Láng István

March 1, 1933

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IST VÁN LÁNG István Láng studied composition from 1950 until 1958 at the Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest under János Viski and Ferenc Szabó. From 1957 until 1960, he worked as a music teaching assistant at the Theater and Film Academy in Budapest, and between 1966 and 1984, he was a music consultant at the State Puppet Theater (Budapest). In 1961, he won a prize with his composition Concerto per archi at the Composers’ Contest in Ludwigshafen. Since 1973, he’s been a lecturer, reader, and then university professor at the chamber music department of the Liszt Academy of Music. Between 1970 and 1990, he was a member and jury president for various international music competitions (for horn, trumpet, brass wind chamber music, oboe, composing, and choir). As a guest performer, he held lectures at universities such as: University of Colorado (1973), CNM Mexico City (1985, 1987), and New Mexico State University (1988). From 1978 to 1990, he was secretary-general of the Association of Hungarian Musicians. Between 1984 and 1988, he was a member of the Executive Board of the New Music International Association (ISCM). In 1958, he was the first who write about the importance of the setting-up of an electronic music studio. Since 1974, he has consistently taken part in the work of the HEAR Studio with recorded and live electronic compositions. His oeuvre, as one who is equally active as both a teacher and composer, is versatile and varied: it ranges from symphonic and chamber music works to opera, and all the way to electro-acoustic music. His style can be characterized by its strong affinity towards the theater, his dramaturgic sense is present in even his most abstract instrumental pieces. In recognition of his activity as a composer, he was awarded the Erkel Prize (1968, 1975); the title of Merited Artist (1985); the Bartók–Pásztory Award (1994); the Artisjus Prize (2005), and the Middle Cross of Merit of Order of the Hungarian Republic (2009).

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BALLETS Mario és a varázsló/Mario and the Magician (1962) Lib: András Pernye, Composer (after Thomas Mann) Co: Viktor Fülöp Hiperbola/Hyperbola (1963) Co: Imre Eck Monódia/Monody (1965) Co: Imre Eck. Lebukott/Arrested (1968) Lib: Attila József Co: Imre Eck Veronai szerelmesek mártíriuma/Retablos di Romeo y Julia (1969) Lib: Milares Vasques, Composer Co: Alberto Alonso Csillagratörők/Starfighters (1971, rev. 1976) Lib: István Ágh Co: Imre Eck OPERAS Pathelin mester/Master Pathelin (1958) Lib: György Báthonyi, Composer Bernarda Alba háza/Bernarda Alba’s House (1959) Lib: Composer (after Frederico García Lorca) A nagy drámaíró/The Great Dramatist (1960, rev. 1973) Lib: Composer (after Frigyes Karinthy) A gyáva/The Coward (1964–1967, rev. 1998) Lib: Imre Sarkadi Álom a színházról/Dream About the Theater (TV Opera) (1980–1981) Lib: Iván Mándy SR: SLPX 12700 Bekerítve/Rounded Up (TV Opera) Lib: Composer (after Iván Bächer) CANTATAS Laudate Hominem (1968), 2 narr., SATB, symph. orch. Lib: Sophokles, Attila