Solti Árpád
Composer
29 May 1986 Kiskunhalas
At the age of fourteen he was accepted to the solfeggio department of the Zoltán Kodály Secondary School for Music (Kecskemét), where he additionally learned piano from László Gerhát and percussion from János Falusi. Meanwhile he also learned composing privately from Lajos Huszár. After successful admission to the composing department of the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music Budapest he studied in the class of Zoltán Jeney. He is going to graduate in 2011. At the moment his master is Gyula Fekete.
In September 2010 the Géza Gárdonyi Theatre of Eger presented a story based upon La Fontaine’s animal fables. He composed incidental music to this theatre piece that was written by Dóra Barta, András Almási-Tóth and Orsolya Karafiáth.
Such ensembles and performers played his compositions so far as László Tömösközi, Ditta Rohmann, Mátyás Antal, Gergely Madaras, Péter Oberfrank, the Óbuda Danubia Orchestra, the MÁV Symphony, the National Choir and the Stadler Quartet.
As percussionist he worked under the guidance of Tamás Vásáry, János Rolla, András Ligeti and Gergely Madaras. He regularly attended the piano master courses of László Baranyay and Lívia Rév.
Prizes:
2004 Regional Percussion Competition of South-Alföld – 1st Prize (Szeged)
2009 Youth Contemporary Music Evening – Audience Prize (Budapest)
2009 Chanson Competition of the University of Theatre and Film – Best Composer (Budapest)
2009 Composer Contest of the Ferenc Liszt Music Academy – Special Prize of the Bozay Society, Pianist Special Prize (Budapest)
2009 Ceremonial Composition Contest on the occasion of the 20th Anniversary of the Birth of the Hungarian Republic – Honorable Mention, recording of the Hungarian Television
2010 Composer Contest of the Ferenc Liszt Music Academy, Pianist Special Prize
2011 New Hungarian Music Forum Composition Competition (UMZF 2011), Large orchestra category, 3rd Prize (Nudes)
2011 Composer Contest of the Ferenc Liszt Music Academy, 3rd Prize
He won the Zoltán Kodály Scholarship (divided) in 2020.
At the age of fourteen he was accepted to the solfeggio department of the Zoltán Kodály Secondary School for Music (Kecskemét), where he additionally learned piano from László Gerhát and percussion from János Falusi. Meanwhile he also learned composing privately from Lajos Huszár. After successful admission to the composing department of the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music Budapest he studied in the class of Zoltán Jeney. He is going to graduate in 2011. At the moment his master is Gyula Fekete.
In September 2010 the Géza Gárdonyi Theatre of Eger presented a story based upon La Fontaine’s animal fables. He composed incidental music to this theatre piece that was written by Dóra Barta, András Almási-Tóth and Orsolya Karafiáth.
Such ensembles and performers played his compositions so far as László Tömösközi, Ditta Rohmann, Mátyás Antal, Gergely Madaras, Péter Oberfrank, the Óbuda Danubia Orchestra, the MÁV Symphony, the National Choir and the Stadler Quartet.
As percussionist he worked under the guidance of Tamás Vásáry, János Rolla, András Ligeti and Gergely Madaras. He regularly attended the piano master courses of László Baranyay and Lívia Rév.
Prizes:
2004 Regional Percussion Competition of South-Alföld – 1st Prize (Szeged)
2009 Youth Contemporary Music Evening – Audience Prize (Budapest)
2009 Chanson Competition of the University of Theatre and Film – Best Composer (Budapest)
2009 Composer Contest of the Ferenc Liszt Music Academy – Special Prize of the Bozay Society, Pianist Special Prize (Budapest)
2009 Ceremonial Composition Contest on the occasion of the 20th Anniversary of the Birth of the Hungarian Republic – Honorable Mention, recording of the Hungarian Television
2010 Composer Contest of the Ferenc Liszt Music Academy, Pianist Special Prize
2011 New Hungarian Music Forum Composition Competition (UMZF 2011), Large orchestra category, 3rd Prize (Nudes)
2011 Composer Contest of the Ferenc Liszt Music Academy, 3rd Prize
He won the Zoltán Kodály Scholarship (divided) in 2020.
