Erzsébet Szőnyi

[1] Born in Budapest on 25 April 1924,[2] Erzsébet Szőnyi studied composition and piano at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest with János Viski.

She received a secondary school music teaching diploma.

In Paris, she attended courses by Tony Aubin and Olivier Messiaen at the Conservatoire de Paris, obtained a prize for composition, and worked in private with Nadia Boulanger in 1947 and 1948.

From 1964 onwards, Szőnyi was a member directing the International Society for Music Education (ISME).

[2] Szőnyi had an honorary doctorate from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh.