Tornyai Péter
Composer
Place of Birth
Szeged
Date of Birth
1987
1 September 1987 Szeged
He started his composing studies under the guidance of Lajos Huszár and István Fekete Győr. Since 2007 hes been studying at the Ferenc Liszt Music Academy of Music Budapest as pupil of Zoltán Jeney (composing) and István Kertész (violin).
As violinist and viola player he often plays contemporary music in various chamber ensembles (THReNSeMBle, Rondo Quartet, Apponyi Quartet). In 2010 he won 2nd Prize at the Leó Weiner Chamber Music Contest. Since 2007 he is permanent member of Gábor Csalogs ensemble that studies the music of György Kurtág and also used to perform it in frames of summer courses and concerts.
Recently he won first, second and third prizes at the Composing Contest of the Music Academy, and in 2008 he won the Composers Contest of the Museum of Fine Arts. In 2010 he won Composers Prize at the Austrian ISA summer academy, where he was awarded by the Klangforum Wien. For his String Quartet presented by the Stadler Quartet he was awarded with the Gerhardus Prize in 2010 at the Saint Gerhard Festival of Szeged. He attended the composing master courses of Gyula Csapó, Johannes Schöllhorn, Nigel Osborne and Krzysztof Penderecki.
In 2011 he won 1st prize at UMZF 2011 (New Hungarian Music Forum) in category of chamber music (QuatreQuatuors). He has been awarded with Artisjus Prize in 2017.
see also: Tornyai Péter - musician
He started his composing studies under the guidance of Lajos Huszár and István Fekete Győr. Since 2007 hes been studying at the Ferenc Liszt Music Academy of Music Budapest as pupil of Zoltán Jeney (composing) and István Kertész (violin).
As violinist and viola player he often plays contemporary music in various chamber ensembles (THReNSeMBle, Rondo Quartet, Apponyi Quartet). In 2010 he won 2nd Prize at the Leó Weiner Chamber Music Contest. Since 2007 he is permanent member of Gábor Csalogs ensemble that studies the music of György Kurtág and also used to perform it in frames of summer courses and concerts.
Recently he won first, second and third prizes at the Composing Contest of the Music Academy, and in 2008 he won the Composers Contest of the Museum of Fine Arts. In 2010 he won Composers Prize at the Austrian ISA summer academy, where he was awarded by the Klangforum Wien. For his String Quartet presented by the Stadler Quartet he was awarded with the Gerhardus Prize in 2010 at the Saint Gerhard Festival of Szeged. He attended the composing master courses of Gyula Csapó, Johannes Schöllhorn, Nigel Osborne and Krzysztof Penderecki.
In 2011 he won 1st prize at UMZF 2011 (New Hungarian Music Forum) in category of chamber music (QuatreQuatuors). He has been awarded with Artisjus Prize in 2017.
see also: Tornyai Péter - musician
| Year | Title | Publisher | Code | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 |
Új Magyar Zenei Fórum 2011 zeneszerzőverseny
(New Hungarian Music Forum 2011 composers' competition) |
BMC HMIC | BMC PCD 28 |
| Title | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|
| ’für den alten Fritz’ | Chamber orchestra | 2018 |
| … nunc et semper… | Chamber Music | 2024 |
| …langue de la pleine lune | Chamber Music | 2008 |
| "...it´s over." (?) | Instrumental solo | 2011 |
| "Sie ruhn" – in memoriam W. A. | Ensemble | 0 |
| "talán-lom" | Instrumental solo | 2022 |
| (Ear-)purifying canon | Chamber Music | 0 |
| (be)for(e) piano - greetings to John Cage | Stage work | 2012 |
| (smoke signals)_ to György Kurtág | Chamber Music | 2016 |
| ...about time | Live and tape music | 2008 |
| ...voraus gegangen... | Instrumental solo | 2014 |
| ...zu jenen Höh´n´ | Chamber Music | 2014 |
| ...über die letzten Worte von J.H. | Chamber Music | 2010 |
| 2 Studies on Music History | Chamber Music | 2012 |
| 3 Pieces for String Quartet | Chamber Music | 2011 |
| 4 Morpheus-fragments | Instrumental solo | 2013 |
| 6:3 | Ensemble | 2018 |
| Three Wise Men | Film music | 2014 |
| Abfall-Musik | Live and prerecorded music | 2009 |
| AbsCHied – Adagio | Ensemble | 2022 |
| Ach Herr Gott | Ensemble | 2011 |
| Lullaby | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2021 |
| Lullabies | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2023 |
| Amphion and Zethus | Solo voice(s), choir & solo instrument(s) | 2018 |
| Half the Time | Chamber Music | 0 |
| Barabbas or: István Orosz´s Stairs | Chamber Music | 0 |
| Bartók-anamorphosis | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 0 |
| Bifoglia (di Corniolo) | Symphony orchestra | 2015 |
| Bonsai-sonata | Chamber Music | 2007 |
| Bonsai-sonata | Chamber Music | 2010 |
| Bubble Sonnet | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2017 |
| Can(z)oni dell´ infinito | Chamber Music | 2015 |
| Cantata di Narciso | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2014 |
| Canzone 75-80 | Chamber Music | 2015 |
| Chaconne in Tempus Perfectum | Chamber Music | 2015 |
| Chansons volées | Live and prerecorded music | 2023 |
| Chorus Sturnorum | Symphony orchestra | 2017 |
| Cordes á Vide | Concerto | 2013 |
| Corodiatonicos | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2008 |
| Dripstone´s Silence | Chamber Music | 2016 |
| Diaphonia | String orchestra | 2015 |
| Die Zauberbratsche | Live and prerecorded music | 2021 |
| Dixit | Concerto | 2017 |
| Ede-Variations | Chamber Music | 2018 |
| In a nearly desert island (island of Bali?) | Chamber Music | 2011 |
| Prelude Without Borders (Vorspiel das keinen Anfang und kein Ende hat) | Chamber Music | 2019 |
| Everything is Easier in the Evening | Solo voice(s) a cappella | 2022 |
| An Evening Question | Solo voice(s) a cappella | 2020 |
| An Evening Question | Instrumental solo | 2019 |
| FUGA per Nørgård | Chamber Music | 2022 |
| Fantasie per (tre) tastiere | Instrumental solo | 2014 |
| Ferne | Ensemble | 0 |
| For the Public | Chamber Music | 2013 |
| Fosforesque | Chamber Music | 2020 |
| Fractal-duo | Live electronic music | 2009 |
| Fritz und Franz | Chamber Music | 2018 |
| FuGA | Chamber Music | 2019 |
| Flucla Vivipivi | Ensemble | 2010 |
| Glasperlen | Instrumental solo | 2023 |
| Gleitende Glocken | Instrumental solo | 0 |
| Grand Sonate for Composer | Stage work | 2012 |
| H.G. Sonaten | Chamber Music | 2022 |
| Six Dances in Algo|rhythm No. 1 | Chamber Music | 2024 |
| Violin Duos | Chamber Music | 2011 |
| Helix | Film music | 2018 |
| Hildegard-anamorphosis | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 0 |
| Arbres de Hollan / Trees of Hollán | Orchestral work | 2012 |
| Hommage á Aesopus | Instrumental solo | 2013 |
| Hälfte des Lebens | Solo voice(s) with ensemble | 2010 |
| Hölderlin-translations - For Vocal Ensemble | Vocal ensemble | 2012 |
| Impronte (Piano Trio No. last-but-one) | Chamber Music | 2019 |
| Initials - 6 Bagatelles for String Quartet | Chamber Music | 2020 |
| Interludes anachroniques - in memoriam B.B. | !to be determined | 0 |
| Introitus and Canon (a) | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2007 |
| Introitus és Kánon (b) | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2013 |
| Campaign Silence | Other | 2022 |
| Constellations – Hommage à Dukay | Other | 2016 |
| Kunst oder Fügung | Symphony orchestra | 2020 |
| Zwei Gamba-Sonaten / Two Sonatas for Viola da Gamba | Chamber Music | 2011 |
| Two Little Salutation Canons | Chamber Music | 2018 |
| Lamento (after "Barabbas") | Chamber Music | 0 |
| Le Folie | Chamber Music | 2009 |
| Lectiones - PaterNoster-Mosaic | Solo voice(s), choir & orchestra | 2013 |
| Lisztharmatos elégia | Chamber Music | 2011 |
| Speech Therapist | Chamber Music | 0 |
| Chain Reactions | Chamber Music | 0 |
| MAX SIX SAX MIX | Ensemble | 2024 |
| MOON-ZOOM 3002 | Chamber Music | 2011 |
| Miniature in Two Frames | Chamber Music | 2015 |
| Monochrome | Concerto | 2013 |
| Motet (after "Barabbas") | Chamber Music | 0 |
| Matthew 6:3 | Instrumental solo | 2020 |
| Narcissus - Scene and Still Life | Chamber Music | 2015 |
| Note-turnes (5 Nocturnes) | Instrumental solo | 2014 |
| Note-turnes II | Chamber Music | 2015 |
| Nárcisz vagy Echó | Multimedia | 2014 |
| Oft denk’ ich... | Solo voice(s) a cappella | 2014 |
