Hungarian composer and conductor, nationalized in Argentina.

He was born around 1896 in Budapest (Hungary). He was the son of organist and choir conductor Ferdinand Szenkar and Rosa Rothenstreich. He was the brother of composer and conductor Eugen Szenkar (1891-1977). He married actress Marte Hein.

He studied at the music academy in his hometown, where he also sang in a choir and performed small operatic roles. He made his debut as a conductor in Debrecen (Hungary) at the age of 18.

Between 1920 and 1921, he conducted at the Teatro de Szczecin (Poland), and continued conducting in the German theaters of Saarbrücken, Detmold, and Gera. He was also the opera conductor in Ostrava between 1925 and 1926. In 1927, he conducted "La vida breve" by Manuel de Falla in Germany, about which he informed the composer from Cádiz. During his European tours, he was invited by the Radio del Estado de Berlín in 1928, where he conducted the radio station's orchestra. In the 1930s, he was the conductor of the Ópera de Graz (Austria), until he emigrated to Argentina in 1938. There, he founded the Camerata Académica de Buenos Aires, conducted the orchestra of the Teatro Colón, and the Orquesta Sinfónica of the Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. He passed away in 1971 in Buenos Aires (Argentina).