Lendvay Kamilló
Composer
Place of Birth
Budapest
Date of Birth
1928
28th December, 1928, Budapest - 30th November, 2016, Budapest
Composer awarded with the Kossuth Prize, also professor emeritus of the Ferenc Liszt Music Academy. Former reader of the Hungarian Radio.
He started his music studies with the piano teacher Margit Varró. One year later he was pupil of György Kámán in the Fodor Music School until 1938. In 1949 he was accepted to the Ferenc Liszt Music Academy, where he became pupil of János Viski and graduated in 1957. For two years his master was László Somogyi. Through these years he had composed the Trio Serenade and the Rapsody for violin and piano, while in 1955 he composed his String Trio. In 1957 he became more interested in vocal music while he was conductor, répétiteur and director of the coir at the Szeged Opera House. His Concertino was presented in 1960 and it became an outstanding music piece in the history of Hungarian concertos of the 50s.
Between 1960 and 1966 he worked as music director of the State Puppet Theater and from 1966 to 1968 he was art director of the Art Ensemble of the Hungarian Peoples Army. In the 70s he composed the oratorio Orogenesis, and then the cantata Pro Libertate. This was followed by the cantata Scenes (1978-1981), which was composed on excerpts from Thomas Manns novel, Joseph and his brothers. In 1972 he became teacher of music theory at the Ferenc Liszt Music Academy. From 1976 to 1992 he worked here as head of department and university teacher. Two of his operas were requests of the Hungarian Television. In 1972 he composed a one-act play, The magic chair, then an opera based on Sartres La putain respecteuse in 1978. Both compositions were presented on stage in Görlitz and Paris.
As commission of the Festival dArt Sacre Paris he composed the Via crucis that was presented 1989 in the cathedral Eglise de la Trinité. The first performance of his Stabat Mater also took place in Paris, at the Forum des Orgue Festival. From the oeuvre of Lendvay emerge his symphonic works, like the ten concertos, his chamber music and instrumental solo works. His compositions are frequently played in the United States, as well as in the concert halls of Europe and Asia. The Pezzo Concertato per Violoncello ed Orchestra (it is his cello concerto) won a prize at the International Composing Contest in Triest. The recording of the opera La putain respecteuse was awarded with the Paris Grand Prix International du Disque Lyrique in 1979.
As admission to his achievements as composer, Kamilló Lendvay received the Erkel Prize (1962, 1964, 1978), the title Merited Artist (1981), the Bartók-Pásztory Award (1989, 2005), the title Excellent Artist (1996), the Silver Pen Award and the Kossuth Prize (1998), and recently the Artisjus Music Award as well.
Composer awarded with the Kossuth Prize, also professor emeritus of the Ferenc Liszt Music Academy. Former reader of the Hungarian Radio.
He started his music studies with the piano teacher Margit Varró. One year later he was pupil of György Kámán in the Fodor Music School until 1938. In 1949 he was accepted to the Ferenc Liszt Music Academy, where he became pupil of János Viski and graduated in 1957. For two years his master was László Somogyi. Through these years he had composed the Trio Serenade and the Rapsody for violin and piano, while in 1955 he composed his String Trio. In 1957 he became more interested in vocal music while he was conductor, répétiteur and director of the coir at the Szeged Opera House. His Concertino was presented in 1960 and it became an outstanding music piece in the history of Hungarian concertos of the 50s.
Between 1960 and 1966 he worked as music director of the State Puppet Theater and from 1966 to 1968 he was art director of the Art Ensemble of the Hungarian Peoples Army. In the 70s he composed the oratorio Orogenesis, and then the cantata Pro Libertate. This was followed by the cantata Scenes (1978-1981), which was composed on excerpts from Thomas Manns novel, Joseph and his brothers. In 1972 he became teacher of music theory at the Ferenc Liszt Music Academy. From 1976 to 1992 he worked here as head of department and university teacher. Two of his operas were requests of the Hungarian Television. In 1972 he composed a one-act play, The magic chair, then an opera based on Sartres La putain respecteuse in 1978. Both compositions were presented on stage in Görlitz and Paris.
As commission of the Festival dArt Sacre Paris he composed the Via crucis that was presented 1989 in the cathedral Eglise de la Trinité. The first performance of his Stabat Mater also took place in Paris, at the Forum des Orgue Festival. From the oeuvre of Lendvay emerge his symphonic works, like the ten concertos, his chamber music and instrumental solo works. His compositions are frequently played in the United States, as well as in the concert halls of Europe and Asia. The Pezzo Concertato per Violoncello ed Orchestra (it is his cello concerto) won a prize at the International Composing Contest in Triest. The recording of the opera La putain respecteuse was awarded with the Paris Grand Prix International du Disque Lyrique in 1979.
