Iván Eröd

Erőd studied at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music with Pál Kadosa (piano) and Ferenc Szabó (composition). He emigrated to Austria in 1956 and studied there at the Vienna Music Academy, with Richard Hauser (piano) and Karl Schiske (composition). He took several summer classes at the Darmstädter Ferienkurse, studying with Eduard Steuermann and Luigi Nono. In 1960 he launched a career as a pianist.

From 1962-68 he was solo répétiteur at the Wiener Staatsoper and the Wiener Festwochen. From 1967 to 1989 he taught music theory and composition at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Graz, and later taught at the Vienna Music Academy.

His students have included Rudolf Hinterdorfer, Georg Friedrich Haas, Michele Trenti and Gerhard Präsent. From 2004-09 he was a teacher at Franz Liszt Academy of Music. Since 2009 he is a member of the Széchenyi Academy of Fine Arts (Széchenyi Irodalmi és Művészeti Akadémia)