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Endre Olsvay started out studying piano and
violin, then commencing composition studies
with Miklós Kocsár in 1979. He attended the
Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest as a student
of Attila Bozay, graduating in 1986; he then
undertook further study under Edit Hambalkó
at the Academy’s Teacher Training Institute,
majoring in piano, and received his teacher
training diploma in 1988. He was a member of
the Young Composers’ Group until 1993 and
was a three-time recipient of the prestigious
Zoltán Kodály Scholarship from 1991 until 1994.
He has been a frequent participant at numerous
festivals and courses, including in Darmstadt, Poland, Szombathely, to
name but a few. In 1993, he joined the EAR Ensemble as a keyboard player
and composer. He was awarded a scholarship to spend a month in Berlin to
compose a new experimental piece, which was performed during Berlin’s
Budapest Cultural Week. A number of his compositions have been released,
most notably under the Hungaroton label, including a CD entitled Tarn which
includes nine of his key works. He is a member of the Hungarian Composers’
Union, of the Hungarian Music Society, and of Artisjus. Since 2010, he has
been a member of the Hungarian Academy of Arts. In conjunction with his
work as a composer, he is also active as a teacher, and since 1986, has taught at
the higher musical education institute in Győr and from 1995 until 2005, he was
head of the institute’s Music Theory Department. He teaches both theoretical
subjects such as analysis, solfeggio, composition, and score reading, as well as
chamber music, piano music literature and seminars in a wide range of other
musical areas. He has taught at the Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest since
2001, and formerly at the Béla Bartók Music Secondary School in Budapest
from 1993 until 2002. He is widely published, including a concise monography
on his former professor Attila Bozay, as well as innumerable articles, reviews,
and essays for various publications. He was awarded the Erkel Prize in 2012.
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ORCHESTRAL WORKS
Sleeve (1990), youth str. orch. Pub: Koncert
Ad notitiam (2000), symph. orch.
Movement-Centenary (2003, rev. 2014), str. orch.
Sinphon [in 2 versions] (2005, 2014), A fl./engl. hn., str. orch.
Acrostichon (2013), str. orch.
Syntagma (2017), acc., str. orch.
CHAMBER WORKS
Gekko (1983), fl., vl., vlc., pno. SR: SLPX 31144
Portions (1985, rev. 1988), 2 vl. Pub: KZM
Sinphon (1983–1984), melodic instr. [e.g. engl. hn./A fl./vibr./B cl.], str. quartet
SR: HCD 32178
Horsetails (1985), perc., db., pno. SR: HCD 32178
Serpentinetta (1987), pno. 4 hands, perc.
Serpentinetta (1987), pno. 4 hands, 3 rec./ob., perc.
Serpentinetta (1987), perc.
Silhouettes (1988), fl., A fl., B fl.
Wilde Rape (1990), fl., vlc./vla, pno./acc., perc. SR: HCD 32178
Ad hoc (1992–1993), A fl., hn., vla., db., perc.
Variations on Snowfall (1992), A fl./vl., cl., vlc., pno. SR: HCD 32178
Imperfectum – For the 60th Birthday of Imre Földes (1994), 2 tr., 2 cl., vl.,
vla., vlc. SR: HCD 32178
Status quo (1994), fl., ob., cl., B cl., bs., hn., tr., perc., vl., vla., vlc.
SR: HCD 32178
Consultation (1995), cl., vla., pno., acc., perc. Pub: KZM
Tarn (1996), fl., ob., cl., bs., hn., 2 vl., vla., vlc., db. SR: HCD 32178
Assimilations (1997), 2 cimb., vlc.
Mirage (1986, rev. 1997), vla., pno. Pub: Akkord
Slate (1998), tr., ob., B cl., 2 vl., db.
Slate (2002), tr., ob., B cl., 2 vl., vlc., db. SR: HCD 32178
Ceterum censeo (1999), 2 cimb., cl.
Sotto (2002), A fl., engl. hn., B cl., db.
String Quartet (2010, rev. 2013)
Canzona (2017), 4 fl.
B–Ó – For the 45th Birthday of Bánk Sáry (2018), ob., bs., vl., vlc., pno., mar./
vibr.
VOCAL WORKS
De sanctissima Trinitate (1994), SATB, org.
De sanctissima Trinitate (1995), SATB, str. orch., org. SR: DLCD 075
Three Songs on the Poems of Jenő Dsida (1984–1985), Bar, pno.
Two Aquarells on the Verses of Dezső Kosztolányi (1997), MS, pno.
Words (2005), MS, fl., cl., hn., perc. vl., vlc., db., pno.
Autumnal Lines from the Poems of János Arany (2017), B, pno.
SOLO WORKS
Engravings (1980–1981), pno.
Alias (198–1985), vl.
Sinphon (1985, rev. 1991), org. SR: HCD 32178
Simultaneous (1986–1987), pno.
Mascot (1988, rev. 2007), harp
Quasi (1988), fl.
Hoar-Frosts (1989–1990), cimb.
Sapienti sat (1991), perc. [5 temple blocks, 2 cow bells]
Canto fermo ostinato (1996), pno.
Flautonomy (1996), fl.
Pezzo capriccioso (2001), pno.
Monologue (2007), fl. Pub: Akkord
Alio modo (2012), cl.
ELECTROACOUSTIC WORKS
Charybdis (1984), tape/CD
Apostrophe (1993), fl., vlc., 2 synth., live effects
Ad vocem (1996), tr., harp, synth.
Allegory (1996), Jew’s harp, CD, live effects SR: HCD 31868
Omicron (1996), tape/CD
Hic et nunc (1999), vlc., CD, live effects SR: HCD 32347
Transplantation (2001), cimb., vla., Jew’s harp, synth., live effects
ErrE-Arra (2016), fl., hn., vlc., hn./synth., live effects