| Year | Title | Publisher | Code | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 |
Új Magyar Zenei Fórum 2011 zeneszerzőverseny
(New Hungarian Music Forum 2011 composers' competition) |
BMC HMIC | BMC PCD 28 | |
| 2013 |
Válogatás a Doktori Iskola hallgatóinak koncertfelvételeiből - Zeneszerzés DLA program (2006-2013)
(A selection of the best concert performances of the doctoral students - Composition DLA programme (2006-2013)) |
Liszt Ferenc Zeneművészeti Egyetem | ||
| 2019 | Szeged Trombone Ensemble - Over Tonality | Magánkiadás |
| Title | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|
| At the Danube | Choir and orchestra | 2009 |
| AI3I3A | Chamber Music | 2019 |
| Nudes - Symphonic Poem in Three Pictures | Symphony orchestra | 2011 |
| Am Grabe Franz Liszt / At Franz Liszt’s Grave | Chamber Music | 2011 |
| What You Hide in Your Heart | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2019 |
| An garde! - For Snare Drum with 2 Players | Chamber Music | 2011 |
| English Nursery Rhymes | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2011 |
| Ave Maria - For Male Choir | Male choir | 2007 |
| My Angry Cats - For Two Violins | Chamber Music | 2012 |
| Bagitell | Instrumental solo | 2009 |
| Witches´ Sabbath | Orchestral work | 2018 |
| Concertino | Concerto | 0 |
| Concerto - Hommage à MATHIAS REX | Concerto | 0 |
| Cooltrain | Electroacoustic music | 2013 |
| Cooltrain | Electroacoustic music | 2013 |
| Harpsichord Concerto - Theme with Varelations | Concerto | 2018 |
| Decaf coffee | Instrumental solo | 2019 |
| Delirium tremens | Chamber Music | 0 |
| E-Flat Earth | Chamber Music | 2019 |
| Elegie - For Violin, Cello and Piano | Chamber Music | 2006 |
| En Garde! | Chamber Music | 2011 |
| Femme et Chatte / The Woman & The Cat | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2017 |
| Death Dance-variations - Ballet | Computer music | 2011 |
| Hyperion | Instrumental solo | 2012 |
| Concerto for Harp and Strings | Concerto | 2013 |
| I Will Always Be By Your Side | Instrumental solo | 2022 |
| Jesus geht auf dem See | Live and tape music | 2019 |
| Kindergartenliedchen | Chamber Music | 0 |
| Two Kirgiz Folk Melodies - For Flute and Timpani | Chamber Music | 2007 |
| La Violetta | Opera | 2013 |
| Last Statements | Mixed choir | 2016 |
| Nightmare | Choral music | 2020 |
| What was it like...? | Instrumental solo | 2010 |
| Nakonxipán | Concerto | 2009 |
| Noktaberrationes I–IV | Solo voice(s) with ensemble | 2020 |
| Nocturne - For 4 Bass Drums | Chamber Music | 2006 |
| Oh, wer ist die Tür? | Symphony orchestra | 0 |
| P-cock fun tas(t)y! - frOmmage á Co-die | Instrumental solo | 2015 |
| Pietra - For Tenor Voice and Piano | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2006 |
| Pulsations No. 1 - For 2 Violins, Viola, Cello and Piano | Chamber Music | 2007 |
| Pulsations No. 2 - For Violin, Cello and Piano | Chamber orchestra | 2008 |
| Quasi Cadenza | Instrumental solo | 2009 |
| Quasi Cadenza | Instrumental solo | 2009 |
| Prayer Against the Curse | Chamber Music | 2019 |
| Seven SitCom Episodes | Instrumental solo | 2016 |
| Shut It Down! | Electroacoustic music | 2018 |
| Singer-Sewing Machine | Solo voice(s) with ensemble | 2018 |
| Sonatina | Instrumental solo | 2008 |
| Sonata | Instrumental solo | 2011 |
| Suite - For Two Clarinets | Chamber Music | 2006 |
| Maize-Husking | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 0 |
| Trois chansons - For Soprano and Piano | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2011 |
| Trois chansons pour le piano | Instrumental solo | 2009 |
| Trois valses - For Piano | Instrumental solo | 2010 |
| Vater, vergib ihnen’ - Passacaglia for 2 Violins, Viola and Cello | Chamber Music | 2010 |
| What The Hell?! | Live and prerecorded music | 2022 |
| Why Are You so La Violetta? | Chamber Music | 2014 |
| Wien - For Orchestra | Symphony orchestra | 2012 |
| Zed - For Grand Piano, 2 Toy Pianos and 2 Players | Chamber Music | 2012 |
| Concerto for Piano | Concerto | 2009 |
| Animal tales - Ballet | Ballet / Choreographic work | 2010 |