Attila Reményi was born in 1959 in Győr,
where he began his musical studies. He studied
composition and piano at the János Richter
Secondary School of Music, going on to study
and graduate from the Liszt Academy of Music
in Budapest in 1982 as a student of Rezső Sugár
and Emil Petrovics. He is currently a teacher
at the János Richter Secondary School of
Music in Győr. He has won numerous prizes
at several leading international and Hungarian
composition competitions, including: 1st
Prizes at the Barlow Competition (the United
States, 1987); the Zoltán Kodály VI. Women’s
Faculty Meeting Composition Competition (Budapest, 1992); the C. Bechstein
Competition (Berlin, 1992), and the Fukui City Composer’s Competition
(Japan, 1998). He was also 2nd Prize-winner at: the Composition Competition
(Tours, 1982); the National Violin Duo Competition (Vác, 1985), and 3rd
Prize-winner at: the National Violin Duo Competition (Vác, 1982), and the
Composition Competition (Tours, 1986). He received the Erkel Prize in 1990,
and the Bartók–Pásztory Award in 2008. The music writer, János Breuer wrote
of him: “Attila Reményi is a composer with an individual, personal voice who
respects tradition, especially the musical tradition of our century. He is not
necessarily a follower of the avant-garde aspirations and experiments with
expressive tools and techniques of the 1980s, means of enriching its individual
language.”
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CANTATAS
Cantata I. (1989), SATB, symph. orch. Lib: Gáspár Károli SR: BCC-Studio 2001
Missa for Chamber Ensemble (Ars Antiqua Ensemble) (2001)
ORCHESTRAL WORKS
Nic Daq (1982), smph. orch.
Al tramonto del mondo (1985), str. orch., cimb. SR: HCD 31669
L’ aurora del mondo (1986), symph. orch., cimb. SR: HCD 31669
The Last Message (1986), smph. orch. SR: SLPX 31121
Sinfonia Concertante (1991), smph. orch.
Musica per Archi – In memoriam Ferenc Erkel (1993), str. orch. SR: HCD 31817
Psalmus ad Aeternitatem (1997), smph. orch. SR: BCC-Studio, 2001
Epilogue (2014), smph. orch.
Visions and Dreams for Symphonic Band (2005)
CHAMBER WORKS
Epilogue II. (Rorate Coeli …) (1981), hn., pno. Pub: HI-FI Scores, UMP EMB
Epilogue I. (De profundis, Psalm 130) (1983), hn., pno. Pub: HI-FI Scores,
UMP EMB
Seven Duos (1983), 2 vl. Pub: UMP EMB
Eight Duos (1985), 2 vl. Pub: UMP EMB
Les Jardins de l’existence (1986–1987), str. quartet SR: SLPX 31121
Six Movements for Chamber Ensemble (1990) Pub: UMP EMB
Quartetto for Drums (1991), perc.
Amadinda for Amadinda (1995), perc. SR: HCD 31817
Six Movements for Guitares (1999)
CHORAL WORKS
Five Children’s Choruses (1982) Lib: Sándor Weöres Pub: UMP EMB
Psalm 23 (1982), SATB
Psalm 32 (1984), SATB
Psalm 131 (1985), SATB
Psalm 121 (1988), children’s chr. Pub: UMP EMB
Le Christ est monté près de Dieu (1990), SATB Lib: Didier Rimaud SR: HCD 31817
Psalm 37 (1992), female chr. Pub: SBMP
Sabbato ad Vesperas Hymnus (1998), SATB
Four Choruses for Children’s Choir (1999) Lib: Japanese Poems
SOLO WORKS
Solo “a livre ouvert” (1984), vlc. Pub: HI-FI Scores, UMP EMB
Strokes for Marimba (1990)
Miniatures for Solo Harp (1998)
Contrapunctus per Fagotto (2010)
Fractals for marimba (2020)