As admission to his achievements as composer, Kamilló Lendvay received the Erkel Prize (1962, 1964, 1978), the title Merited Artist (1981), the Bartók-Pásztory Award (1989, 2005), the title Excellent Artist (1996), the Silver Pen Award and the Kossuth Prize (1998), and recently the Artisjus Music Award as well.
| Title | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|
| "We Lived in an Age" | Film music | 1967 |
| 12 Easy Violin-Duos for Children | Chamber Music | 1994 |
| 2 Movements for Trumpet | Instrumental solo | 1997 |
| 24 Duos | Chamber Music | 1985 |
| 2x1 | Instrumental solo | 2007 |
| Sonnet 75 | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1985 |
| Lake Balaton | Film music | 1969 |
| Der Zauberstuhl / The Magic Chair | Opera | 1972 |
| The Harmony of Silence | Symphony orchestra | 1980 |
| Little Valentino | Film music | 1979 |
| The Heavenly City | Solo voice(s), choir & orchestra | 2004 |
| The Unyielding Tin Soldier | Symphony orchestra | 1961 |
| Two Shores of the Sea - The Bulgarian Shore | Film music | 1965 |
| La Putain respectueuse / The Respectful Prostitute | Opera | 1978 |
| The Cricket, the Ant and the Others | Ensemble | 1993 |
| My Mother is a Black Rose | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1992 |
| As You Like It | Chamber Music | 1983 |
| End of August | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 1981 |
| Aurél Bernáth | Film music | 1973 |
| Bis! / Encore! | Instrumental solo | 0 |
| Between Bulgarian Mountains | Film music | 1963 |
| Flea Ball | Music for the theater | 1965 |
| Frog Song | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 1990 |
| Incentive | Mixed choir | 1978 |
| Topknot | Children's choir | 1978 |
| Canzone Allegra | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 1969 |
| Chaconne | Symphony orchestra | 1988 |
| Chansons de la Foret / Songs of the Forest | Chamber orchestra | 1999 |
| Concertino | Concerto | 1959 |
| Concertino for Piano, Winds, Percussion and Harp (Version 1982) | Concerto | 1982 |
| Concerto da camera | Ensemble | 1969 |
| Concerto for Soprano Saxophone | Concerto | 1996 |
| Concerto semplice | Concerto | 1986 |
| A Last Message From Maestro Tshaikovsky | Wind orchestra | 1994 |
| Chatty Song | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 1974 |
| Csilicsala´s Magic | Music for the theater | 1961 |
| Tsunami | Wind orchestra | 2005 |
| Song about the Hungarian Soviet Republic | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 1959 |
| De Zwaan / The Swan | Male choir | 1982 |
| But I no longer know what to do | Mixed choir | 1980 |
| Disposizioni / Moods | Instrumental solo | 1975 |
| Dózsa Weeper | Male choir | 1965 |
| Dózsa Weeper | Mixed choir | 1973 |
| Standoff | Film music | 1969 |
| Metamorphosis of a Cimbalom Piece | Ensemble | 1979 |
| Tad on White Horse | Film music | 1973 |
| Together | Film music | 1964 |
| Sturdy John (Tales of Nations III.) | Music for the theater | 1970 |
| Ex | Music for the theater | 1968 |
| Village Symphony | Film music | 1963 |
| Fantasy | Symphony orchestra | 0 |
| Fantasia and Fugue | Instrumental solo | 1990 |
| Holzhacker / Logger | Mixed choir | 1975 |
| Black Box - Brain Research | Film music | 1975 |
| Fifthmusic | Instrumental solo | 1979 |
| Wind Symphony | Wind orchestra | 2008 |
| Healing Wounds | Film music | 1976 |
| Morning at Six | Children's choir | 1987 |
| After Sixty | Film music | 1971 |
| Waves´ World | Film music | 1961 |
| Three Carnival Masks | Wind orchestra | 1960 |
| Three Male Choruses | Male choir | 1958 |
| Love of Three Oranges | Music for the theater | 1964 |
| Three Movements | Chamber Music | 1994 |
| Three Movements for Trombone | Instrumental solo | 2007 |
| Houses | Film music | 1966 |
| Seven Short Pieces | Chamber Music | 1999 |
| Bridge Over the Danube | Film music | 1965 |
| Snow Queen | Music for the theater | 1970 |
| Violin Concerto No. 1 | Concerto | 1962 |
| Violin Concerto No. 1 (Piano reduction) | Concerto | 1962 |
| Violin Concerto No. 2 | Concerto | 1986 |
| String Quartet No. 2 | Chamber Music | 2007 |
| Towards the One Thousand and One Nights | Music for the theater | 1964 |
| Home | Film music | 1965 |
| Jazz Symphony | Symphony orchestra | 2009 |
| Scenes - Cantata on Thomas Mann´s Tetralogy: Joseph and His Brothers | Solo voice(s) with orchestra | 1981 |
| Speciality | Film music | 1970 |
| Hail Damage | Film music | 1966 |
