Tihanyi Gellért
clarinet, bass clarinet
Place of Birth
Date of Birth
1953
1953 - 31 December 2021
Gellért Tihanyi was born in 1953. He began his studies at the age of eight and after finishing the Béla Bartók Conservatory of Music he went on to study at the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music. His professors were István Vécsei, Béla Kovács, György Kurtág, Albert Simon and András Pernye. He was a member of the orchestra of the Hungarian State Opera House and Group 180, but has also frequently given concerts with the Budapest Chamber Orchestra, the Takács-Nagy String Quartet, the Bartók String Quartet, and the Orchestra of the Budapest Philharmonic Society. Besides performing the classic works written for clarinet he regularly plays contemporary music, he can be heard playing compositions of (among others) György Kurtág, Steve Reich, László Melis, and Béla Faragó on recordings. However, he retained his openness for other genres too: participated in recordings of radio plays, film scores, and albums of jazz and rock musicians. He has given first performances of pieces of several Hungarian and foreign composers both as soloist and as chamber artist recording many of them. He has made guest appearances in Great Britain, Germany, Austria, Schwitzerland, France, The Netherlands, Belgium and the former Czechoslovakia.
Gellért Tihanyi was born in 1953. He began his studies at the age of eight and after finishing the Béla Bartók Conservatory of Music he went on to study at the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music. His professors were István Vécsei, Béla Kovács, György Kurtág, Albert Simon and András Pernye. He was a member of the orchestra of the Hungarian State Opera House and Group 180, but has also frequently given concerts with the Budapest Chamber Orchestra, the Takács-Nagy String Quartet, the Bartók String Quartet, and the Orchestra of the Budapest Philharmonic Society. Besides performing the classic works written for clarinet he regularly plays contemporary music, he can be heard playing compositions of (among others) György Kurtág, Steve Reich, László Melis, and Béla Faragó on recordings. However, he retained his openness for other genres too: participated in recordings of radio plays, film scores, and albums of jazz and rock musicians. He has given first performances of pieces of several Hungarian and foreign composers both as soloist and as chamber artist recording many of them. He has made guest appearances in Great Britain, Germany, Austria, Schwitzerland, France, The Netherlands, Belgium and the former Czechoslovakia.
| Year | Title | Publisher | Code | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 |
180-as csoport II.
(Group 180 - II.) |
Hungaroton | SLPX 12799 | |
| 1989 |
Melis László: Maldoror énekei; Chiron öszvérgyógyászata; The Ceremony
(The Songs of Maldoror; Mulomedicina Chironis; The Ceremony ) |
Hungaropop | 014-25978 | LP |
| 1992 |
Semmi különös, csak egy kis zene mozgó képekhez
(Ain't Nothing But a Little Bit Of Music For Moving Pictures) |
TomK Records | 1955 2311 |
The soundscapes have been originally composed for the film cycle 'Private Hungary' by Péter Forgács |
| 1993 |
A Lelkiismeret - Narratív Kamaradarabok
(The Conscience - Narrative Chamber Pieces) |
Leo Records | CD LR 185 | |
| 1995 |
Kurtág György művei
(Works by György Kurtág) |
Hungaroton | HCD 31290 | |
| 1995 |
Faragó Béla: Compositions
(Faragó, Béla: Compositions) |
VTCD | VT-002 | |
| 1999 |
Faragó Béla: 353 nap - "Mise"
(353 days - "Mass") |
BMC Records | BMC CD 023 | |
| 2001 | Tihanyi Gellért: Kurtág/Bartók/Faragó/ Stravinsky/Reich | BMC Records | BMC CD 048 |
Own |
| 2003 |
Reich, Steve: Zene 18 előadóra
(Music for 18 Musicians) |
Hungaroton | HCD 32208 |