László Sándor was born in Budapest in 1975.
He studied violin teaching and chamber music
at the Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest,
graduating in 1998. During his early student
years, he was a self-taught composer, and
one of the founders of the Danubia Youth
Symphony Orchestra (later Danubia Symphony
Orchestra), where he worked as a violinist
and artistic adviser. He arranged numerous
chamber concerts with the participation of
the orchestra’s musicians, until transferring
to the Academy’s composition class in 2012.
His teacher in the subject was Zoltán Jeney. In
2021, he graduated with summa cum laude a DLA Doctoral degree, which he
undertook at the Liszt Academy of Music under the supervision of János Bali.
His area of research was that of 15th-century music, specifically the motets
of Dufay. He has won numerous prizes in both Hungarian and international
composition competitions. A multi-award-winner at the New Hungarian
Composition Forum in Budapest (UMZF) from 2011 to 2017, he was also
among the prize-winners at the 62nd International Rostrum of Composers in
Tallinn with his orchestral piece Et transfiguratus est performed by the Hungarian
Radio Symphony Orchestra. He often gives lectures on medieval music at the
Budapest Music Center Library, as well as lecturing part-time at the Péter
Pázmány Catholic University of Budapest. Additionally, he is a frequent
participant in Hungarian contemporary music events, often giving dedicated
concerts. In 2019, he was a New National Excellence Program Scholarship
recipient. His music focuses on the spiritual aspects of composition, and he
frequently uses liturgical materials and plainchant melodies and incorporates
medieval techniques into his compositional methods. He has been a member
of the Hungarian Composers’ Union since 2006.
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CONCERTOS
Piano Concerto (2013–2014), pno., ens.
Crystal-Bird Sings Among the Pearling Cherries (2017), picc., symph. orch.
Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra – “Rosarium gloriosum” (2018), vlc.,
symph. orch.
Vox dilecti mei – Flute Concerto (2020–2021), fl., symph. orch.
ORCHESTRAL WORKS
Liebestraum – For the 20th Anniversary of Danubia Orchestra (2010–2013),
symph. orch.
Et transfiguratus est (2010–2014), symph. orch. SR: comp. hp.
Qua habitas, Domine? (2012–2014), electronics (recording), symph. orch.
Grieg, Edward–László Sándor: To the Spring – Paraphrase for Orchestra
Based on the Piano Piece by Edward Grieg (2012–2016), symph. orch.
Lumen (2015), electronics, symph. orch.
Preludium for Orchestra (The Introduction of »Ecce carissimi« Cantata)
(2016), 7-part orch.
Helioscopia (2019), symph. orch.
ENSEMBLE
Levitation – For Six, Seven and Ten Performers (2006) SR: comp. hp.
Signum Beatum (2007), 5 vl., 5 vla., 3 vlc., db.
Dance (2009), 2 vl., 2 vla., 2 vlc., pno., vibr., mar., org.
A Flower (2010), picc., 2 fl., 2 cl., bs., perc., 3 vl., 2 vla., 2 vlc. Pub: EMB
SR: comp. hp.
Double Canon (2012), fl., ob., cl., vibr., vl., trb., vlc.
Fanfare – For the Respect of Real Holy Trinity, for 9 or 18 Brass Players (2013)
Flowers in July – West-Hungary (2014), fl., cl./B cl., perc.
Et incarnatus est – in Seven (2015), str. orch.
Miracles of the Night – For Ensemble and Electronic Based on a Poem by
Sándor Weöres (2015)
Hodie nobis de caelo pax vera descendit (2016), 2 vl./vl.-vlc., pno., harp,
cimb., org.
Helioscopia – Conditor alme siderum (2015–2016), 3 tr., 3 trb., pno., harp,
vibr., cimb., org., 3 vl., vla., 2 vlc.
Two Folk Song Settings – For 7 Performers (2016)
Intra tua vulnera absconde me – For 9 Performers (2016)
Psalm 118 – Free Instrumentation, for 4, 8, 12 or 16 Performers (2016)
Christus ist erstanden – Choral Fantasy in Three Movements for 16
Performers (2016)
Mira Mater extitisti – Sequentia for 7 Performers (2016)
Crystal-Bird Sings Among the Pearling Cherries – For 16 Performers (2017)
Offertorium musicum – Ten Movement Cycle Based on Plainchant-Melodies,
for 9 Performer and Electronica (2017–2021)
Advigilium (2018), pno., vl., vlc., engl. hn., bs.
Melting Ice on the Windowpane (2019), 2 fl., 2 cl., A sax., 2 bs., harp, vlc.,
org. positive
CHAMBER WORKS
Choral-Fantasy with Flowers – Trio Based on the Choral Christ lag in Todesbanden
(2015–2019)
Fourth Word – Éli, éli, lemá szabaktáni? (2015), str. quartet
Rain Falling on the up – For Piano (4 hands) for Children (2015–2016)
CANONICON (2020), B cl., vlc., cimb. (extra instr.: 7 Japanese rings,
or similar instr.)
Hodégétria (2021), str. quartet
CHORAL WORKS
Et incarnatus est – in 7 (2015), 7 female voice
Et incarnatus est – in 21 (2015), 7 female voice (3 parts)
Mira Mater extitisti (2017–2019), SATB, ens.
Intra tua vulnera absconde me – Cantata for 5 Singers and Grand Ensemble
(2018)
Ad te levavi… – Tract Setting for the 3rd Sunday of Lent, for Mixed Choir and
9 Instruments (2018)
Et incarnatus est – In Seven (2019), 7 male voices, org.
Agnus Dei (2019), 3 SATB
Beata es, Virgo Maria (2020–2021), 3 SATB
VOCAL WORKS
Weeping Willow (2018), MS, vl., vla., cl., pno. 4 hands Lib: Attila József
Dignus est Agnus (2020–2021), MS, pno., cimb., vl.
SOLO WORKS
Variations for Piano (2007–2011)
SaMgiita Mantra (2011), cl.
Ha folyóvíz… – For Violin/Viola/Violoncello Solo, Based on a Folk Song from
Gyergyó (Transylvania) (2013)
Question and Response (Question: Piano Solo. Response: Violin/Violoncello
Solo) (2015) SR: comp. hp.
Sonata for Flute Solo – “Fracta Natura” (2015)
Dextera Dei fecit virtutem (2017), pno.
ELECTROACOUSTIC WORKS
Decline, Fall and Rebirth of Light (2015) SR: comp. hp.
Boughs – Electronic Composition Using Original Folk-Recordings (by Zoltán
Kallós) and Fragments from My Own Compositions (2016)
Deus creator omnium (2018)