| Orpheus’ Lyre | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2024 |
| Pantagruel pantomime | Ensemble | 2021 |
| Passacaglia della morte | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2023 |
| Passacaille macabre | Instrumental solo | 2024 |
| Poème de chambre | Chamber Music | 2023 |
| Prelude | Tape music | 2009 |
| Purcell-anamorphosis | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 0 |
| Puzzle | Chamber Music | 0 |
| Pythagorean Suite | Chamber orchestra | 0 |
| Quant(z)um - For Alto Recorder (or Flute) | Instrumental solo | 2013 |
| QuatreQuatuors | Chamber Music | 2010 |
| Quintette.zip | Chamber Music | 2014 |
| RONDeau | Chamber Music | 2023 |
| Ricercari dello spazio | Tape music | 2013 |
| Sequenza infinita | Chamber Music | 2021 |
| Sheep Union | Chamber Music | 0 |
| Sibelius-variations | Electroacoustic music | 2010 |
| Lament with Intarsia | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2022 |
| Sitio | Chamber Music | 2011 |
| Sospiro congelato – passacaglia senza passi | Symphony orchestra | 2015 |
| Sprechgesang | Chamber Music | 2015 |
| Streichquintett / String Quintet | Ensemble | 2010 |
| Studi dal vero | Chamber Music | 2016 |
| Subito piano | Instrumental solo | 2019 |
| Sequences | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2020 |
| Solo Sonata | Instrumental solo | 2005 |
| Tafelmusik | Chamber Music | 2015 |
| Three Strophic Songs from James Joyce | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2022 |
| Secret Steps | Chamber Music | 0 |
| Triptychon nach Schubert | Instrumental solo | 2020 |
| Triton - Hommage á G. L. Bernini | Instrumental solo | 2013 |
| Tumtuobbi ilperu | Instrumental solo | 2008 |
| Twins - Scene for 2 Clarinets in Bb | Chamber Music | 2008 |
| Ten Hungarian Folk Songs (a) | Electroacoustic music | 2009 |
| Ten Hungarian Folk Songs (b) | Chamber Music | 2013 |
| Unisono | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2017 |
| Vier Wiegenlieder gleichzeitg | Chamber Music | 2017 |
| Viginti spiritus | Instrumental solo | 2016 |
| Villa Pisani – Labyrinth of Chaconne and Passacaglia | Chamber Music | 0 |
| Voilà for Viola | Instrumental solo | 2016 |
| City Crickets | Other | 2015 |
| Weitere intime Briefe | Chamber Music | 2019 |
| WireLess | Film music | 2015 |
| Piano Concerto | Concerto | 0 |
| Psalm Canons | Mixed choir | 2017 |
| [sic?] transit - For Female Voice, Guitar, Cello with Live Electronics | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2013 |
| a Monument of Preconception | Stage work | 2014 |
| antik-rom- | Chamber Music | 2011 |
| aus seinen Schriften | Solo voice(s) a cappella | 2018 |
| come l´acqua dal robinetto | Instrumental solo | 2020 |
| da camera - 3 scenes for 3 musicians | Chamber Music | 2012 |
| dialoghi…pezzi…con ombre | Chamber Music | 2010 |
| doubleaf | Chamber Music | 2010 |
| eine Minute | Instrumental solo | 2011 |
| fiori sfiorati | Instrumental solo | 2016 |
| fiori sfiorati (b) | Chamber Music | 2019 |
| january | !to be determined | 0 |
| solitary hallucinations | Instrumental solo | 2011 |
| szinfonal - drawing and painting or monody and ode for orchestra | Orchestral work | 2012 |
| the rest is silence | Solo voice(s) a cappella | 2015 |
| transparente - in memoriam Kálmán Katona | !to be determined | 2017 |
| une seule mélodie lointaine - in memorian Péter Eötvös | Instrumental solo | 2024 |
| unicorn | Instrumental solo | 2014 |
| lines in trapezium | Instrumental solo | 2012 |
| Transcription - Bach: Allemande from the Partita for Flute | Chamber Music | 2015 |
| Transcription - Bach: Contrapuctus No. 5 | Symphony orchestra | 2019 |
| Transcription - Dvořák: Biblické písně (Biblical Songs), Op. 99 | Solo voice(s) with ensemble | 0 |
| Transcription - François Couperin: Les Charmes, Les Moissonneurs | Chamber Music | 2021 |
| Transcription - Louis Couperin: Prélude non mesuré | Chamber Music | 2022 |
| Transcription - Rameau: Les Sauvages | Chamber Music | 2022 |
| New Anamorphoses | Ensemble | 2019 |
| Message | Instrumental solo | 2010 |
| glass-metamorphosis - for prepared piano and 3 preparators | Instrumental solo | 2013 |