Sándor Balassa (20 January 1935 – 14 May 2021[1]) was a Hungarian composer and music educator.
Born in Budapest,[2] Balassa attended a musical school and then studied music with Endre Szervánszky.
[3] In 1964 he started working at the Hungarian Radio where he created music programs.
[4] Balassa was awarded the Kossuth Prize in 1983.
[5] The Hungarian music label Hungaroton has published some of Balassa's orchestral works and recorded his opera Karel en Anna.