Tibor Pusztai (23/12/1946 - 10/01/2016), a Hungarian - American composer and conductor. Teacher of composition at Berklee College of Music, Boston, Massachusetts.
•Music director, Manchester Symphony and Connecticut Valley Chamber Orchestra
•President of Connecticut Composers, New Voices Productions, and the Studio of Electronic Music
•Former conductor, Alvin Ailey Company, American Ballet Theater
•Former associate conductor and composer-in-residence, Hartford Symphony Orchestra
•Former faculty member, New England Conservatory of Music, Ithaca College, Teheran University, and Tanglewood
•Recipient of Koussevitzky Composition Prize and ASCAP Award