Horváth Balázs

March 3, 1976

Életrajz

Horváth Balázs zeneszerzést tanult a Liszt Ferenc Zeneművészeti Akadémián, Jeney Zoltán tanítványaként. Tanulmányaival párhuzamosan ott tanított docensként, és 2005-ben szerezte meg zeneszerzésből doktori címét. Számos zenei szemináriumon vett részt,
melyeket Bryan Ferneyhough, Michael Jarrell, Marco Stroppa, Eötvös Péter, Karlheinz Stockhausen
és Tihanyi László
vezetett. Számos zeneszerzői versenyt nyert,
például az első díjat a POLY kategóriában a berlini „In memoriam György Ligeti” versenyen (2007), valamint az első és második díjat a 2.
Új Magyar Zenei Fórumon, Budapesten, 2011-ben. Kétszer,
2004-ben és 2007-ben elnyerte a Benedek Istvánffy-díjat,
ez utóbbi évben pedig Erkel-díjjal is kitüntették. Műveit belföldön és külföldön egyaránt játsszák,
többek között olyan rangos eseményeken, mint a Budapesti Tavaszi Fesztivál, a Gaudeamus
Zenei Hét (Amszterdam), az ISCM Világzenei Napok (Ljubljana, Göteborg, Zágráb, Tongyeong), a Huddersfieldi Kortárs Zenei Fesztivál.
Zeneszerzőként olyan neves együttesekkel, karmesterekkel és zenészekkel dolgozott együtt, mint Eötvös Péter, Vajda Gergely, Pierre-André Valade,
az Amadinda Ütőegyüttes, az Ensemble Modern, a Göteborgs Symfoniker,
a Magyar Rádió Szimfonikus Zenekara, a Tokyo Sinfonietta, az RSO Wien.
A THReNSeMBle alapítója és művészeti vezetője, amely a kortárs klasszikus zene előadására specializálódott. Az együttes az Eötvös Péter Kortárs Zenei Alapítvány műveit mutatja be, amelynek Horváth
2012 óta tagja. Gryllus Samu mellett 2014 óta társkurátora és alapítója a budapesti Átlátszó Hang Újzenei Fesztiválnak.
2011-ben elnyerte az első díjat a budapesti Új Magyar Zenei Fórum kamarazenei kategóriájában (quasi
ciaccona metrica).

Hivatkozások

Művek listája

ORCHESTRAL WORKS
La Corsa Grande dei Clarinetti (1998–1999), cl., symph. orch. Pub: UMP EMB
Commentaries to Gabrieli (2003–2005), symph. orch. Pub: UMP EMB
BORROWED IDEAS (2006), tr., symph. orch. Pub: comp. hp.
Looking Back (2008), symph. orch. Pub: comp. hp.
Tec (2008–), chbr. orch. Pub: comp. hp.
Tecton (2008–2009), chbr. orch.
Tectonic (2008–2009), chbr. orch. Pub: comp. hp.
(Tec)tonic (2008–2010), chbr. orch. Pub: comp. hp.
Online üzenet/Online Message – Hommage à Erkel (2010), symph. orch.
DVD-player, screen, loudspeakers
Escalator (2010), tr., symph. orch. Pub: comp. hp.
Faust Groteske – Video Prolog. I. Mephistopheles, II. Gretchen, III. Faust (2008–
2011), symph. orch., DVD-player, screen, loudspeakers Pub: UMP EMB
Double Cadence avec deux Doubles (2011), 2 vla., symph. orch. Pub: comp. hp.
Video Prolog (2008/2012), big band, DVD-player, screen, loudspeakers Pub: EMB
I Got Riff (2012), symph. orch., electronics Pub: comp. hp.
Fragmenti «Ja gulyala veselo» (2014), chbr. orch. Pub: comp. hp.
Plunderphonic intermezzi (2017), symph. orch., electronics Pub: comp. hp.
