IST VÁN SZIGETI
István Szigeti began his studies in composi
tion at the Béla Bartók Secondary School
of Music in Budapest as a student of Miklós
Kocsár. He then went on to the Liszt Academy
of Music in Budapest to study under Sándor
Szokolay, also studying electroacoustic music
with Zoltán Pongrácz. Between 1979 and 1982,
he was a piano teacher at Vác Music School,
and from 1975 until 1982, was musical editor
at Hungarian Radio. In 1994, he was appointed
artistic director of Hungarian Radio’s Electro
acoustic Music Studio (HEAR Studio), and
since 2008, has also worked as a freelance
composer. Between 1986 and 1989, he headed the Young Composers’ Group
in Budapest, was a member of the Hungarian Composers’ Union and sat on
the board at the Artisjus. He is also the first president of the László Lajtha
Society, and from 2009 to 2010 was also president of the Marcato Studio
Music Association. Since 2010, he has also been president of the NobilArt Art
Association, as well as artistic director of the ISMEAM (International Summer
Meeting of Electroacoustic Music). He sits on the jury of the IMEB and IREM,
was a fellow of the Aveiro University (Portugal) in 2002, of the IMEB (Bourges,
France) in 2003 and of the GRAME (Lyon, France) in 2004. In 1984, he was
awarded the Kodály Scholarship, in 1999 the Lajtha Prize, and in 2000 the Erkel
Prize. He was twice awarded the Artisjus Prize and was recipient of Hungarian
Radio’s Bench Prize three times. In 1981, his Souvenir de K won a special prize
at the International Composers’ Competition at the GMEB Electroacoustic
Music Centre in Bourges, and in 1984 his ELKA was chosen by its jury as one of
the six most successful compositions ever.
OPERAS
Gábriel – Chamber Opera (2000) Lib: Cecília Szebényi
Harmachis – Opera (2014), 3 Acts Lib: Composer
Gondolatok a nincstelenségről/Thoughts of Poverty – Chamber OperaOratorio (2019), S, ukulele, perc., vl., vlc. Lib: József Leé
ORCHESTRAL WORKS
Solo per Te (1987), pno., harp, symph. orch.
Novecento per orchestra (1990), symph. orch.
Naponta/Day by Day – Cantata (2009), A, SATB, symph. orch. Lib: Lőric Szabó
The Hymn of Vas County (2010), symph. orch.
Coloriage, No. 2 (2012), symph. orch.
Rainbow (2020), symph. orch.
CHAMBER MUSIC
Coloriage (1975), fl., pno.
Tempophonie (1985), fl., str. orch. SR: SLPX 12945, HCD 31526
Trasfigurazioni (1985), 2 pno.
Why not? (1987), fl., pno., vlc. Pub: Akkord SR: SLPX 31144, HCD 32360
Coloriage, No. 2 (1987), cl., pno.
Duos for Flute and Cello (1987)
Ezt nektek/That’s for You (1988), 3 fl. SR: HCD 32360
Flauto mortale (1988), 24 fl.
Vari-játékok (1988), fl., ob., pno., vlc. SR: HCD 32360
Musica per quattro esecutori (1989)
Névjegy/Visiting Card (1991), 2 fl., perc.
Ódon dal/Ancient Song (1992), 2 fl., vlc. (guitar)
Epitaphium (1992), fl., bs.
Trio (1993), fl., 2 cimb. SR: HCD 32360
Triple Concerto for 2 Flutes, Bassoon and String Orchestra (1995)
SR: HCD 32360
Verklidal (1995), 2 fl., pno., vlc.
Egy kis szúnyog élete és …/A Little Mosquito’s Life and… (1995), 2 fl.
Pub: Akkord SR: HCD 32181
AD(ri)A (1997), 2 fl., str. orch. SR: HCD 32360
Game (1999), 2 pno.
Four-Handed (1999), 2 pno.
Képtelenségek/Impossibilites (2003), fl., bs. Pub: Akkord
Gestures (2004), 2 cl., bs. Pub: Akkord
C. C. (2004), hn., cimb. SR: HCD 32601
Breathlessness (2004), fl., chbr. orch. SR: HCD 32360
Quartetto (2006), str. quartet
Találkozások/Encounters (2006), 2 fl.
(Majdnem) EGYPERCESEK/Almost One Minute (2006), S, fl., timp., mar.
As You Like It (2007), 2 fl.
Brain and Heart (2008), vlc., chbr. orch.
A hangya/The Ant (2008), 2 fl.
