Artist database

This is the Artist Database of BMC, which includes information about composers, musicians, orchestras, choirs and groups that are either Hungarian or Hungarian by origin or live in Hungary, as well as information about releases recorded with them.

Gulya Róbert


Composer

Place of Birth
Gyöngyös
Date of Birth
1973

 
Robert Gulya was born in 1973 in Hungary into a family of musicians. His father is a jazz pianist, music has been the center of his life since early childhood. He has studied piano and composition at the Budapest Conservatory and received his summa cum laude degree in composition and music theory in 1997 at the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music. He is one of the most promising composers of his generation, honored with numerous national and international scholarships and awards: 1995-The Grand Prize of II. Prix Mercure at the International Vienna Summer Academy of Music for «Burlesque». 1996 -The Albert Szirmai Award of the Academy of Music, Budapest. 1996 - 3rd Prize at the International Festival of Monteverdi Choirs Composition Competition. 1996 - 1998 Eötvös Scholarship of Hungary for post-graduate studies at the Vienna Academy of Music, and the Alban Berg Foundation scholarship. 1997 - 3rd Prize at the «In Memoriam of Zoltán Kodály» First International Composers’ Competition in Hungary. 2000 - Fulbright Scholarship, attending the Film Scoring Advanced Program at the University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles. His film scores have been recorded at Paramount Studio in Hollywood and at George Lucas’ Skywalker Studio. His compositions have already been played and recorded by orchestras and soloists in Europe and North America.
 
Title Type Year
9 and A Half Dates Film music 2007
The Milonguero and the Muse (Tango) String orchestra 2008
Outpost Film music 2008
Atom Nine Adventures Film music 2007
Bamboo Shark 2008
Burlesque Chamber Music 1995
Capriccio Chamber Music 2006
Voice of Dolphins Instrumental solo 1999
Memory of a Lost World - A tale of the legendary Atlantis Choir and orchestra 1996
Gingerclown Film music 2013
Logbook ´89-09´ Film music 2009
Moods Chamber Music 2004
Piano Concerto No. 1 Concerto 1992
Piano concerto No. 2 Concerto 0
Piano Concerto No. 3 Concerto 0
Illusions Film music 2009
Jokes Chamber Music 1999
Made in Hungaria Film music 2009
What Ever Happened to Timi Female choir 2014
S.O.S. Love! Film music 2007
In the Name of Sherlock Holmes Film music 2012
Night of Singles Film music 2010
The Boy Who Cried Bitch Film music 2005
Themoleris Film music 2007
Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn Film music 2014
Truce Film music 2004
Truly Father Film music 2010
Fairy Dance Instrumental solo 1998
Concert for guitar and orchestra Concerto 2009
Concert for Tuba and Orchestra Concerto 2000
Night Sky Preludes Instrumental solo 2007