Danses des rats de ballet/The Dances of the Ballet Rats (2018–19). str. orch., bs.
the 6th and the 8th movements (2020), symph. orch., electronics Pub: comp. hp.
ENSEMBLE
Ten-da(e)nc(i)es (1997–1998) Pub: UMP EMB
On the see-saw… (1996–1998) Pub: UMP EMB
MAGNETS I/b (Crux) (2000) Pub: UMP EMB
MAGNETS II (konzert) (2000), amplified vl., amplified db., ens. Pub: UMP EMB
MAGNETS III (continued) (2001), 11 str. instr. Pub: UMP EMB
MAGNETS IVa (round and round) [Original Version] (2003) Pub: UMP EMB
MAGNETS IVb (round and round) [Huddersfield Version] (2003) Pub: UMP EMB
MAGNETS V (four) (2004) Pub: UMP EMB
Divergent (2007), tr./flugelhorn solo, big band Pub: comp. hp.
POLY (2007), 13 instr. Pub: UMP EMB
Faces (2008)
Assemblage (2011) Pub: comp. hp.
Werkmusik (2013), beatboxer, ens. Pub: comp. hp.
die ReAlisierung einer Komposition (2013–2018), symph. orch., electronics,
rapper Lib: Self-interview of György Ligeti Pub: comp. hp.
TAZI Fanfare (2014), 4 sax., 4 tr., 2 hn., 1 trb. Pub: comp. hp.
Broken Con(sor)tinuity (2014), cl., T sax., vl., vla., vibr., drum-set, pno.,
electronics Pub: comp. hp.
pikokosmos millikosmos (2015), tuba, ens. Pub: comp. hp.
Wannabe (2016), big band Pub: comp. hp.
BBaattaaiiaa (version with piano) (2016), pno., picc., str. sextet
BBaattaaiiaa (2016), harps., rec., str. sextet Pub: comp. hp.
6:3 – the FIRST goal within 70 seconds (2018)
quasi ciaccona metrica – For Amplified Trumpet Solo and Ensemble
(2019–2020) Pub: comp. hp.
AOV #71 (2020), big band Pub/SR: comp. hp.
CHAMBER MUSIC
Contraindications (1994), cl. quintet
Salvador Dali’s, Grimace while Painting his “Three Flower-Headed Women
Runs into the Skin of a Concert-Piano” (1995), 2 pno. 8 hands
Motorway-Junction (1996), sax. quartet Pub: UMP EMB
Mr. B. meets Anthony (1996), chbr. ens. Pub: EMB
The Pig-Tail of the Silver Pony (1995–1997), cl. quintet
Alterego (1999), sax. quartet Pub: UMP EMB
Intermezzo (2000–2001), str. quartet Pub: UMP EMB
Quintet for Three Performers (2001), cl./B cl., vlc., pno. Pub: UMP EMB
From 3 to 10 (2001–2002), 2 pno. Pub: comp. hp.
Prélude (2002), str. quartet Pub: comp. hp.
Symmetry-Asymmetry (2002), fl., vla., harp Pub: UMP EMB
and even the ice is cracking around you, too (2002–2003), fl., pno. Pub: UMP EMB
At the End of September (2002–2003), vl., pno. Pub: comp. hp.
emag a tsuj (2004), vla., pno. Pub: comp. hp.
Again and Again and… (2004), brass quintet Pub: comp. hp.
Quartetto per flauti (2005), fl. quartet
The Three Brothers (2005), fl. trio Pub: EMB
Jigsaw (2005), brass quintet Pub: comp. hp.
Waiting for (2005), chbr. ens. Pub: UMP EMB Pub: comp. hp.
Sequence (2006), 4 bs./4 cl./4 B cl.
Quartetto per flauti – seconda versione (2006), fl. quartet Pub: comp. hp.
anche per clarinetti tre interludi che non devono essere suonato
succesivamente e neanche in quest’ ordine – (Transcription of Three
Movements of Quartetto per flauti – For Four Clarinets) (2006), 4 cl.
