József Bujtás was born in Pápa in 1947. He
pursued both instrumental and compositional
studies simultaneously, graduating from the
Liszt Academy of Music in Debrecen in 1969
under the professorship of Sándor Szokolay,
Endre Székely, Attila Bozay, Zsolt Durkó, and
Rudolf Maros. He began his musical career as
an orchestra violinist, and his chamber music
pieces are often played at the studio concert
broadcasts on Hungarian Radio, as well as
internationally in cities within Japan and
Canada. Important premier performances of
note include his Hungarian Clarinet Anthology;
a composition for violoncello and piano (at the Bartók Memorial House in
2008), and Newer Thoughts for String Quartet. He recently gave two Composers’
Nights concerts at the Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest and at the Bartók
Memorial House, and a large number of his works have been commissioned
by the performers he works with. One of his pieces became a compulsory
performance work for the National Competition of Wind Quintets in 1987. He
is a member of the Hungarian Composers’ Union, and his works have been
performed on countless occasions both in Hungary and abroad.
CONCERTOS
Harp Concerto (2012–2013), harp, orch.
Piano Concerto, No. 1 (2012–2014), pno., symph. orch.
Piano Concerto, No. 2 (2012–2014), pno., symph. orch.
Symphonic Music (2015–2016), vl., large symph. orch.
Poema Symphonique (2015–2017), vl., symph. orch.
Fantasia-Concerto (2017), vl., pno., chbr. orch.
Meditáció egy templomban – Orgonaverseny/Meditation in a Church –
Organ Concerto in Two Movements: Hallelujah con Meus Deus
(2018–2020), large str. orch., perc., org.
Double Concerto (2019–2021), B tuba, T trb., B trb., symph. orch.
Sinfonia Concertante (2021), vl., symph. orch.
ORCHESTRAL WORKS
Variációk és ritornellek/Variations and Ritornells (1975–1980), large symph.
orch.
Nagy vonószenekari fantázia Liszt nyomán/Grand Fantasy for String
Orchestra after Liszt (2012)
Hommage à William Killmayer (2016–2017), symph. orch.
New Orchestral Piece (2017), symph. orch.
Hommage à Kodály Zoltán (2017), str. orch.
A hangzó világ szépségei/The Beauties of the Sounding World (2017–2018),
symph. orch.
Hommage à Arnold Schönberg, No. 1 (2018–2019), large symph. orch.
Színek/Farben (2018–2019), symph. orch.
Új látomások egy saját orgonamű alapján/New Vision Based on an Own
Organ Piece (2019), symph. orch.
Tisztelgés Anton Webern munkássága előtt/Honors to Anton Webern’s
Work (2019), smpyh. orch.
Hatalmas gondolatok, kis méretek Anton Webern emlékére/Huge Thoughts,
Tiny Measures in memoriam Anton Webern (2020), large symph. orch.
CHAMBER WORKS
Movement for Wind Quintet (1971), fl., ob., cl., hn., bs.
String Quartet, No. 2 (1975)
Nonett (1976–1977), 2 ob., 2 cl., 2 bs., 2 hn., db.
Duo (1980), fl., cl.
Éjszakazene – Az Éjszaka virágai/Night Music – The Flowers of the Night
(1980), 2 fl.
Fantasia Concertante (1988), tr., org. Pub: Choral Ltd.
Fantasztikus álomkép/Fantastic Dreamscape (2000), vla., pno.
Meditation and Variations (2004), ob., cl. Pub: EBR
Éjszakai sugallatok – A szerelemről és a halálról/Nocturnal Inspirations –
About Love and Death (2005) cl., pno. Pub: EBR
Újabb gondolatok vonósnégyesre – Az új genezis a kozmoszban/Newer
Thoughts for String Quartet, No. 1 – The New Genesis in the Cosmos
(2007)
Otthoni szerenád I./Home Serenade, No. 1 (2009), vlc., pno. Pub: Edition
Neuma
Két tétel vonósnégyesre Bartók Béla emlékére/Two Movements for String
Quartet in memoriam Béla Bartók (2009–2010)
Három új költői vallomás/Three New Poetic Confessions (2010), vl., cimb.
Hármas játék/Threesome Game (2012), 2 cl., bs.
Otthoni szerenád II./Home Serenade, No. 2 (2012–2013), vlc., pno.
Pub: Edition Neuma
A csillagos ég és a kozmosz rejtélyei/Mysteries of the Starry Sky and the
Cosmos (2013), hn., vlc., pno.
Varázslat hármasban/Magic in Threesome (2013–2014), cl., vl., pno.
Two Pieces (2015), vl., pno.
Két kép/Two Pictures (2015–2016), wind quintet
Poéma-fantázia Szkrjabin-motívumok alapján/Poema-Fantasy Based on
Motives of Scriabin (2016), vl., pno.
Octet (2016), 8 str. instr./str. orch
Trio (2016–2017), fl., bs., harp
Három kis tétel/Three Little Movement (2017), S sax., pno.
Aforizmák, arabeszkek és egyebek/Aphorisms, Arabeques and Other Things
(2017–2018), hn., vlc., pno.
Fantasy (2018), vl., org.
Schönberg emlékére/In memoriam Schoenberg (2018), vl., pno.
Prelűdfantázia/Prelude Fantasy (2018), vl., pno.
Four Concert Pieces (2018–2019), 2 vlc.
Meditációk, fantáziák és variációk – Kis concerto/Meditations, Fantasies
and Variations – Little Concerto (2018–2019), S sax., pno.
Zongoranégyes/Piano Quartet (2018–2019), pno., vl., vla., vlc.
Játék a hangközökkel 2./Game With the Intervals, No. 2 (2018–2019), vl., cl., vlc.
Sugallatok és invokációk/Inspirations and Invocations (2018–2020), vl., org.
Hommage à Arnold Schoenberg, No. 2 (2019) vl., pno.
Játék öt tételben/Game in Five Movements (2019–2020), 2 vl.
Three Duos, (2019), fl., vl. Pub: Solo Music
Invention and Fantasy (2019–2020), vl., pno.
Fantáziajáték/Fantasy Play (2019–2020), cl., vl.
Movement (2020), vlc., pno.
SOLO WORKS
Three Inventions (1972–1973), pno.
Movement (1975), vl.
Rhapsody to the Memory of János Palotássy (1980–1984), pno., str. orch.
Sonata (1981), fl.
Szólófuvolára/For Flute Solo (1981)
Sonata (1981–1982), vl.
Arcképvázlatok I-II. sorozat/Portrait Sketches, Cycle No. 1–2 (1987–1988), pno.
Pub: Choral Ltd.
Négy karakter/Four Characters (1991–1992), vlc. Pub: Choral Ltd.
Két ellentétes tétel/Two Opposite Movements (2005), pno. Pub: Solo Music
Invention (2014), org.
Új látomások/New Visions (2014), org.
Romanzina Szkrjabin-motívumok alapján/Romanzina Based on Motives of
Scriabin (2019), vl., pno.