József Pub: UMP EMB SR: LPX 11523 In memoriam N.N. (1971), S, SATB, symph. orch. Lib: János Pilinszky Pub: UMP EMB SR: SLPX 11784 Gyémánt a föld porában/Diamond in Durst of Earth (2004), male chr., symph. orch. Lib: Ottó Orbán CONCERTOS Concerto for Viola (1957), vla., symph. orch. Concertino for Xylophone (1961), xyl., symph. orch. Pub: UMP EMB Impulsioni (1969), ob., chbr. orch. Pub: UMP EMB SR: LPX 11494 Concerto bucolico (1970–1971), hn., symph. orch. Pub: UMP EMB SR: SLPX 11784 Concerto for Violin (1976–1977), vl., symph. orch. Pub: UMP EMB SR: SLPX 12051 Pezzo lirico (1985), ob., str. orch. Concerto for Organ (1987), org., symph. orch. Cimbiosis (1991), cimb., chbr. orch. Cimbiofonia (2012), cimb., symph. orch. Double Concerto for Clarinet and Harp (1979–1980), cl., harp, symph. orch. Pub: UMP EMB SR: SLPX 12413 ORCHESTRAL WORKS Concerto for Strings (1960) Pub: Mannheimer Musikverlag Variazioni e Allegro – Symphonia, No. 1 (1961), symph. orch. SR: LPX 1298, 1152 Frammento grazioso (1968), symph. orch. Musica funebre (1969), symph. orch. Pub: UMP EMB SR: LPX 11523 Három mondat a Rómeó és Júliából vonószenekarra/Three Sentences from Romeo and Juliet for String Orchestra (1969–1970) Pub: UMP EMB SR: LPX 11784 Arckép belülről/Portrait from Inside (1970), A, symph. orch. Symphony, No. 2 (1972–1974), symph. orch. Pub: UMP EMB SR: SLPX 11900 Ecloga (1976), symph. orch. Pub: UMP EMB Symphony, No. 3 (1981–1982), symph. orch. Pub: UMP EMB Symphony, No. 4 (1983), symph. orch. Pub: UMP EMB Three Orchestral Songs (1984–1985), B, symph. orch. Lib: Ottó Orbán Symphony, No. 5 (1991–1992), A, symph. orch. Lib: István Eörsi Symphony, No. 6 (1993–1994), 39 str. Symphony, No. 7 (1995–1996), S, A, pno., symph. orch. Lib: Dezső Kosztolányi SR: HCD 32575 Abbahagyott bekezdések/Broken off Paragraphs (2002–2003), symph. orch. SR: HCD 32575 Adagio for Youth String Orchestra (2004) Sinfonietta (2008–2009), symph. orch. Szoros Kapcsolatok/Close Competitions (2012–2013), symph. orch. Jelenetfüzér/Scene String (2016), str. orch. Újragondolások/Reconsiderations (2017), symph. orch. Mozzanatok/Moments – For Orchestra and Soprano Solo Without Text (2019–2020), S, symph. orch. ENSEMBLE Chamber Cantata (1962), S, cl., vlc., pno., perc. Lib: Attila József Pub: UMP EMB SR: LPX 11523 Five Epigrams (1963), S, chbr. orch. Zene 2-4-3/Music 2-4-3 (1979) Pub: UMP EMB SR: SLPX 12413 Iocaste/Chamber Cantata, No. 2 (1979), S, ens. Lib: Zsuzsa Beney Pub: UMP EMB Zénóphonia (1984), perc. ens. Ad Nominem Mahler (2005–2006), chbr. orch. Pub: Akkord Felkiáltások/Exclamations (2011) CHAMBER WORKS Trio (1958–1959), vl., vla., vlc. String Quartet, No. 1 (1961) Duo per flauti (1963) Pub: UMP EMB SR: HCD 32015 Ritornelli (1963), vl., db., harp Wind Quintet, No. 1 (1964) Pub: UMP EMB SR: LPX 1246 Wind Quintet, No. 2 (1965) Pub: UMP EMB SR: LPX 11630 Five Little Pieces for Violin, and Piano (1965) Pub: UMP EMB String Quartet, No. 2 (1966 rev. 1978) Pub: UMP EMB SR: LPX 11523 Rondino (1971), cimb., accomp. instr. Cassazione (1971), 3 tr., 2 trb., tuba Pub: UMP EMB SR: SLPX 11811, HCD 31680 Töredékek /Fragments (1971–1972), MS, ob., bs., harp