Perpetuum mobile (2006), pno. 4 hands Pub: comp. hp.
Etude F#-E-Bb -semitone (Hommage à G. F. H.) (2007), trb. quartet
Pub: comp. hp.
Cirkuszoid (Circusoyd) (2007), T rec., acc., cimb., pno. Pub: comp. hp.
La continuità interrotta (à Elliott Carter) (2008), fl., pno. Pub: comp. hp.
PIN Code Variations (2007–2009), perc. quartet Pub: comp. hp.
4 in 1 (2006–2009), 4 cl. Pub: comp. hp.
Fake-Polyphony (2009), chbr. ens. Pub: comp. hp.
Lila akác (Wistaria) (2010), cl./B cl., cimb. Pub: comp. hp.
Shorter Roundtrip (2010), 8 trb., drumset, CD Pub: comp. hp.
Roundtrip (2010), 8 trb., drumset, CD Pub: comp. hp.
Short Circuits (2011), hn., pno. Pub: comp. hp.
Additív/Additive (2012), T sax., cimb.
Hangközismétlések/Interval Repetitions – For Péter Eötvös’ 70th Birthday
(2012), cl., musical saw Pub: comp. hp.
fordítási gyakorlat (Chorus)/Translation Excercise (Chorus) (2013–2014),
3 actors, camera, 2 monitors, PowerPoint from laptop, cl., vla., vlc., pno.
Pub: comp. hp.
Dualith (2014), fl. Pub: comp. hp.
Limerick (1) (2015), vlc., pno. Pub: comp. hp.
Limerick (2) (2015), vlc., pno. Pub: comp. hp.
Rács/Grid (2015), fl., vibr., pno. Pub: comp. hp.
egyet(NEM)értés/(DIS)agreement (2016), recorder, harps.
approximately 10 (2016), A sax., harp Pub: comp. hp.
La continuità interrotta (à Elliott Carter) (2008–2016), cl., pno. Pub: comp. hp.
La continuità interrotta (à Elliott Carter) (2008–2016), S sax., pno.
Pub: comp. hp.
Blazhen muzh (2016), 5 melodicas, 5 different bells Pub: comp. hp.
(untitled) (2016), mar., pno. Pub: comp. hp.
M4 (2017), harps., acc. Pub: comp. hp.
Nata, Son (2017–2018), vla., pno. Pub: comp. hp.
PLAYLIST für meine Reise nach Gera, 2018 (2018), cl. quintet Pub: comp. hp.
Tea for Three (2019), fl., db., pno., fix media Pub: comp. hp.
Partita ricostruita (2019), cl./B cl., vlc., cimb.
Szerepcsere (Role Reversal) (2019), pno. trio
Überleitungen (2019–2020), str. quartet
VOCAL WORKS
The Mad Man with Mouth-Organ (1995), Bar, pno. Lib: Sándor Weöres
Suite bourlesque (1995), SATB Lib: Sándor Weöres SR: HCD 32195
Time-Songs (1997), MS, ens. Lib: Domokos Szilágyi Pub: EMB
Petrus Passio (1999), SATB, echo-group, 4 melodic instr./org. Lib: 3 Sections
of Mattheus (26:26–28., 33–34., 69–75) Pub: EMB
hhAb (2000), female chr., echo-chr. Pub: EMB
lines, words, letters (2002), MS/A, vl., bs. Lib: Lajos Parti Nagy Pub: UMP EMB
Madrigal (2003–2004), 2 S, 2 A, 2 T, 2 B, tape Lib: Ervin Lázár, Requiem
aeternam Pub: EMB
…’s love??? (2006), S, A fl., str. quartet Lib: János Térey Pub: comp. hp.
Repedezett (2008), 2 S, 2 T, 3 cl., bs. Lib: Euripidés Pub: comp. hp.
