Tóth Armand

November 10, 1955

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Armand Tóth was born in Kaposvár in 1955. He studied at the Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest as well as in Weimar under Kurt Masur and Max Pommer, later, he would go on to study conducting at the Ottorino Respighi Academy in Rome, under Julius Kalmar and Erél Acél. His teachers have included: Jenő Keuler, Oszkár Frank, Melinda Kistétényi, István Matuz, Attila Bozay and Antal Jancsovics. He began his career as a music staff member at the Hungarian State Opera House from 1977 until 1986. After that, he became the first conductor of the Gergely Csiky Theater in Kaposvár, as well as the Nagykanizsa Symphony Orchestra and Chamber Choir. From 1992 until 1998, he was the musical director of the Miskolc National Theater. Since 2004, he has been the musical director of the My Opera Project on the Budapest IBS Stage as well as at the Merlin Theater. He has conducted ballet and opera performances for numerous ensembles, including: the Győr Ballet, the Gyula Castle Theater, the Danube Symphony Orchestra, the Savaria Symphony Orchestra, the MATÁV Symphony Orchestra, the Budapest Concert Winds, and the Budapest Choir. His name is also associated with the founding of various key ensembles and festivals, including: the Gaudium Wind Company (1990), the Erzsébet Sinfonietta, and the Oratorio Choir (1996), the National Meeting of the Opera Departments in Miskolc (1993). From 1989 until 2014, he was the executive director of the Hungarian Society of Music Performers. He has won numerous awards as a conductor, including: the Baden-Württenberg (D) 1st Prize (1990) and the Euro Muziek Parade Groningen (NL) (1991). And as a composer, he has garnered prizes from such competitions as: the Jubilee Liszt Competition (1986); the Hungarian State Opera House-MTV Opera Competition (1989); the International Church Music Competition Zalau (RO, 1992); the Yokohama Trombones Society (1996); the Hungarian Musicians Forum (2000); the Millennium Composers’ Competition (2006); the Composer MAOE Composition Competition (2006), and the MÜPA Music Competition (2020).

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STAGE WORKS Bűvös kert/Magical Garden – Opera (1987), soloists, male chr., orch. Lib: András Kroó Escurial – Opera (1989), soloists, orch. Lib: András Kroó Tartarin of Tarascon – Opera (1993), soloists, male chr., orch. Lib: András Kroó Bűvös kert/Magical Garden – Chamber Opera (1996), soloists, male chr., chbr. ens. Lib: András Kroó Escurial – Chamber Opera (1996), soloists, chbr. ens. Lib: András Kroó Az ezüsthegedű/The Silver Violin – Opera (2006), soloists, SATB, children voices, symph. orch. Lib: Composer Rómeó, Júlia és a sötétség/Romeo, Juliet and the Darkness (2008), soloists, SATB, symph. orch. Lib: Composer Az ezüsthegedű/The Silver Violin – Chamber Opera (2015), soloists, children voices, SATB, fl., str. quartet Lib: Composer A vásárfia/The Gift from the Fair – Ballet (2020), symph. orch. Titus Andronicus – Ballett (2021), symph. orch. CONCERTOS Oboe Concerto, No. 1 (1974), ob., symph. orch. Violin Concerto (1993), vl., symph. orch. Oboe Concerto, No. 2 (2017), ob., symph. orch. Concerto Grosso (2020), str. orch. Pub: Rabán Bt. ORCHESTRAL WORKS Napló szimfonikus zenekarra/Diary for Symphonic Orchestra (1986) Blues, Tango and Riffs for Wind Band (1989) Sinfonietta (1989), symph. orch. Aion barlangja/Aion’s Cave (1992), symph. orch. March in B flat Major (1993), wind band All Organo (1997), symph. orch. Five Rippl-Rónai Paintings for String Orchestra (1999) Pub: Rabán Bt. Petra romjai/Ruins of Petra (2001), symph. orch. Balassi szimfóniák/Balassi Symphonies (2004), symph. orch. Kapuvári rapszódia/Kapuvár Rhapsody (2010), tárogató, symph. orch. Kártyavár/House of Cards (2018), symph. orch. Divertissement (2019), symph. orch. CHAMBER WORKS Three Pieces for Two Soprano Instruments (1972) No-Ta, No. 1 (1972), tr., trb. Paraphonia (1974), vlc., pno. Az elemeire bontott csend/Silence Divided into Its Elements (1976), fl., pno. perc. Variazione (1978), cl., B cl., pno. Trio per Flauto, Violoncello e Percussioni (1978) Four Hungarian Folk Song Adaptations (1979), rec., pno. 2078 Notes (1979), bs., vlc. Quartet with Harp (1985), harp, fl., engl. hn., vlc. Introduction and Csárdás (1986), 2 cimb. Blues, Tango and Riffs (1987), 2 cimb. Pub: Trio-Art Music Divertimento (1987), 3 fl. Pub: Trio-Art Music Suite for 12 Trombones (1988) Piano Trio (1989), cl., vla., pno. Four Antique Fragments (1991), fl., pno. Four Antique Fragments (1991), cl., pno. Fanfara per Ottoni (1991), brass ens. Divertimento (1991), ob., cl., bs. Pub: Edition Darok Musikverlag Fantasia, Forlana e Fuga (1993), bs., hn., pno. Három tengeri epizód/Three Maritime Episodes (1996), 2 harps Serenata, No. 1 (1997), cl., bs., vla., harp Serenata, No. 2 (1997), fl., engl. hn., bs., harp Six Christmas Songs (1998), fl., pno. Pub: Notina Scriptum Bonbonniere (1999), 3 fl. Pub: Trio-Art Music String Quartet, No. 1 (1999) Tarantella (2000), cl., bs., pno. Trio per clarinetto, fagotto e pianoforte (2001), cl., bs., pno. Pub: Trio-Art Music Sonata Bucolica (2001), fl., pno. Pub: Trio-Art Music Üzenetek Arcadiából/Messages from Arcadia (2002), 4 guitars Négy pindarosi ének/Four Pindar Songs (2002), tárogató, cimb./harp SR: HCD 32579 02 String Quartet Movement, No. 2 (Correct us!) (2005) Wind Quintet, No. 1 – Four Memories from Attica (2006) Pub: Rabán Bt. Pargagliana (2009), cl., B cl., pno. Pub: Trio-Art Music A csitári hegyek alatt/Beneath Csitár Mountains (2011), fl., pno. Valse de Boisson (2011), fl., pno. Pub: Trio-Art Music Boeuf Bourguignon (2012), 3 fl., perc. Pub: Trio-Art Music Duo Concertante (2014), vl., vla. Pub: Trio-Art Music Bordélyban (Milonga)/In the Brothel (Milonga) (2015), ob., pno. Örmény rapszódia/Armenian Rhapsody (2015), engl. hn., 2 cimb. String Quartet, No. 3 (2015) Pub: Rabán Bt. Capriccio (2015), 2 fl. Serenade, No. 3 (2017), guitar, vla., pno. Pub: Rabán Bt. Confusione, No. 2 (2017), 2 guitars Duo per Fiati (2017), ob., bs. Viola-Serenade (2018), vla., pno. String Quartet, No. 4 (2018) Pub: Rabán Bt. Elegy and Dance (2018), tuba, pno. Eszterlánc/Violin Duos (2018) Wind Quintet, No. 2 – Aino’s Last Journey (2018) Pub: Rabán Bt. Trio-Chiavi (2018), 3 guitars String Quartet, No. 5 (2019) Les Temps Perdus (2019), str. ens. Suite for Four Trombones (1988/2020) Quartetto per tromboni (2020) Hesperidák kertje/Hesperides’ Garden (2021), 4 fl. CHORAL AND ORATORIC WORKS Spring Madrigal (1987), SATB Lib: Jenő Dsida Az ivóban/In the Tavern (1987), male chr. Lib: Ádám Pálóczi-Horváth Három tréfás izgő-mozgó/Three Funny Songs for Children (1987), children’s chr. Pub: Rabán Bt. Lib: Tibor Simkó Ködanyóka/Aunt Fog (1987), children’s chr. Pub: Rabán Bt. Lib: Éva Tasándi Varga European Childrens’ Songs – Series, No. 1 (1991), children’s chr., pno. Pub: Rabán Bt., KÓTA European Childrens’ Songs – Series, No. 2 (1991), children’s chr., pno. Pub: Rabán Bt. A kereszt fogantatása/Conception of the Holy Cross (1992), SATB Lib: Sándor Reményik Mira Mater (1992), SATB Carmen Strigoniensis (1995), SATB, symph. orch. Lib: Gyula Juhász St. Martin Hymn (1996), SATB Tartson meg az Isten/May God Save You (1997), SATB Bölömbika/Bittern (1997), children’s chr. Lib: Mihály Simai Pub: Rabán Bt. Rorate Caeli (1999), female chr. Pub: Rabán Bt. Tarlón túzok lépeget/Bustard on Wasteland (1999), children’s chr. Lib: Sándor Kányádi Pub: Rabán Bt. Mass in D Minor (1999), equal chr., org. Pub: Rabán Bt. Te Deum (2000), solo voices, SATB, symph. orch. Három apró állatmese/Three Little Fables (2000), children’s chr. Lib: István Csukás, Sándor Csoóri Pub: Rabán Bt. Novemberben/In November (2005), SATB, pno. Lib: Lóránt Zass Kormos kövek/Sooty Stones (2006), SATB, symph. orch. Lib: Alajos Kannás Borszorkányos/Witch Song (2006), children’s chr. Lib: Ádám Pálóczi Horváth Pub: Rabán Bt. Betlehemi aranyalma/Golden Apple of Bethlehem (2007), children’s chr. Lib: Folk Texts Pub: Rabán Bt. Dér és harmat/Hoar and Dew (2012), A, T, SATB, chbr. orch. Lib: Miklós Radnóti Imádság/Prayer (2016), equal voices Lib: Folk Text Baál/Baal (2017), SATB, symph. orch. Lib: Géza Gárdonyi VOCAL WORKS Mediterranean Songs (1978), MS, pno. Lib: Clemens Brentano, Paul Verlaine, Guillaume Apollinaire, Federico García Lorca Canto, No. 1 (1978), voice, chbr. orch. Four Antique Fragments (1991), voice, pno. Lib: Sophocles, Mihály Babits Ballad Upon the Lad and the Girl (1995), S, pno. Lib: Bertolt Brecht To Live (1996), S, pno. Lib: Gábor Molnár Sonnets from the Portuguese (1996), S, pno. Lib: Elizabeth BarrettBrowning Pub: Trio-Art Music A papagájom/My Parrott (1997), Bar, pno. Lib: Péter Horváth Hárfadalok/Harp Songs (1998), S, harp Lib: Zoltán Bátki Fazekas, Paul Verlaine, Georges Rouault Titkosírás/Cryptography (1999), Bar, pno. Lib: András Fodor Hymn (2002), S, pno. Lib: József Ratkó Jártam én koromoban, hóban/I Walked in Soot and Snow (2005), T, pno. Lib: László Nagy Sós forrás/Salty Spring – Song Cycle (2005), S, A, pno. Lib: Gyula Takáts Boldogság madara/Bird of Happiness – Song Cycle (2007), S, fl./picc./A fl./B fl. Lib: Éva Fésűs SR: HCD 32598–99 Költők asztala/Table of Poets – Song-Cycle (2011), voice, pno. Lib: Gábor Karinthy, György Somlyó, Zoltán Somlyó, Zoltán Zelk, Frigyes Karinthy Pub: Trio-Art Music Salamon zsoltára, az űrutasok éneke/King Solomon’s Hymn, Song of the Astronauts (2007), voice, pno. Lib: Friedrich Dürrenmatt Tündérmenet (2011), voice, pno. Lib: Jenő Dsida Suttog az éj/The Night Whispers (2011), voice, pno. Lib: Zoltán Bátki Fazekas Menyegző/Wedding (2011), voice, pno. Lib: Ferenc Petri Csathó Honvágy/Homesickness (2015), A, pno. Lib: Albert Wass Virágok/Flowers (2015), S, T, pno. Lib: Albert Wass Jajagató Felicián/Yamming Felicián – Song-Cycle (2016), voice, pno. Lib: Zoltán Somlyó Lé-Da-Lok – Song-Cycle (2016), T, pno. Lib: Endre Ady A sötétség virágai/Flowers of Darkness – Song-Cycle (2017), voice, fl., vla. Lib: István Lakatos Töredék-dalok/Fragment Songs – Song-Cycle (2018), voice, pno. Lib: János Arany Szomj/Thirst (2018), voice, pno. Lib: Ágnes Nemes Nagy Álomdalok/Dream Songs – Song-Cycle (2019), voice, pno. Lib: Géza Gárdonyi, T. Arghezi, Rainer Maria Rilke, Composer Szélherceg dalai/Prince Wind’s Songs – Song Cycle (2020), voice, pno./str. quartet Lib: János Sziveri Two Gorodetski-Songs after I. Stravinsky (2020), voice, chbr. ens. Somlyó-sanzonok/Somlyó-Chansons – Song Cycle (2021), voice, pno. Lib: Zoltán Somlyó 901 évvel később/901 Years Later (2021), T, fl., vla., guitar Lib: Géza Szőcs SOLO WORKS Confusione (1975), guitar 271 Pezzo Solo per Percussioni (1975), perc. No-Ta, No. 2 (1977), vibr. Aquilone for Harpsichord (1984) Pub: Rabán Bt. Implorationi (1989), vl. Tango (1995), guitar Kalamajkák/Jams (2006), pno. Pub: Trio-Art Music Kalamajkák – II. sorozat/Jams –Series, No. 2 (2006), pno. Pub: Rabán Bt. Busó zene/Busó Music (2015), vlc. Újabb kalamajkák/More Jams (2016), pno. Pub: Rabán Bt. Three Arabesques (2017), pno. Pub: Rabán Bt. Solo per zimbalo ungherese (2018) Esquisse (2018), pno. Pub: Rabán Bt. INCIDENTAL MUSIC Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny – Adaptation of Kurt Weill’s Opera (1974), voice, chbr. ens. Lib: Bertolt Brecht Márika of Nimvéga – Incidental Music for a Medieval Mystery Play (1984), voice, chbr. ens. Pisti a vérzivatarban – Incidental Music (1987), voice, chbr. ens. Lib: István Örkény Oidipusz király/King Oedipus – Incidental Music (1987), voice, chbr. orch. Lib: Sophokles A kaméliás hölgy/La Dame aux Camélias – Incidental Music (1993), voices Lib: Alexandre Dumas Hamlet – Incidental Music (1994), chbr. ens. Kispolgári nász/Petit Bourgeois Wedding – Incidental Music (1995), chbr. ens. Lib: Bertolt Brecht ORCHESTRATIONS Dessau, Paul – György Selmeczi: Mother Courage and Her Sons – Stage Excerpt (1990), voice, chbr. orch. Ránki, György: Cinderella (1993), voices, chbr. orch. Asafyev, Boris: The Fountain of Bakhchisarai – Supplemental Music (1994), voice, symph. orch. Grieg, Edvard: Peer Gynt – Adaptation of Four Movements (2000), Bar, hn., pno.

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