A tücsök/The Cricket (2008), 2 fl.
Nonette (2008), fl., cl., 2 bs., 2 tr., 2 trb., pno.
Hommage à Madarász (2009), fl., perc.
Az öreg malom utolsó álma/Last Dream of the Old Mill (2009), 2 fl., guitar
Pub: NobilArt
For Fred (2010), ob.
Rövidke/Short (2011), 2 guitars
Mosaics (2012), vlc., pno.
Fragments (2014), str. orch.
Mirrors (2014), 2 guitars Pub: NobilArt
Sweeping (2014), fl., pno.
Corpo di Bacco (2015), trb. quartet
Dou for Fred (2015), ob., engl. hn.
Concertino baroccheggiante (2016), mandolin, str. orch.
Nouvo Capriccio (2016), guitar, str. orch.
Adagio (2017), ob., str. orch.
Elegy (2017), fl., str. orch.
Hommage à Bruhns (2017), str. orch. Pub: NobilArt
L’Adieu (2017), str. orch.
Rhapsody (2017), chbr. orch.
Weindorfer Concertino, No. 1 (2019), rec., fl., guitar, str. quartet
Weindorfer Concertino, No. 2 (2019), 2 fl., tr., str. quartet
Weindorfer Concertino, No. 3 (2019), 2 S, guitar, str. quartet Lib: Composer
Weindorfer Concertino, No. 4 (2019), 2 fl., harp, str. quartet
Weindorfer Concertino, No. 5 (2019), fl., pno., str. quartet
Weindorfer Concertino, No. 6 (2019), 2 S, 2 fl., rec., tr., guitar, harp, str.
quartet Lib: Composer
Hommage à moi (2021), guitar, acc., vl., db.
CHORAL WORKS
Ősz/Autumn (1976), female chr. Lib: Zsuzsanna Torba
In flagranti (1979), SATB Lib: István Vas
Az égő szótár (1989), female chr. Lib: Sándor Weöres
Magyar etüdök/Hungarian Etudes (1991), female chr. Lib: Sándor Weöres
Tiszavirág (1998), female chr. Lib: Sándor Weöres
Húnyt szemmel… (2007), SATB Lib: Mihály Babits
Jazikolam (2018), SATB Lib: Unknown
Qui bibit (2019), SATB
CHURCH MUSIC
Ó-magyar Máriasiralom – Cantata (1978), S, SATB, chbr. orch.
Requiem (2002), S, A, T, B, SATB, children’s chr., symph. orch.
Töredékek a Sárvári Miséből/Fragments of the Mass of Sárvár (2002), female
chr.
Ave Maris stella (2004), female chr.
Ave Maria (2006), S, pno.
Ave verum (2006), female chr.
Benedictus (2008), S, fl., pno., vl.
Egyszerű mise/Simple Mass (2008), S, org.
Puer natus est (2014), S, vl.
Ave Maris stella (2016), S, 2 guitars
Mass (2016), S, SATB, org.
Pater noster (2016), S, 2 guitars
By the Prophets (2017), S, SATB, chbr. orch.
Magnificat – Cantata (2017), S, chbr. orch.
Psalm 31 – Cantata, No. 1 (2017), S, str. orch.
Libera me (2018), S, ob., org., vlc.
Libera me (2019), female chr., str. orch.