Lib: Hungarian Folk Texts Duo for Trumpets (1972) Pub: UMP EMB Rhymes (1972), fl., cl., vla., vlc., pno. Pub: UMP EMB SR: SLPX 11900 Constellations (1974–1975), ob., vl., vla., vlc. Pub: UMP EMB SR: SLPX 11900 Wind Quintet, No. 3 (1975) Pub: UMP EMB SR: SLPX 12051 Five Short Pieces – For Brass Ensemble (1975), 2 tr., 2 trb. Pub: UMP EMB Hullámok I./Waves, No. 1 (1975), S, vibr. Hullámok II./Waves, No. 2 (1976), cimb., guitar, fl. SR: SLPX 12012 Two Preludes for a Postlude (1977), bs., vl., vla., vlc. Pub: UMP EMB SR: SLPX 12051 String Quartet, No. 3 (1978) Pub: UMP EMB SR: LPX 12413 Prelude, 3 Mobils, and Postlude (1980), 2tr., hn., trb., tuba Pub: UMP EMB Lento (1983), 2tr., hn., trb., tuba Pub: Brass Bulletin Chagall elszáll az ő alvó Vityebszkje fölött/ШАГАЛ Flies Away Over His Sleeping ВИТЕБСК (1985), perc. quartet Pub: UMP EMB SR: HCD 31641 Affetti (1986), vl., vlc., cl., harp Pub: UMP EMB Intarzia egy Bartók-témára/Intarsia Around a Bartók Theme (1989), vl., vla., vlc. Pub: UMP EMB Amadeus mit Igor in Osmindorf bei Basel (1989), 2 hn., 2 vl., vla., vlc. Fafló és Flófa fabatkái/Farthings for Fafló and Flófa (1989), rec., pno. Pub: EMB 7 Short Pieces for Percussions and Piano (1989) Hullámok III./Waves, No. 3 (1989), fl., cimb. Sonata for Violin and Piano (1990) SR: HCD 31641 Sonata for Cello and Piano (1992–1993) SR: HCD 31641 Csomók a vonalon/Knotes on the Line (1993), fl., A fl., vlc. Pub: Akkord Viviofa (1995), vibr., vla., bs. SR: HCD 31641 3 Szösszenet/3 Winzigkeiten (1999), vl., trb. Movimento (2001), cl., org. Pub: Bärenreiter SR: ARE 7017 Movimento (2001), cimb., org. Sempre in tensione (2002), fl., vl., vla. Pub: Akkord SR: HCD 32357 Veemenza Assai (2004), 2 B cl., bs. Ívek a térben/Arcs in Space (2005), 2 vlc. Hullámok IV./Waves, No. 4 (2006), vl., cimb. Broken Consort (2007), S sax., guitar, vla. Ottorgano (2009), org., hn., 3 tr., 2 trb. SR: ARE 2084 Die letzten Stätze (2010), cimb., fl./picc., cl., vla., vlc. ConcerDUOtante (2010), cimb., trb. SR: HV 0054-2-331 Felkiáltások/Exclamations (2011), cl., vla., vlc., tape Ívek a térben II/Arcs in Space, No. 2 (2012), fl., db. Ívek a térben III/Arcs in Space, No. 3 (2012), cimb., db. Fuvolavonal (2013), 4 fl., 2 players Perpetuum mobile II (2014), cimb., vlc. Mondatok/Sentences – Chamber Cantata, No. 5 (2014), S, ob., vla., cl., perc. Lib: Ákos Fodor Lüktető szálak/Threbbed Threats (2015), A sax., harp Piano Duet (2016) Csend/Silent (2016), fl., perc. Pub: Akkord 5 Bagatell (2017), pno. 4 hands Pub: Akkord Áramlások/Streams (2017), A fl., B cl., vla., perc. Rajzolatok/Traceries (2018), pno. 4 hands Pub: Akkord Kis szvit/Little Suite (2019), pno. 4 hands Pub: Akkord String Quartet, No. 4 (2019) Prelude to Ottó Orbán’s Imagine Poem (2019), A fl., bs. 3 Mikroluduim (2020), pno. 4 hands Pub: Akkord Tenvio (2021), T rec., vla. SOLO WORKS Sonata for Violoncello (1960) Pub: UMP EMB Five Bagatelles (1961), pno. Monodia (1965), cl. Pub: UMP EMB SR: SLPX 11523, BMC CD 059 Dramma breve (1970), A fl. Pub: UMP EMB Intermezzi (1972), pno. Pub: UMP EMB SR: SLPX 11692 Villanások/Flashes (1973), vl. Pub: UMP EMB SR: SLPX 12413 Improvisation