Férfiszemmel, Női szemmel (2010), female voice, ens. Lib: Lőrinc Szabó,
Dániel Varró, Nuvász Abu, Krisztina Tóth, János Háy, Domokos Szilágyi
Pub: comp. hp.
die ReAlisierung einer Komposition (2013), speaker, 2 S, 2 A, 2 T, 2 B, MAX/
MSP controlled from Laptop or MIDI keyboard Lib: Self-interview of
György Ligeti Pub: comp. hp.
melody+accompaniment (2013), singer, 4 “melodic” instr. Lib: Excerpts
from Operas Selected by the Singer Pub: comp. hp.
Kitsch (source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitsch_art) (2014), SATB
Lib: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitsch_art Pub: comp. hp.
én (i), Halálomba belebotlok/Running into my Death (2015), female voice,
2 cl., pno. Lib: György Petri Pub: comp. hp.
Ti (You) (2019), female voice, cl. Lib: Dániel Varró, Melinda Fellegi, Dr. Seuss.
SOLO WORKS
BEGE (1998–2000), amplified db., tape Pub: EMB
…a very simple case… (2002–2003), melodic instr. (originally fl.) solo/tape
Pub: EMB
From miles away (2004), tr.
Sequence (2006), bs.
Further Sequence (2007), cimb. Pub: comp. hp. SR: HCD 32594
La strada ghiaiosa – per il sessantaquinto compleanno di Zoltán Jeney (2007),
cimb. Pub: comp. hp. SR: HCD 32594
Pseudo Suite (2008), pno. Pub: comp. hp.
Music to the Short Novel of The Kappas by Akutagawa Ryonusoke (2008), pno.
Pontok – vonalak/Dots – Lines (to Sacher via Boulez) (2011), vlc.
Metamorphose – für Péter Tornyai (2011), hn. Pub: comp. hp.
Linear – For Zoltán Jeney’s 70th Birthday (2012), musical saw Pub: comp. hp.
482 or 483 Notes for your 50th Birthday – DON’T ASK, WHY! (2013), pno.
Pub: comp. hp.
Greco-Roman, Freestyle… (2013/2014/2019), B trb. Pub: comp. hp.
BEAN (2014), perc. Pub: comp. hp.
Passaconne (2014–2015), fl. Pub: comp. hp.
Peep (2015), low kettle drum (timp.) with amplification (via contact micro
phone) and screening (video camera)
Élet/Life (2016), cl. Pub: comp. hp.
Háromlapos/Three-Page (2016), fl. Pub: comp. hp.
character (2017), pno. Pub: comp. hp.
fragmentuum+arpège+miroirs (2017), harps. Pub: comp. hp.
Surface Studies (2018), mar. Pub: comp. hp.
cF (2019), vlc. Pub: comp. hp.
ADM (quasi chaconne) (2019), tuba (with contact microphones) Pub: comp. hp.
ELECTROACOUSTIC WORKS
BEGE (1998–2000), amplified db., tape Pub: EMB
Jeánnonó (2002), tape Pub: EMB
…a very simple case… (2002–2003), melodic instr. (orig. fl.) solo or with tape
Pub: EMB
by the way (2003), tape Pub: EMB
Madrigal (2003–2004), 2 S, 2 A, 2 T, 2 B, tape Pub: EMB
Flags (2005–2006), 2 dancers, live electronics, tape
Mennybe/To the Heaven – Electronic Music to the Animation Created by
Boróka Piros (2016) SR: comp. hp.
Sebes-forgatós – Video-Sound Installation – Joint Project with Boróka Piros
(2016)
my sounds at home – Video-Sound Miniature (2021)
TRANSCRIPTIONS, ORCHESTRATIONS
Stravinsky, Igor: Piano-Rag-Music (2016), cimb., ens. Pub: comp. hp.
Schulhoff, Erwin: Hot Sonate (2015), vla. Pub: comp. hp.
Lennon, John–Paul McCartney: When I’m Sixty-Four (2008), ens.
Gershwin, George: Summertime (2010), voice, ens. Pub: comp. hp.
Lennon, John–Paul McCartney: When I’m Sixty-Four (2008), 8-part a
cappella chr.