István Anhalt

István Anhalt (April 12, 1919 – February 24, 2012) was a Hungarian-Canadian composer and teacher.

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 recognition as one of the pioneers of electroacoustic music in Canada. Among his pupils were Kevin Austin, John Fodi, Clifford Ford, Hugh Hartwell, John Hawkins, Alan Heard, Richard Hunt, Donald Patriquin, Nicole Rodrigue and Alex Tilley.

In 2003, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. In 2007, he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.

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