Orbán György
Composer
Place of Birth
Marosvásárhely
Date of Birth
1947
He was born in Marosvásárhely (Tirgu Mures), Romania on July 12, 1947. He studied composition with Sigismund Toduta and János Jagamas at the Kolozsvár (Cluj) Academy of Music between 1968 and 1973. After graduation, Orbán taught music theory at the Academy until 1979, the year in which he left Romania to settle in Hungary. He has since worked as music editor with Editio Musica Budapest. In 1989 his Triple Sextet was selected among Recommended Works at UNESCO's Tribute Internationale des Compositeurs in Paris. He left Romania in 1979 to settle in Budapest and has since taught music composition at the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music. He is a very active composer who has written several instrumental pieces, still it is his attraction to the human voice that seems to be the most profound. The proof for this statement are his many-many songs, the four oratories, ten masses, two dozens of motets, ninety choral works and his opera: Prince Pikko.
| Title | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|
| "Dominus Tecum" | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2023 |
| 10 Songs | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1997 |
| 3 Songs | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1994 |
| 3 Songs for Mezzo-Soprano and Piano | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2010 |
| 4 Cantici | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2007 |
| 4 Cantici | Solo voice(s) with chamber orchestra | 2007 |
| 4 Songs | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1993 |
| 5 Songs | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1995 |
| 6 Songs (Idylls and Two Fables) | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1993 |
| 7 Songs (or else. Experts will decide) | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1994 |
| 8 Songs | Solo voice(s), choir & solo instrument(s) | 2006 |
| 9 Songs on Poems by Sándor Weöres | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1997 |
| 9 Transylvanian Madrigals | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1991 |
| The maid´s Tear | Mixed choir | 1997 |
| The Wonder Tree | Symphony orchestra | 2006 |
| Garden of the Prince | Mixed choir | 2008 |
| Garden of the Prince | Female choir | 2007 |
| The Swan | Music for the theater | 2000 |
| The clown´s Serenade | Choir a cappella | 1990 |
| The Outpost | Film music | 1995 |
| The Tyrant´s Heart or Boccaccio in Hungary | Film music | 1981 |
| Ad nocturnum | Mixed choir | 1990 |
| Adeste fideles | Female choir | 1994 |
| Adeste fideles | Female choir | 2000 |
| Advent in Harghita | Film music | 1993 |
| Aestas Summa - Summer | Instrumental solo | 2014 |
| Agnus Dei | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 1991 |
| Feuilles d´Album à conte de Rasumoffsky (Rasumoffsky Trilogy II.) | String orchestra | 2000 |
| Alma redemptoris mater (in D) | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 2010 |
| Alma redemptoris mater á 3 | Female choir | 2009 |
| Alma redemptoris mater á 3 | Mixed choir | 2010 |
| Amor sanctus | Mixed choir | 1990 |
| Andante and Rondo Capriccioso | Concerto | 1993 |
| Audi voces | Female choir | 1988 |
| Aulos I | Instrumental solo | 0 |
| Aulos II | Instrumental solo | 0 |
| Ave Maria ("quasi murmurando") | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1996 |
| Ave Maria in A | Mixed choir | 1993 |
| Ave Maria in D | Mixed choir | 1991 |
| Ave Maria á 3 | Female choir | 0 |
| Ave Maria, grazioso | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 1994 |
| Ave Maris Stella | Mixed choir | 1990 |
| Ave Regina | Mixed choir | 1990 |
| Ave Regina á 3 | Female choir | 2009 |
| Ave Verum | Mixed choir | 1993 |
| Ave regina (for 3 voices) | Mixed choir | 0 |
| The Tragedy of Man | Music for the theater | 2001 |
| The Devil´s Talismans | Film music | 1985 |
| The New Bell | Instrumental solo | 2014 |
| Benedictus from Mass No. 11 | String orchestra | 2006 |
| Benedictus from Mass No. 11 | Solo voice(s) with chamber orchestra | 2003 |
| Benedictus from Requiem | Solo voice(s) with chamber orchestra | 2003 |
| Sonata for piano and viola | Chamber Music | 1997 |
| Ball Music for Count Rasumoffsky (Rasumoffsky Trilogy I.) | String orchestra | 2000 |
