Miklos Rozsa Biography

Trained in his native Budapest and in Leipzig, Miklós Rózsa settled in Paris in 1931 and later worked for Alexander Korda in London and in America, eventually settling in Hollywood, where he enjoyed a successful career writing music for films. He was able, at the same time, to continue his original intention of writing music for the concert hall, often influenced by his early experience of Hungarian folk-music.

Orchestral Music

Rózsa wrote a symphony and a series of concertos. Of the latter one of the most widely known is the Spellbound Concerto for piano and orchestra, derived from his score for the film of that name by Hitchcock.