Bolcsó Bálint
Composer
STUDIES
1993-1997 Bartók Secondary School Budapest, composition faculty, István Fekete Győr
1997-2006 Liszt Academy of Music Budapest, composition faculty, György Orbán, Zoltán Jeney, Andrea Szigetvári. Master's degree in composition
1999-2006 Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien, composition (Iván Erőd, Michael Jarrell) and electroacoustic composition (Dieter Kaufmann)
2004 Conservatoire Nat. Sup. de Musique et de Danse Paris, ERASMUS programme, Frédéric Durieux
COURSES, COMPETITIONS
1998-2005 International Bartók Seminar Szombathely, Hungary: composition courses with Dennis Smalley, Michael Jarrell, Marco Stroppa, Manuel Hidalgo, Martin Bresnick, Jonathan Harvey, Mesias Maiguashca, Johannes Schöllhorn
1999 Prague-Vienna-Budapest Summer Academy Reichenau, Austria: composition course with József Soproni
2003 Confluencias Miniaturas competition Huelva, Spain: electroacoustic piece Farblos makes it into the final round
2005 9th International Academy for New Composition and Audio-Art, Seefeld in Tirol, Austria, Richard Boulanger (with support of KulturKontakt Austria)
2006 Invited to Weimar, Germany to the final selection for the Franz Liszt Scholarship of the Hochschule für Musik
2006 Farblos wins second prize at the electroacoustic composition contest Short Cuts: Beauty of ZKM Karlsruhe, in the framework of World New Music Festival Stuttgart, Germany
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY, HIGHLIGHTS
1998 Static Noise, Pécs, Hungary: guest composer
1999-2001 Music Without Borders in the Heart of Europe: concerts in Slovakia, Austria and Hungary
1999-2000 In Concreto in TRAFÓ - House of Contemporary Arts Budapest and Institute for Contemporary Arts Dunaújváros, Hungary: electroacoustic piece Talpalatnyi Csend (A Foothold of Silence) included in the "sound exhibition"
2001 Szene Bunte Wähne, Horn, Austria: guest artist
2003, 2004 Budapest Autumn Festival, Wien Modern: performances of new pieces
2004 The Juilliard School, New York: bird eye performed in the Budapest - New York Twin Concerts
2005 Making New Waves, Budapest: first performance of Ének, Hold, Gondolat (Song, Moon, Mind), commissioned by the festival
2005 Visszatérés (Return), directed by Linda Dombrovszky): music for the short film within a project led by Új Dialóg Stúdió
2005 Budapest Autumn Festival, in coproduction with Workshop Foundation: music for the dance play 5 (choreographer: Nina Umniakov)
2005 Diploma concert at the Academy of Music Budapest
AWARDS, GRANTS
2003, 2006 Zoltán Kodály Composer Grant (Ministry of National Cultural Heritage, Hungary)
2003 Theodor Körner Prize (Austria)
Bálint Bolcsó�s works include music for film and dance, radio plays, sound installations as well as electroacoustic, vocal and instrumental pieces ranging from solo to symphonic settings. He is also active as a computer improvisation artist.
1993-1997 Bartók Secondary School Budapest, composition faculty, István Fekete Győr
1997-2006 Liszt Academy of Music Budapest, composition faculty, György Orbán, Zoltán Jeney, Andrea Szigetvári. Master's degree in composition
1999-2006 Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien, composition (Iván Erőd, Michael Jarrell) and electroacoustic composition (Dieter Kaufmann)
2004 Conservatoire Nat. Sup. de Musique et de Danse Paris, ERASMUS programme, Frédéric Durieux
COURSES, COMPETITIONS
1998-2005 International Bartók Seminar Szombathely, Hungary: composition courses with Dennis Smalley, Michael Jarrell, Marco Stroppa, Manuel Hidalgo, Martin Bresnick, Jonathan Harvey, Mesias Maiguashca, Johannes Schöllhorn
1999 Prague-Vienna-Budapest Summer Academy Reichenau, Austria: composition course with József Soproni
2003 Confluencias Miniaturas competition Huelva, Spain: electroacoustic piece Farblos makes it into the final round
2005 9th International Academy for New Composition and Audio-Art, Seefeld in Tirol, Austria, Richard Boulanger (with support of KulturKontakt Austria)
2006 Invited to Weimar, Germany to the final selection for the Franz Liszt Scholarship of the Hochschule für Musik
2006 Farblos wins second prize at the electroacoustic composition contest Short Cuts: Beauty of ZKM Karlsruhe, in the framework of World New Music Festival Stuttgart, Germany
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY, HIGHLIGHTS
1998 Static Noise, Pécs, Hungary: guest composer
1999-2001 Music Without Borders in the Heart of Europe: concerts in Slovakia, Austria and Hungary
1999-2000 In Concreto in TRAFÓ - House of Contemporary Arts Budapest and Institute for Contemporary Arts Dunaújváros, Hungary: electroacoustic piece Talpalatnyi Csend (A Foothold of Silence) included in the "sound exhibition"
2001 Szene Bunte Wähne, Horn, Austria: guest artist
2003, 2004 Budapest Autumn Festival, Wien Modern: performances of new pieces
2004 The Juilliard School, New York: bird eye performed in the Budapest - New York Twin Concerts
2005 Making New Waves, Budapest: first performance of Ének, Hold, Gondolat (Song, Moon, Mind), commissioned by the festival
2005 Visszatérés (Return), directed by Linda Dombrovszky): music for the short film within a project led by Új Dialóg Stúdió
2005 Budapest Autumn Festival, in coproduction with Workshop Foundation: music for the dance play 5 (choreographer: Nina Umniakov)
2005 Diploma concert at the Academy of Music Budapest
AWARDS, GRANTS
2003, 2006 Zoltán Kodály Composer Grant (Ministry of National Cultural Heritage, Hungary)
2003 Theodor Körner Prize (Austria)
Bálint Bolcsó�s works include music for film and dance, radio plays, sound installations as well as electroacoustic, vocal and instrumental pieces ranging from solo to symphonic settings. He is also active as a computer improvisation artist.
| Year | Title | Publisher | Code | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Title | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|
| #artofvirus#81 | Ensemble | 2020 |
| 100den*100dm2 >> 100mp*100dB | Other | 2017 |
| 30 Days | Chamber Music | 2012 |
| 45s(b) | !to be determined | 2018 |
| 5 | Ballet / Choreographic work | 2005 |
| A Bloomy Girl | Tape music | 2008 |
| The Happy Painter | Film music | 2015 |
| The Seventh | Live electronic music | 2015 |
| A szabadulóművész apológiája | Music for the theater | 2009 |
| The Outcast | Music for radio drama | 2016 |
| Abstraction Layers | Electroacoustic music | 2017 |
| Arches | Instrumental solo | 2002 |
| Aria | Live and tape music | 2011 |
| Atmosphere Matrix | Electroacoustic music | 2015 |
| Az elsőszülött (The First Born) | Film music | 2007 |
| Silence of the Holiday (HUMAchiNe III) | Live and tape music | 2007 |
| Café Brasil | Music for the theater | 2010 |
| Csavargó (Vagabond) | Film music | 2009 |
| De Sade pennája | Music for the theater | 2009 |
| Der Bleicherin Nachtlied | Vocal music | 2020 |
| Do not Repeat | Chamber Music | 2023 |
| Eloge de l´escapologiste | Music for the theater | 2008 |
