Darius Milhaud]] (composition) and [[Olivier Messiaen]] (philosophy of music), obtaining the 1st prize in the discipline.<ref>Schleifer 2001</ref> Among his class mates were [[Gilbert Amy]], [[William Bolcom]], [[Philip Corner]] and [[Paul Méfano]]. In Paris he met a variety of stimulating people from the playwright [[Samuel Beckett]] to Prof. [[Israel Adler]] of the [[Hebrew University]], who brought him on his first visit to Israel in 1966.
[[File:Mira Zakai, Andre Hajdu - cropped.jpg|thumb|left|Hajdu with [[Mira Zakai]]
Hajdu took up residence in Jerusalem in 1966. He taught at the [[Tel Aviv University|Tel Aviv Music Academy]] from 1966 to 1991 and at [[Bar-Ilan University]] since 1970. He served as chairman in the Music Department there and founded a composition department. His notable students have included [[Aharon Razel]], [[Gil Shohat]], [[Yonatan Razel]], [[Yoni Rechter]], [[Matti Kovler]] and Matan Porat.
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. All this is connected with the practice of creative teaching in the [[Israel Arts and Science Academy|Israel Arts & Science Academy]] in Jerusalem, an experimental school for a new approach to music teaching. He also studied Jewish Klezmer and Hassidic repertories and published several articles on this subject. He was deeply involved in Jewish topics, not only on the usual folkloristic or liturgical levels, but also confronted more abstract subjects of Jewish thought (Oral Law, philosophical books of the Bible) as well as Jewish History. In 2005 he received the title of Doctor Honoris Causa of Jerusalem Hebrew University.
Hajdu died in Jerusalem at age 84.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/Acclaimed-Israeli-composer-and-educator-Andre-Hajdu-dies-at-age-84-463138 | title=Acclaimed Israeli composer and educator André Hajdu dies at age 84 | work=Jerusalem Post
==Awards==
* In 1955, Hajdu won the first prize with his Gypsy Cantata at the competition of the World Festival of Youth in Warsaw.
* In 1997, he was awarded the [[Israel Prize]], for music.<ref name=prize>{{cite web| title = Israel Prize Official Site - Recipients in 1997 |language=
==Selected works==
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==Discography==
* On Light and Depth. I.M.I. (Israel)
* [http://andrehajdu.com/project/title/l-ecclesiaste Ecclesiaste] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180511081546/http://andrehajdu.com/project/title/l-ecclesiaste |date=2018-05-11 }} R.C.A. Victor (France)
* [http://andrehajdu.com/project/title/dreams-of-spain-and-concerto Dreams of Spain] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180511081725/http://andrehajdu.com/project/title/dreams-of-spain-and-concerto |date=2018-05-11 }} - Hungaroton (Budapest)
* [http://andrehajdu.com/project/title/dreams-of-spain-and-concerto Concerto for an ending century] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180511081725/http://andrehajdu.com/project/title/dreams-of-spain-and-concerto |date=2018-05-11 }} - Hungaroton (Budapest)
* Truath Melech. Plane (Germany)
* [http://andrehajdu.com/project/title/book-of-challenges Book of Challenges] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180511081714/http://andrehajdu.com/project/title/book-of-challenges |date=2018-05-11 }} (Israel)
* [http://andrehajdu.com/project/title/retro-portrait Retro-Portrait] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180511081329/http://andrehajdu.com/project/title/retro-portrait |date=2018-05-11 }} (Israel)
* [http://andrehajdu.com/project/title/music-for-chamber-groups Music For Chamber Ensembles] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180511081829/http://andrehajdu.com/project/title/music-for-chamber-groups |date=2018-05-11 }} (Israel)
==See also==
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==External links==
* [http://andrehajdu.com/ Official Andre Hajdu website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210316144003/http://andrehajdu.com/ |date=2021-03-16 }}
* [http://music.biu.ac.il/en/hajdu- Andre Hajdu page from Bar-Ilan University site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413162111/http://music.biu.ac.il/en/hajdu- |date=2021-04-13 }}
* [http://www.israelcomposers.org/Members.aspx?lang=English&letter=H&id=85 Andre Hajdu at the Israel Composers' League]
* [http://www.facebook.com/haomanhai/- Ha'Oman Hai Ensemble on Facebook]
* [http://www.israel-music.com/haoman_hai_ensemble/kulmus_hanefesh/- Ha'Oman Hai Ensemble: Kulmus Ha-Nefesh]
* Bibliography on Andre Hajdu, in Ronit Seter, "[https://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/display/document/obo-9780199757824/obo-9780199757824-0264.xml#obo-9780199757824-0264-div2-0027 Israeli Art Music]", on Oxford Bibliographies (accessed 14 May, 2024)
==See also==
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[[Category:Israel Prize in music recipients]]
[[Category:Place of birth missing]]
[[Category:
[[Category:Franz Liszt Academy of Music alumni]]
[[Category:Hungarian emigrants to Israel]]
[[Category:Pupils of Darius Milhaud]]
[[Category:Hungarian ethnomusicologists]]
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