Hostias (2020), S, A, T
Pie Jesu (2020), SATB
Sanctus (2020), SATB
VOCAL WORKS
L’Adieu (1979), S, pno., guitar Lib: Guillaume Appolinaire
The Tiger (1992), S, pno. Lib: William Blake
CCCLXXVIII (2006), S, pno. Lib: Maurice Sceve
Congedo (2006), S, pno. Lib: Giousé Carducci
Ein Fichtenbaum… (2006), S, pno. Lib: Heinrich Heine
John Anderson, My Jo (2006), S, pno. Lib: Robert Burns
Kubla Khan (2006), B, pno. Lib: Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Nähe des Geliebten (2006), S, pno. Lib: Johann Wolfgang Goethe
THE DONKEY (2006), B, pno. Lib: G. K. Chesterton
Nyitány egy sosemvolt operához/Ouverture for the Non-Existent Opera
(2006), S, chbr. orch. Lib: Without Text
Virágének/Flover Song (2006), S, org. Lib: Without Text
70 évre 70 ütem/70 Measures for 70 Years (2008), S, fl., guitar Lib: Without Text
Ha én volnék…/If I Where (2009), S, fl., cimb./guitar, vl. Lib: Géza Szőcs
Reménytelenül/Hopeless (2009), S, fl., guitar Lib: Attila József
A mulandóság mámora/Rapture of Transience (2010), S, guitar
Lib: Omar Khajjam
Sonnets from the Portuguese (2010), S, guitar Lib: Elizabeth BarretBrowning
A kurvák indulója (2011), S, guitar, acc., db. Lib: Cecília Szebényi
When Nights Are Cold (2015), S, guitar Lib: Unknown
Psalmus (2016), S, guitar
De amica sua (2017), S, guitar Lib: Janus Pannonius
De se ipso (2017), S, guitar Lib: Janus Pannonius
In carbonem poetam (2017), S, guitar Lib: Janus Pannonius
Azálea-dal (2019), S, guitar Lib: Kim So Val
Benedetto (2019), S, guitar Lib: Francesco Petrarca
Kalmárházi Krák Lábán, a polopkölyök (2020), S, fl., vl., guitar Lib: Géza Szőcs
SOLO WORKS
Ritornelli (1973–1976), fl. Pub: Akkord SR: HCD 32360
The Clown (1975), pno.
Archaic Fantasy (1990), harp
Régiségek/Antiquites (1999), pno. Pub: UMP EMB
Szabálytalanságok/Irregularities (1999), pno.
Ave Maria (2010), S Pub: NobilArt SR: HCD 32708
ZSU (2011), vlc. Pub: NobilArt
Capriccio (2013), guitar Pub: NobilArt
Gondolatok a nincstelenségről/Thoughts of Poverty (2018), S Lib: József Leé
Pakulár (2020), picc.
ELECTROACOUSTIC WORKS
Souvenir de K (1980) SR: SLPX 31124, SLPX 12371, HCD 31955
ELKA (1981) SR: SLPX 31124, HCD 31955
IMAGE (1982) SR: SLPX 31124, HCD 31955
Toccata (1983)
Sea Song (1984) SR: HCD 31955
Concerto per Te (1987) SR: SLPX 31124
Chamb(EAR) Music – Live Electroacoustic Music (1992), chbr. orch.
SR: HCD 31868
Twins in the Mirror (1993) SR: HCD 31624
Ianus (1994) SR: HCD 31955
Cathedral – Live Electroacoustic Music (1995), fl., tr., vlc., synth. SR: HCD 32347
Perpetuum mobile – Live Electroacoustic Music (1995), fl., CD SR: HCD 31955
Coro Synthetico (1996)
KYCSYM (1996)
Tücsök Úrfi – Live Electroacoustic Music (1997), vla., CD
EM – Live Electroacoustic Music (1997), 2 fl., CD
Por dal/Dust Song – Live Electroacoustic Music (1997), S, 2 fl., bs., vlc.,
synth. Lib: Tibor Gyurkovics SR: HCD 31955
F. Otto AG. – Live Electroacoustic Music (1998), bs., CD SR: HCD 31955
Kharon ladikján – Live Electroacoustic Music (1999), vlc., perc., CD
Kharon ladikján (2000)
Hypostasis (2001) SR: HCD 32449
Concertino Aveirense (2002) SR: HCD 32449
Toccata nostalgica (2002) SR: HCD 32637
Mother and Father (2003) SR: HCD 32637
Apochryphe (2003) Lib: János Pilinszky
Breathlessness – Live Electroacoustic Music (2004), fl., CD
Memento homo… – Live Electroacoustic Music (2004), B cl., CD
Vitustánc – Live Electroacoustic Music (2004), tr., CD
CORN-FLAKES – Live Electroacoustic Music (2007), hn., CD
Didgeridoo-daĺ – Live Electroacoustic Music (2007), S, didgeridoo, CD
Nessuno maggiore – Live Electroacoustic Music (2009), 2 S, chbr. orch., CD
Lib: Dante Alighieri
Trebor Piák kalandjai – Live Electroacoustic Music (2009), trb., CD
Vungec varázsénekek, Nr. 1. – Live Electroacoustic Music (2013), S, hulusi, fl.,
didgeridoo, cimb., CD
Vungec varázsénekek, No. 2. – Live Electroacoustic Music (2014), S, pan fl.,
fl., didgeridoo, CD
Vungec varázsénekek, No. 3. – Live Electroacoustic Music (2015), S, CD
Tilincholica (2017), tilinkó, CD
The Sounds of the Night – Live Electroacoustic Music (2019), trb., CD