| Adventure on the Venus | Music for the theater | 1963 |
| Soldier Song | Male choir | 0 |
| Double Play | Chamber Music | 2000 |
| Double Concerto | Concerto | 1991 |
| Expressions | Ensemble | 1974 |
| Little Suite | Chamber orchestra | 1956 |
| Cart-Drive into the Night | Solo voice(s) with ensemble | 1970 |
| Lancers | Film music | 1975 |
| The Rooster Crows | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 1967 |
| Two Capriccios | Instrumental solo | 2007 |
| Two Little Pieces for Beginners | Chamber Music | 0 |
| Salutation | Solo voice(s), choir & solo instrument(s) | 1960 |
| Las Vegas | Film music | 1970 |
| Lekváros a város | Children's choir | 0 |
| Hungaian Requiem | Film music | 1990 |
| Margaret Island | Film music | 1960 |
| Mary Morison´s Madrigal | Mixed choir | 1967 |
| Mauthausen | Symphony orchestra | 1958 |
| Tale About the Shabby Troubadour | Film music | 1981 |
| Fairytale Ball | Children's choir | 1973 |
| Story-Telling Dance | Wind orchestra | 1952 |
| What Will I Do When I Grow Up? | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 1963 |
| Musica la dolce | Chamber orchestra | 1995 |
| Second Suite | Wind orchestra | 1996 |
| While the Man | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 1973 |
| Sunflower | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 1971 |
| I Didn´t Used to Lie | Film music | 1966 |
| Four Duos | Chamber Music | 1965 |
| Four Orchestral Invocations | Symphony orchestra | 1966 |
| Orogenesis | Solo voice(s), choir & orchestra | 1970 |
| Pezzo Concertato | Concerto | 1975 |
| Pro Libertate | Solo voice(s), choir & orchestra | 1975 |
| Screen Test | Film music | 1966 |
| Psalmus XCV / Psalm 95 | Choir and chamber ensemble | 2008 |
| Example and Hope | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 1963 |
| Quartetto per archi No. 1 / String Quartet No. 1 | Chamber Music | 1963 |
| Ragtime | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 1984 |
| Rapsodia | Chamber Music | 1955 |
| Rhapsody | Symphony orchestra | 1997 |
| Revegetation | Film music | 1988 |
| Requiem | Solo voice(s), choir & orchestra | 2003 |
| Rondo for Two Trumpets and Orchestra | Concerto | 1994 |
| A Gleam Flames Up... | Choir a cappella | 1960 |
| Chess | Film music | 1966 |
| Scherzo | Wind orchestra | 0 |
| Senza sordina | Wind orchestra | 1985 |
| Senza sordina | Chamber Music | 1983 |
| Six B. to B. | Instrumental solo | 1995 |
| Sotto Voce No. 3 - In memoriam Claude Achille Debussy | Chamber Music | 1997 |
| Sotto voce No. 1 | Female choir | 1980 |
| Sotto voce No. 2 | Female choir | 1979 |
| Stabat Mater | Solo voice(s), choir & orchestra | 1991 |
| Strophe Song | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 1981 |
| School-songs | Children's choir | 0 |
| Confronting | Film music | 1975 |
| Serenade | Chamber Music | 1954 |
| Sonata | Instrumental solo | 2006 |
| Szél hozott, szél visz el | Children's choir | 1972 |
| Study | Instrumental solo | 1995 |
| Thirdplay | Chamber Music | 1993 |
| Respectfully Yours, Mr. Goodman! | Instrumental solo | 1987 |
| Tornyai János | Film music | 1962 |
| Further Eight Arrogant Ideas | Chamber Music | 1986 |
| Tragic Overture | Symphony orchestra | 1958 |
| Concerto for Trumpet | Concerto | 1990 |
| Landscape Song | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1986 |
| Call to Dance | Solo voice(s), choir & chamber orchestra | 1979 |
| Winter Morning | Mixed choir | 1966 |
| Kitty Térdszél (Prank Tales I.) | Music for the theater | 1979 |
| Handstand | Film music | 1976 |
| Fragment | Choir a cappella | 1973 |
| Cricket Tale | Solo voice(s), choir & solo instrument(s) | 1987 |
| Variazioni con tema | Chamber Music | 1986 |
| Veszprém County Miner Songs | Mixed choir | 0 |
| Via crucis | Solo voice(s), choir & chamber orchestra | 1989 |
| Palm Sunday | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1992 |
| Sketchbook for Szakcsi | Instrumental solo | 1998 |
| Concerto for Piano | Concerto | 2000 |
| Night | Female choir | 1967 |
| Night No. 2 | Mixed choir | 1974 |
| I am Jerome | Film music | 1971 |
| Seasons, Masters, Masterpieces | Film music | 1964 |
| Giant´s Song | Mixed choir | 1973 |
| Five Arrogant Ideas | Chamber Music | 1979 |
| Five Movements in Quotation-Marks | Chamber Music | 1981 |
| Opening of a New Age | Solo voice(s), choir & solo instrument(s) | 1963 |
| Festspiel-Ouverture / Festival Overture | Wind orchestra | 1984 |