Gyula Fekete is Professor of Composition at
the Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, having
been on the faculty since 1997. He has been the
Head of Department since 2012, and since 2015
has been the Vice President of Research and
International Affairs, representing the Liszt
Academy of Music in Budapest in AEC and
numerous other international conferences. He
is a lecturer at the University of Theater, Film,
and Television in Budapest. He received a Doc
torate in Composition from Northwestern
University, Illinois, in 1996, and an MA from
the Chicago Music College of Roosevelt Uni
versity in 1993; he also holds a degree in composition and music theory from
the Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest. He has earned multiple awards
including the 1996 William T. Faricy Award, and the Fulbright Scholarship for
the academic year of 1994–1995. In 2000, he won the One Act Opera Category
of the Hungarian State Opera’s Competition commemorating the thousandth
anniversary of the foundation of the State of Hungary, with his opera, The
Redeemed Town. The opera premiered at the Hungarian State Opera in 2002.
In 2011, he wrote the opera, Excelsior! Liszt Ferenc Goes to Heaven, for the Liszt
bicentennial, which was commissioned and produced by the Budapest Spring
Festival and the Hungarian State Opera. His first CD was released in 2001
by the Classical Record Company, Hungaroton. He has received numerous
commissions from the Hungarian State Opera, Budapest Chamber Symphony,
Chicago Pro Musica, and The Music Group of Philadelphia. He is a board
member of the Hungarian Composers’ Union and president of the Hungarian
Art Music Society. In 2011, he received the Erkel Prize and in 2012 the Bartók–
Pásztory Award. He has worked for numerous theater and film productions
in Hungary.
OPERAS
Római láz/Roman Fever – Chamber Opera (1992), 1 Act Lib: Edith Wharton
SR: HCD 31914
A megmentett város/The Redeemed Town (1999), 1 Act Lib: István Eörsi
Benedek játék/Benedek Play – Children’s Opera (2000) Lib: András Kroó
Egy anya története/The Story of a Mother (2005), 1 Act Lib: Zsuzsa Beney
(after H. C Andersen)
Excelsior! (2010), 2 Acts Lib: András Papp
CONCERTOS
Double Bass Concerto (1989), db., symph. orch.
Trombone Concerto (2003), trb., symph. orch. Pub: Akkord
A vörös szoba álma/Dream of the Red Chamber – Piano Concerto (2014),
pno., symph. orch.
Cello Concerto (2017), vlc., symph. orch.
Bassoon Concerto (2019), bs., symph. orch.
ORCHESTRAL WORKS
Csárdás (2001), str. orch., cl.
Divertimento (2003), str. orch.
Cupido Symphony (2004), symph. orch.
Excelsior! Suite (2012), symph. orch.
Az én szerelmem/My Love – Hommage à Béla Bartók (2015), symph. orch.
Pub: Kontrapunkt
Kalocsai képek/Pictures of Kalocsa (2015), symph. orch.
Symphonic Fantasy (2021), symph. orch
CHAMBER MUSIC
Romance (1983), brass quintet
Nincs szebb madár/Beautiful Bird (1986), 4 cl., 4 bs.
Kalocsai lányok/Birthplace Girls (1990), bs., pno. Pub: Akkord
Sonata (1992), vl., pno.
Saxophone Quartet (1993)
Morocco (1994), cl., bs., hn., vl., db.
Albumblatt (1995), wind quintet
Forgotten Waltz (1997), hn. quartet
Moment Novelette (2002), 2 pno.
Preludio (2000), hn., pno.
String Quartet, No. 1. (2002)
Csárdás (2001), cl., pno.
Chartreuse (2001), cl., bs., hn., trb., mar., vl., db.
Ixion (2004), 2 cl., bs.
Sonata (2004), fl., pno. Pub: Akkord
Oiagros (2004), 4 cl.
Two Epigrams (2005), sax., pno.
Christmas Quartet (2006), 4 trb.
String Quartet, No. 2. (2008)
Celebration Cube (2008), fl., ob., vla., pno.
Trio (2009), trb., tuba, pno. SR: HCD 32657
Trains as Scheduled (2010), 12 sax.
Pamut (Cotton) (2011), hn., vlc., pno.
All’ Ongherese (2011), cl., cimb.