| Bánk bán | Music for the theater | 2001 |
| Peace talk, or the century lasts until Thursday | Film music | 1989 |
| Witch of Fast | Choir a cappella | 1990 |
| Farewell to Count Rasumoffsky | Chamber Music | 2002 |
| Farewell to Count Rasumoffsky | Chamber Music | 2006 |
| Farewell to Count Rasumoffsky (Rasumoffsky Trilogy III.) | String orchestra | 2000 |
| Charm | Opera | 2004 |
| Caeli Cives | Female choir | 1991 |
| Caligo (Te lucis ante terminum - con 2 soprani) | Mixed choir | 0 |
| Cantico di Frate Sole | Solo voice(s) with orchestra | 1996 |
| Cantico di Frate Sole | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 2013 |
| Canto di primavera | String orchestra | 2006 |
| Chiaro | Mixed choir | 0 |
| Coelo rores | Female choir | 2002 |
| Come away | Mixed choir | 0 |
| Cor mundum | Mixed choir | 1988 |
| Brawling in Chioggia | Film music | 1993 |
| Csongor and Tünde | Music for the theater | 2000 |
| Untitled (Neither land nor water...) | Female choir | 1993 |
| Da pacem - for mixed choir with keyboard | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 1994 |
| Da pacem - for mixed choir with organ | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 1996 |
| Daemon Irrepit Callidus | Mixed choir | 1990 |
| De profundis | Mixed choir | 1983 |
| De vitae vanitate | Female choir | 1991 |
| De vitae vanitate - for mixed choir | Mixed choir | 0 |
| Dei Matris | Female choir | 1990 |
| Dier Duid / The Death | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 0 |
| Dramolette | Mixed choir | 1987 |
| I Used to Be an Elephant | Mixed choir | 1987 |
| The Forest | Music for the theater | 2000 |
| Gloaming | Female choir | 2007 |
| Carved Lines | Solo voice(s) with chamber orchestra | 2007 |
| Carved Lines | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2006 |
| Farewell | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 1996 |
| Black Milk | Music for the theater | 2004 |
| On the Day of Resurrection | Choir a cappella | 1988 |
| Feuilles d´Album pour quatour á cordes | Chamber Music | 1999 |
| Wind Quintet | Chamber Music | 1985 |
| Nightingale, Nightingale | Female choir | 1996 |
| Genevan Psalter | Vocal ensemble | 2015 |
| Gloria | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 1997 |
| Gaggling | Female choir | 1991 |
| If... | Female choir | 2007 |
| Letgohand Vaska (A Tale from the Labour Camp) | Film music | 1996 |
| At Dawn | Female choir | 1992 |
| Sonata for violin and piano No. 3 | Chamber Music | 1995 |
| String Quartet No. 3 | Chamber Music | 1997 |
| Violin Concerto | Concerto | 2008 |
| Swing Tree | Mixed choir | 2012 |
| Horae | Female choir | 1994 |
| Horae | Female choir | 1994 |
| Hymnus | Instrumental solo | 1980 |
| Three Latin Songs | Solo voice(s) with ensemble | 0 |
| Symphony No. 1 | Symphony orchestra | 2021 |
| Violin Concerto No. 2 | Concerto | 2018 |
| Symphony No. 2 | Symphony orchestra | 2020 |
| Violin Concerto No. 3 | Concerto | 2018 |
| Symphony No. 3 | Symphony orchestra | 2021 |
| Symphony No. 4 | Symphony orchestra | 2023 |
| Iuxta crucem | Female choir | 1994 |
| Iuxta crucem | Female choir | 1994 |
| Jubilate Deo | Female choir | 2013 |
| Well Said, Horatius | Choir a cappella | 1992 |
| KZ-Oratorio | Stage work | 1994 |
| Adventurers, Please Abstain | Mixed choir | 1987 |
| Christmas Puppet Shop | Film music | 1989 |
| Christmas Oratorio | Solo voice(s), choir & orchestra | 1998 |
| Klapka Legion | Film music | 1983 |
| Cunună / Ghirlanda | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2010 |
| Postcard, Hand-colored | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2010 |
| Knives in Hens | Music for the theater | 1999 |
| Aulos, No. 1 | Instrumental solo | 2014 |
| Aulos, No. 2 | Instrumental solo | 2012 |
| Codex-Melodies | Vocal music | 2012 |
| Choral Book In memoriam S.A., No. 1 | Mixed choir | 1985 |
| Choral Book In memoriam S.A., No. 2 | Choir with accompaniment | 1990 |
| L´ amato del mio cuore | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 0 |
| Lute-string sounds | Mixed choir | 1987 |
| Lauda Sion | Female choir | 1988 |
| Air-Bosom | Female choir | 1992 |
| Letter from Home | Mixed choir | 1985 |
| Liber scriptus | Mixed choir | 1983 |