| Elsöprő (Overwhelming) | Film music | 2011 |
| Emelet (Storey) | Film music | 2006 |
| Enigma Remix | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2014 |
| Farblos | Tape music | 2001 |
| Finish Your Idea | Chamber Music | 2022 |
| Fluid | Chamber Music | 2003 |
| Phase Browsers (Versions A and B) | Chamber Music | 2015 |
| Light Etude - For Clarinet and Electronics | Live and prerecorded music | 2013 |
| Gitter | Electroacoustic music | 2011 |
| Good Morning | Chamber orchestra | 2009 |
| Graceful Degradation | Electroacoustic music | 2015 |
| Grids | Chamber Music | 2003 |
| Ravel | Chamber Music | 1998 |
| Gyász (Mourning) | Film music | 2005 |
| HUMAchiNe | Electroacoustic music | 2006 |
| HUMAchiNe II | Tape music | 2007 |
| HUMAchiNe IV | Electroacoustic music | 2011 |
| HUMAchiNe.org | Electroacoustic music | 2014 |
| Haiku | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2018 |
| On the Third Day - Short Movie | Film music | 2013 |
| Határvidék (Border area) | Film music | 2006 |
| Hetvenes / Seventies | Film music | 2014 |
| Il salotto più bello del mondo | Film music | 2007 |
| In Circles - Animations Short Movie | Film music | 2013 |
| Interior | Chamber Music | 2020 |
| Presence | Multimedia | 2017 |
| Dances of Kapuvár | Ballet / Choreographic work | 1960 |
| Kicsi Salome (Little Salome) | Music for the theater | 2008 |
| Kisded játékok (Infant Games) | Music for the theater | 2009 |
| Cube Man | Film music | 2017 |
| Kreml, 1956 | Music for radio drama | 2015 |
| Two Songs | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2000 |
| Inside-Outside | Live electronic music | 2015 |
| Inter-play | Ballet / Choreographic work | 2014 |
| Inter-Play | Stage work | 0 |
| L´Oiseau blessé d´une flèche | Choir a cappella | 2003 |
| Machaut commentaries 2. | Multimedia | 0 |
| Meteorb | Film music | 1999 |
| Metszéspontpillanat | Electroacoustic music | 2017 |
| Everything | Chamber Music | 2021 |
| Crumbs of the Broken Worldcake | Electroacoustic music | 2019 |
| No return | Chamber Music | 2004 |
| Oktogon | Computer music | 2010 |
| PLAY ME | Other | 2016 |
| Passacaglia | Live and prerecorded music | 2013 |
| Plant Box Man Repeat | Electroacoustic music | 2016 |
| Proof of Concept | Other | 2016 |
| Punch for 4 | Chamber Music | 2001 |
| R-Songs (Three Songs) | Chamber Music | 2000 |
| Reality Check | Multimedia | 2016 |
| Recycling (Zöldkör) | Ballet / Choreographic work | 2008 |
| Rodeo | Film music | 2002 |
| Rondo poco meccanico | Ensemble | 2007 |
| Rotate rotate | Chamber Music | 2007 |
| Ruhezone - Sound-installation | Other | 2009 |
| Sacherpunsch | Instrumental solo | 2000 |
| Sagrada Familia | Solo voice(s) with ensemble | 2006 |
| Savaria(da) Revisited | Live and tape music | 2008 |
| Seven Times | Electroacoustic music | 2005 |
| Swiss Flow | Film music | 2014 |
| Switching On a Different Light | Instrumental solo | 2008 |
| Foothold Silence | Electroacoustic music | 2000 |
| The River | Film music | 2016 |
| Secret | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 0 |
| Touch | Electroacoustic music | 2010 |
| Transit | Tape music | 2006 |
| Triptychon | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2009 |
| Try to Fly - Performance | Other | 2012 |
| Expanding | Film music | 2010 |
| Waiting for the Fairy | Electroacoustic music | 2019 |
| Vegetable Loops | Chamber Music | 2004 |
| Visszatérés (Return) | Film music | 2005 |
| Sketches to Zoo Improvisations | Other | 2010 |
| Words | Tape music | 2002 |
| ]obscene[ | Stage work | 2010 |
| ]off scene[...[obscene] | Music for the theater | 2010 |
| a posteriori Music | Electroacoustic music | 2018 |
| bird eye | Electroacoustic music | 2003 |
| cascando sketch | Chamber Music | 2009 |
| holahatar.hu intro-music | Film music | 2010 |
| kirchen|bogen|fragen|feld | Tape music | 2005 |
| lautlos | Electroacoustic music | 2009 |
| senza f[…] | Chamber Music | 0 |
| Állatkerti installáció plüssállatokkal | Other | 2010 |
| Lied, Mond, Gedanke / Song, Moon, Idea | Chamber Music | 2005 |
| Vein | Symphony orchestra | 2005 |