Bakki József
Composer
Place of Birth
Jászberény
Date of Birth
1940
19 March 1940, Jászberény (Hungary) - 30 December 1981, Szolnok (Hungary)
József Bakki, composer, college teacher, was born on 19 March 1940 in Jászberény. His father, József Bakki, was a conductor and a teacher at the music school in Jászberény. His sister Katalin Bakki is also a music teacher and conductor. From 1953 to 1958 he studied at the Béla Bartók Secondary School of Music in Budapest, and between 1958 and 1963 at the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, where he studied composition under Ferenc Szabó. From 1959 to 1964 he was a piano teacher at the János Palotásy Music School in Jászberény, and from 1967 to 1974 he was also the leader of the Palotásy Dalkör in Jászberény. From 1964 to 1974 he was an assistant professor at the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music in Budapest, and from 1974 until his death he was an adjunct professor. He was a founding member of the Hungarian Kodály Society and a full member of the Liszt Ferenc Society.
He composed piano concertos, wind quintets, a one-act comedy opera based on János Arany, songs to poems by Attila József, and a cantata to Endre Ady's cycle of poems entitled The Love of Autumn. His work for soprano solo, Voices over the Marshland, was performed in London in 1974, and his Pas de deux for clarinet and percussion won major professional acclaim in Sidney in 1976.
He died on 30 December 1981 in Szolnok.
József Bakki, composer, college teacher, was born on 19 March 1940 in Jászberény. His father, József Bakki, was a conductor and a teacher at the music school in Jászberény. His sister Katalin Bakki is also a music teacher and conductor. From 1953 to 1958 he studied at the Béla Bartók Secondary School of Music in Budapest, and between 1958 and 1963 at the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, where he studied composition under Ferenc Szabó. From 1959 to 1964 he was a piano teacher at the János Palotásy Music School in Jászberény, and from 1967 to 1974 he was also the leader of the Palotásy Dalkör in Jászberény. From 1964 to 1974 he was an assistant professor at the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music in Budapest, and from 1974 until his death he was an adjunct professor. He was a founding member of the Hungarian Kodály Society and a full member of the Liszt Ferenc Society.
He composed piano concertos, wind quintets, a one-act comedy opera based on János Arany, songs to poems by Attila József, and a cantata to Endre Ady's cycle of poems entitled The Love of Autumn. His work for soprano solo, Voices over the Marshland, was performed in London in 1974, and his Pas de deux for clarinet and percussion won major professional acclaim in Sidney in 1976.
He died on 30 December 1981 in Szolnok.
Title | Type | Year |
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"Loves of Autumn" | Solo voice(s), choir & orchestra | 0 |
Concerto per piano ed orchestra | Concerto | 1963 |
Epitaphium | Chamber Music | 1978 |
Nightingale | Opera | 0 |
Sounds over the Morass | Solo voice(s) a cappella | 1974 |
Bells | Instrumental solo | 0 |
Pas de deux pour clarinette et percussion | Ensemble | 1969 |
Quartet | Chamber Music | 0 |
Sonatina per corno e pianoforte | Chamber Music | 0 |
Sospiri e gridi per flauto e percussioni | Ensemble | 1978 |
Fragment | Vocal music | 0 |