| Ludus Tabulaturae in honorem Joannis Kajoni | String orchestra | 2012 |
| Ludus Tabulaturae in honorem Joannis Kajoni | Chamber Music | 2012 |
| Cacodemon | Female choir | 1992 |
| Ludvércz | Female choir | 0 |
| Lux aeterna | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 1981 |
| Madrigal | Mixed choir | 1983 |
| Hungarian Beauty | Film music | 2003 |
| Hungarian Folksong | Mixed choir | 1987 |
| Mass No. 6 | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 0 |
| Book of Lockets | Mixed choir | 1987 |
| Mettimi | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 0 |
| By-Song-Like | Mixed choir | 0 |
| Minuti per cembalo o pianoforte | Instrumental solo | 2007 |
| Missa Duodecima | Solo voice(s) with chamber orchestra | 0 |
| Missa Quinta | Mixed choir | 1992 |
| Mass No. 2 - orchestral version | Choir and orchestra | 1990 |
| Missa Sexta / Mass No. 6 | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 1997 |
| Missa nona / Mass No. 9 | Choir with accompaniment | 1999 |
| Mass No. 8 | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 1994 |
| Missa prima | Solo voice(s), choir & chamber ensemble | 1990 |
| Mass No. 4 | Solo voice(s), choir & orchestra | 1991 |
| Missa quinta | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 1991 |
| Mass No. 2 - chamber version | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 1990 |
| Mass No. 7 | Choir a cappella | 1993 |
| Mass No. 6 | Choir and orchestra | 1991 |
| Mass No. 3 | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 1991 |
| Motet | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 1979 |
| Mundi renovatio | Female choir | 1990 |
| Mundi renovatio | Mixed choir | 1990 |
| Musique de bal pour quatour á cordes | Chamber Music | 1998 |
| Other 8 Songs | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2008 |
| String Quartet No. 2 | Chamber Music | 1994 |
| Grandfather Waves | Mixed choir | 1987 |
| Nobis natus | Female choir | 1988 |
| Nobis natus - For Mixed Choir | Mixed choir | 1990 |
| Noli flere | Female choir | 1989 |
| Nunc dimittis | Mixed choir | 2001 |
| Nunc dimittis | Solo voice(s) with chamber orchestra | 2006 |
| Nympha and Faun - for mixed choir | Choir a cappella | 1992 |
| Nympha and Faun | Female choir | 1993 |
| Nympha and Faun - for vocal ensemble | Solo voice(s) a cappella | 1997 |
| Neapolitan Merriments | Film music | 1982 |
| O Gloriosa | Female choir | 2010 |
| O Maria | Female choir | 2000 |
| O magnum mysterium | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 1997 |
| O vos omnes | Mixed choir | 1994 |
| O, Mistress mine | Mixed choir | 0 |
| Pange lingua | Female choir | 1988 |
| Pange lingua | Mixed choir | 1997 |
| Missa Sacri Monti Pannoniae | Choir and orchestra | 1995 |
| Quick Dance from Panyiga | Mixed choir | 1987 |
| Serenade of the Straw-puppet | Mixed choir | 1987 |
| Passion in Hungarian | Solo voice(s), choir & orchestra | 1997 |
| Passport | Film music | 2000 |
| Pater noster (in B flat) | Mixed choir | 1994 |
| Pater noster (in C) | Mixed choir | 1991 |
| Pavillon-Sinfonietta | Ensemble | 1995 |
| Prince Pikko | Solo voice(s) with orchestra | 1999 |
| Grain of Dust Crawling | Mixed choir | 1987 |
| Preacher Song | Mixed choir | 1981 |
| Psalmus 126 | Mixed choir | 0 |
| Regina caeli á 3 | Female choir | 2009 |
| Regina martyrum | Choir and orchestra | 1992 |
| Regis regum civis | Mixed choir | 1988 |
| Regum regis ave | Mixed choir | 1988 |
| Ricordanze di Primavera / Spring memories | Instrumental solo | 2004 |
| River Song | Female choir | 2008 |
| Rorate caeli | Solo voice(s), choir & orchestra | 1992 |
| Brass Music No. 1 | Chamber Music | 1989 |
| Romeo and Juliet | Music for the theater | 2001 |
| Minuti per cembalo (o piano) | Instrumental solo | 2005 |
| Salon d´Automne - Autumn Exhibition | Instrumental solo | 2000 |
| Salve Regina á 3 | Female choir | 2009 |
| Salve regina | Mixed choir | 1995 |
| Chansonette | Mixed choir | 0 |
| I Can Have No Rest | Mixed choir | 1984 |
| Serenata No. 1 / Serenade No. 1 | Symphony orchestra | 1984 |
| Serenata No. 2 / Serenade No. 2 | Symphony orchestra | 1985 |
| Serenata No. 3 / Serenade No. 3 | Symphony orchestra | 2008 |
| Serenata No. 4 / Serenade No. 4 | Symphony orchestra | 2011 |
| Sicut cervus desiderat | Female choir | 2003 |