for Cimbalom (1973) Pub: UMP EMB SR: SLPX 11686, HCD 31997 Monologue for Horn (1974) Pub: UMP EMB Solo for Bassflute (1975) Pub: UMP EMB Láncolat/Concatenations (1975–1976), pno. Pub: UMP EMB poco a poco dim. (1977), tr. Pub: UMP EMB Percussion Music (1978) Pub: UMP EMB Organissimo (1982) Pub: EMB SR: HCD 31858 Soliloquium (1982), cimb. Pub: UMP EMB SR: HCD 32 359 Libero (1984), trb. Pub: UMP EMB SR: HCD 31948 7 Studi per 4 timpani (1984) Pub: UMP EMB Aria di coloratura (1984), tuba Pub: UMP EMB SR: HCD 31642 About 6 Minutes for Bass-Clarinet (1985) Pub: UMP EMB Linea melodica per oboe (1987) Pub: UMP EMB Tre schizzi per piano (1988) Interpolations for Bassoon (1988) Pub: Akkord Harphonia (1990) 5 Studi breve per trombone (1991) C.A.G.E. Notes (1992), pno. Canto per flauto (1994) Pub: Akkord The Third Version for Harp Solo (1996) Preludio per flauto piccolo (1997) Hét Haiku/Seven Haikus (1999), pno. Visszapillantások/Glausses Back per viola sola (2000) Pub: Akkord Ist es möglich ohne B-A-C-H? (2000), harps. Pub: Akkord SR: HCD 32357 Sassonanti (2000), A sax. Pub: Akkord Senza Forte (Sensa allegro) (2006), org. A szökőhónap napjai/Days of the Leap-month (2007), pno. Pub: Akkord Concitato (2010), guitar Pub: Akkord Gestures for Organ (2011), org. Pub: Edito Zeitklang Pezzo strepitoso (2013), db. Pub: Akkord Variazioni sensa tema (2015), engl. hn. Pub: Akkord Staccatissimi (2015), fl. Hasonlóságok/Resemblances (2015), vl., CD ad lib. Pub: Akkord Micropezzo (2016), vla. Cello Sms (2017), vlc. Harpsounds (2020–2021) Taroimpro (2021), tárogató ELECTROACOUSTIC WORKS Felületátalakítás/Surface-Metamorphosis (1974) Off and on for Harp and Live Electronic (1994–1995) Esteledés/Nightfall (1996), Corean Temple Bell ON TAPE and Trumpet with Live Electronic Lebegés/Floatation (1997) Találkozás egy fiatalemberrel/Meeting With a Young Man – Mini Electro Acoustic Soundscreen-Play on Sentences by Frigyes Karinthy (1997), narr., female chr., fl., tr., cimb., harp, perc., electronica Capriccio metronomico per nastro magnetico (1997–1998) Concertino for Soprano (1999), S, tr., harp, vl., vla., vlc., live electronica Budapest Liszt Ferenc tér/Budapest Ferenc Liszt Square (2000) No Man Is an Land, Intire of It Selfe – Chamber Cantata, No. 3 (2001), S, fl., cl., bs., tr., vlc. Lib: John Donne A kráter hangjai/The Belt of the Crater (2001), tape, campanelli, campani, coppi Vibráló tárgy parabola pályán/Vibrating Object on Parabola Line (2003), chbr. orch., electronica Inquieto – Shakuhacsi Live, and ON TAPE with Live Electronic (2004–2005) SR: HCD 32357 Suonitrascolori, No. 1 (2005), cimb., tape Suonitrascolori, No. 2 (2006), hn., tape Félbeszakított folyamatok/Interrupted Processes (2006–2007), B fl., vlc., harp, on tape: picc., ob., perc., live electronica Zaklatott áramlások/Vexed Streams (2008), B cl., harp, on tape: B cl., vibr. A barbárokra várva – Chamber Cantata, No. 4 (2009–2010), female chr., vla., tape Lib: Ottó Orbán Felkiáltások/Exclamations (2011), cl., vla., vlc., tape, tr., perc. A fa/The Tree (2018–2019), S, synth. Lib: Árpád Tóth Line before Background (2019–2020), bansuri (Indian fl.), CD