Gaál Zoltán
Composer
Place of Birth
Brassó
Date of Birth
1934
Born in Romania on 21st February 1934, his studies in Budapest included composition with Ferenc Szabo and Endre Szervansky. He moved to Sweden in 1956 and studied composition with Lars-Erik Larsson, Karl-Birger Blomdahl and Ingvar Lidholm (all three at the State Academy of Music in Stockholm). Gaal has taught music at folk high schools and on several courses, added to which he has taken part in Operastudio-67. He is now a resident producer with Rikskonserter in Gothenburg
Zoltan Gaal’s output includes several choral compositions, e.g. Pelagon, which employs graphic notation. He also has a distinctive profile in electro-acustic music and has worked a great deal at the Electronic Music Studio in Stockholm/EMS. Collaboration with the theatre has also played an important part in his career as composer, and special mention can here be made of Musikteatern in Värmland, for whose productions he has frequently composed incidental music (Don Quijote mitt ibland oss, The Wind on the Moon).
Zoltan Gaal’s output includes several choral compositions, e.g. Pelagon, which employs graphic notation. He also has a distinctive profile in electro-acustic music and has worked a great deal at the Electronic Music Studio in Stockholm/EMS. Collaboration with the theatre has also played an important part in his career as composer, and special mention can here be made of Musikteatern in Värmland, for whose productions he has frequently composed incidental music (Don Quijote mitt ibland oss, The Wind on the Moon).
| Title | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|
| 8 duetter / 8 duets | Chamber Music | 2004 |
| A piece of embroidery | Instrumental solo | 1992 |
| Anxiety | !to be determined | 2020 |
| Blidström skugga | Instrumental solo | 1994 |
| Calmness And Excitement | Electroacoustic music | 2020 |
| Chattering Cloud | !to be determined | 2020 |
| Clockwork | Ensemble | 1991 |
| Coloration | Live and tape music | 1981 |
| Det blåser på månen / The Wind on the Moon | Stage work | 1976 |
| Dreams of a Storyteller | Live and tape music | 0 |
| Fancy | Instrumental solo | 2008 |
| Germination | Chamber Music | 0 |
| Grand Finale | !to be determined | 2020 |
| Instability | !to be determined | 2020 |
| Instant Music | Chamber Music | 0 |
| Intermezzo | Instrumental solo | 2004 |
| Intrada | Chamber Music | 1992 |
| Kollektiverk | Instrumental solo | 1998 |
| Light music | Chamber Music | 2000 |
| Loco - motives | !to be determined | 2020 |
| Lugna och häftiga vågor | Live and tape music | 1992 |
| Magma | Wind orchestra | 1992 |
| Mirror for Miki | Instrumental solo | 1996 |
| Nittonhundraåttionio | Chamber Music | 1989 |
| Nothing but questions | Ensemble | 1992 |
| När tiden har mist sin sälta | Electroacoustic music | 1979 |
| Old time memories | Electroacoustic music | 2008 |
| Oscarina | Electroacoustic music | 2001 |
| Panta rhei | Electroacoustic music | 1994 |
| Passacaglia | Instrumental solo | 2004 |
| Passacaglia cromatica | Instrumental solo | 2007 |
| Pelagon | Electroacoustic music | 1966 |
| Postludium | Instrumental solo | 2006 |
| Prologos | Instrumental solo | 1991 |
| ROSoRIS | Solo voice(s) with ensemble | 2006 |
| Ransäter-serenad | Orchestral work | 2007 |
| Rare Trip | Electroacoustic music | 2020 |
| Rossin House Gallop | Instrumental solo | 0 |
| Run | Chamber Music | 1980 |
| Sagan om den sjungande draken / The story of the singing dragon | Stage work | 1982 |
| Simultaneous Events | !to be determined | 2020 |
| Sorgemusik för J.M. Hauer | Electroacoustic music | 1991 |
| Spectrum | Ensemble | 1989 |
| Stones are carried along by the current | Live and tape music | 1993 |
| Strings | Ensemble | 1986 |
| Svit för 6 Saxofoner / Suite for 6 Saxophones | Chamber Music | 2004 |
| Sweet -79 | Live and tape music | 1979 |
| Und das Herz is mir müd vom Weinen | Instrumental solo | 1991 |
| Variation på variation | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2005 |
| Variationer över ett eget tema | Chamber Music | 1954 |
| Walk | Instrumental solo | 2007 |
| Wermland Changes | Chamber Music | 1993 |