| Lament | Mixed choir | 1983 |
| Sonata concertante | Chamber Music | 1987 |
| Sonata grande | Chamber Music | 1997 |
| Sonata per clarinetto basso e pianoforte | Chamber Music | 2006 |
| Sonata per fagotto e pianoforte | Chamber Music | 1987 |
| Sonata per violino e pianoforte No. 1 | Chamber Music | 1989 |
| Sonata per violino e pianoforte No. 2 | Chamber Music | 1991 |
| Sonata per violino e pianoforte No. 3 | Chamber Music | 1995 |
| Sonata per violino solo | Instrumental solo | 1971 |
| Sopra canti diversi | String orchestra | 2014 |
| Sopra canti diversi | Chamber Music | 2015 |
| Sopra canto il fermo | String orchestra | 2014 |
| Sopra canto il fermo | Chamber Music | 2014 |
| Sopran canto ferma | String orchestra | 2022 |
| Spanish Songs | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1997 |
| Stabat Mater | Mixed choir | 1987 |
| Stabat Mater (in a) | Mixed choir | 1987 |
| Stabat Mater in F | Mixed choir | 1995 |
| Is It Allowed? | Mixed choir | 1987 |
| Gentle Forests | Female choir | 1996 |
| Duo for Soprano and Violoncello (Duo No. 3) | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1980 |
| Duo for Soprano and Violin (Duo No. 4) | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1989 |
| Duo for Soprano and Clarinet on Folk Texts (Duo No. 1) | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1979 |
| Duo for Soprano and Double Bass (Duo No. 2) | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1987 |
| Te Deum 1914 | Solo voice(s), choir & orchestra | 0 |
| Te lucis ante terminum | Mixed choir | 1990 |
| Church Songs I. - Three Hymns | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2010 |
| Church Songs II. - Five Geneva Psalms | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2010 |
| Terge fletus á 3 | Female choir | 0 |
| Timor et tremor | Mixed choir | 2001 |
| From Impure Spring | Mixed choir | 1987 |
| The Key to Secrets | Mixed choir | 1987 |
| Trio | Chamber Music | 1971 |
| Trio | Chamber Music | 1971 |
| Triple Sextet | Chamber orchestra | 1980 |
| Phenomenons | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2009 |
| Court Dances | String orchestra | 2011 |
| Court Dances | Chamber Music | 2011 |
| Urbs caelestis | Mixed choir | 1990 |
| Enchanted Forest - Litte Piano Pieces | Instrumental solo | 0 |
| Veni creator spiritus | Mixed choir | 1984 |
| Veni creator spiritus - for mixed choir - 1988 | Mixed choir | 1988 |
| Veni sancte spiritus | Mixed choir | 1988 |
| Veni, Sol! | Instrumental solo | 0 |
| Verona Sketches | Symphony orchestra | 1998 |
| Secular Melodies - Codex Melodies | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2012 |
| Secular Melodies - Folk Song and its Countryside | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2012 |
| Flower Song | Mixed choir | 1979 |
| String Quartet No. 1 | Chamber Music | 1994 |
| String Quartet No. 2 | Chamber Music | 1994 |
| Vonósnégyes No. 3 | Chamber Music | 1998 |
| String Quartet No. 4 | Chamber Music | 1999 |
| Vále, vále | Mixed choir | 2007 |
| Winter Collection | Instrumental solo | 2000 |
| Zagreb Unison | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 0 |
| Sonata for Piano No. 1 | Instrumental solo | 1987 |
| Sonata for Piano No. 2 | Instrumental solo | 1987 |
| Sonata for Piano No. 3 | Instrumental solo | 1988 |
| Sonata for Piano No. 4 | Instrumental solo | 1989 |
| Sonata for Piano No. 5 | Instrumental solo | 2007 |
| Suite for Piano | Instrumental solo | 1986 |
| Suite for Piano No. 2 (Auswanderer-Fantasie) | Instrumental solo | 1989 |
| Suite for Piano No. 3 (French Suite) | Instrumental solo | 1998 |
| Suite for Piano No. 4 (Strict Variations) | Instrumental solo | 2004 |
| Suite for Piano No. 5 | Instrumental solo | 2007 |
| Suite for Piano No. 6 | Instrumental solo | 2012 |
| Piano Quintet | Chamber Music | 2001 |
| Prayer | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 1983 |
| Psalm variation | Mixed choir | 1983 |
| borderland | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2009 |
| In the shade | Film music | 1999 |
| I lift up my eyes | Mixed choir | 2024 |
| Seasons - New pieces from the Piano-Cycle | Instrumental solo | 2011 |
| Oh, Pan | Choir a cappella | 1988 |
| Five Canons to Poems by Attila József | Solo voice(s) with ensemble | 1977 |