Sinfonia all’Ungherese (2011), fl., harps. Pub: Akkord
Orion (2012), fl., cl., str. trio., pno.
Divertissimo (2016), 4 bs.
The Danube Gypsy (2015), vla., pno.
Quartet for Two Violas and Violoncellos (2015)
Pyramus and Thisbe (2015), sax., harp
Sonata (2017), vlc., pno.
Legend (2018), cl. quintet
Suite (2018), tr., pno.
Serenade (2018), vl., pno.
Trio (2019), vl., vlc., pno.
Novelette (2020), vlc., pno.
The Tears of Saint Catherine (2020), ob., pno.
Picture Book (2020), db., pno.
Duo (2020), vl., db.
CHORAL WORKS
Chamber Cantata (1987), T, chbr. chr., pno. Lib: Árpád Tóth
Two Motets (1993), chr.
Two Choirs (2001), SATB Lib: Ferenc Kölcsey
Missa Brevis (2003), female chr.
Ez állati…! (2003), children’s chr. Lib: Dániel Varró
Te Deum (2006), S, MS, T, Bar, symph. orch.
Lincoln Cantata (2009), SATB, str. quartet Lib: Abraham Lincoln, Árpád Göncz
Kécskei kecske/Goat from Kécske (2011), SATB Lib: Ferenc Móra
Tavasz van/It’s Spring (2014), children’s chr. Lib: Veronika Andók
Pub: Kontrapunkt
Három szép pillangó/Three Beautiful Butterflies (2014), children’s chr.
Lib: Lajos Pósa Pub: Kontrapunkt
Három kórus Sárközi György verseire/Three Choruses for György Sárközi’s
Poems (2014), SATB
Psalm 3 (2014), youth chr.
Psalm 54 (2014), youth chr. Pub: Kontrapunkt
Kalocsai népdal szvit/Folk Song Suite of Kalocsa (2019), SATB
VOCAL WORKS
Two Songs (1984), Bar, pno. Lib: Lőrinc Szabó
Three Chansons (1986), B, pno. Lib: Francoise Villon
A négy miniatűr évszak/The Four Miniature Seasons (1990), S, pno. Lib: Haikus
Három Gilder dal/Three Gilder Songs (1994), MS, guitar Lib: Watson Gilder
Fehér etüd/White Etude (1996), MS, str. orch. Lib: István Pálinkás
Five Moholy-Nagy Songs (1999), MS, pno. Lib: László Moholy-Nagy
Psalm 148 (1999), Bar, org.
Three Kukorelly Songs (2000), A, vl., bs. Lib: Endre Kukorelly
Two Parti Nagy Songs (2000), A, cimb. Lib: Lajos Nagy Parti
Hiador Songs (2001), S, pno. Lib: Pál Jámbor (Hiador)
Three Petőfi Songs (2002), S, pno. Lib: Sándor Petőfi
Kabaré dalok/Cabaret Songs (2004), S, pno. Lib: Orsolya Karafiáth
Elasztikus dalok/Elastic Songs (2004), T, pno. Lib: Gabriella Nagy
Two Térey Songs (2006), Bar, str. quartet Lib: János Térey
Media Vita (2006), A, str. orch.
Ómagyar Mária-siralom (2006), S, str. orch.
A csemegepultos dalai/Songs of the Gourmet Barista (2011), T, pno.
Lib: Márton Gerlóczy
A trónfosztott királynő/The Dethroned Queen (2016), MS, pno. Lib: Zsuzsa
Rakovszky
3 dal Csokonai Vitéz Mihály verseire/Three Songs for Mihály Csokonai
Vitéz’s Poems (2017), S, pno. Pub: Kontrapunkt
3 dal Czóbel Minka verseire/Three Songs for Minka Czóbel’s Poems (2019),
Bar, pno.
Pósa Lajos dalok/Lajos Pósa Songs (2020), MS, pno.
SOLO WORKS
Pulsus (1985), perc. SR: SLPX 12946
Suraki (1995), cl. Pub: Akkord
Two Hesitations (1995), pno.
Golden Bird Variations (1996), trb.
Solo (1998), db.
Parlato (2001), trb. Pub: Akkord SR: HCD 32657
Funk (2001). B trb.
Psalm 134 (2019), org.
In Nomine (2020), org.
