Hollós Máté
Composer
Place of Birth
Budapest
Date of Birth
1954
Máté Hollós was born in Budapest, in 1954. He graduated at the composition faculty of the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music in 1980. First he worked for the agency of Artisjus (the Hungarian Bureau for the Protection of Authors' Rights) promoting Hungarian music abroad and taught foreign students at the Academy. Then he established Akkord Music Publishers, the first private company of this kind after the 40 year monopolic position of the state-owned Editio Musica Budapest. In 1990 he was commissioned to be the director of the record company, Hungaroton. In 1993 they founded Hungaroton Classic Ltd., which, including the pop department of the company) is now called: Hungaroton Records Ltd. Hollós is the Managing Director of the company. After functioning as the Vice President of the Hungarian Composers' Union, he was named President of the organization in 1996, and re-elected in 1999. He is also member of the board of the the Leadership of Artisjus, the presidential committee of the Association of Hungarian Music Publishers, and other organisations. He is a regular contributor of the press and the Hungarian Radio.
Hollós' compositions have been performed in most European countries as well as in the USA and Canada. He received major commissions from the USA, Canada, France and England, including a piano concerto for the 50th Anniversary of the United Nations Organisation, premiered by the European Council. A portrait film was made about him by the ISCM (International Society for Contemporary Music) 1986.
Máté Hollós has received several prizes, among them the Prize of the Audience at the rostrum of the Hungarian Radio (1992), the Erkel Prize (1997), and the Bartók-Pásztory Award (1998).
Hollós' compositions have been performed in most European countries as well as in the USA and Canada. He received major commissions from the USA, Canada, France and England, including a piano concerto for the 50th Anniversary of the United Nations Organisation, premiered by the European Council. A portrait film was made about him by the ISCM (International Society for Contemporary Music) 1986.
Máté Hollós has received several prizes, among them the Prize of the Audience at the rostrum of the Hungarian Radio (1992), the Erkel Prize (1997), and the Bartók-Pásztory Award (1998).
| Title | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|
| "soll ich mit dir gehn?" | Chamber Music | 2008 |
| ...I Sat Me Down to Ponder... | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2011 |
| ...no other than... | Instrumental solo | 0 |
| 1 or 10 Piano Piece(s) | Instrumental solo | 1994 |
| 18 - 17 = 10 | Instrumental solo | 2014 |
| 33 Peacocks | Instrumental solo | 2009 |
| 4 - 2 - 1 | Chamber Music | 2002 |
| The Fourth Version | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2005 |
| On the Edge of Non-existence | Chamber Music | 1985 |
| On The Threshold Of Non-Being | Chamber Music | 1985 |
| Song of Hope | Instrumental solo | 1994 |
| Among the Crowd, at Kodály´s Catafalque | Mixed choir | 1991 |
| The Revolt of Strawmen | Film music | 1999 |
| Songs of Love | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1981 |
| At the Grave | Solo voice(s), choir & solo instrument(s) | 2007 |
| Adagio ed appassionato | Chamber Music | 2000 |
| Lullaby & Song | Mixed choir | 1997 |
| English Songs with English Horn | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2014 |
| My Mother | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 1992 |
| Arbonelliclar | Instrumental solo | 1999 |
| Arparmonia | Instrumental solo | 1987 |
| Arpercussonata | Chamber Music | 2009 |
| Atanos | Chamber Music | 2000 |
| About Celia´s Sorrow | Mixed choir | 2008 |
| Back to the Blackfoot | Chamber Music | 2015 |
| Bagatelle badinante | Chamber Music | 2021 |
| Balladuo | Chamber Music | 2021 |
| Introduction and March - but Where? | Symphony orchestra | 2015 |
| Farewell to Aase | Instrumental solo | 2001 |
| Before Farewell | Instrumental solo | 2014 |
| Sleight of Hand | Instrumental solo | 1988 |
| Sleight of Hand | Instrumental solo | 1989 |
| Cantata concertante | Solo voice(s) with ensemble | 2019 |
| Canticornum | Chamber Music | 1995 |
| Canto nostalgico per violoncello | Instrumental solo | 2003 |
| Canzoni e conclusione per violino solo | Instrumental solo | 2010 |
| Cara Luma Phírav / I Wander the World | Live and tape music | 1996 |
| Cellinvenzioni | Chamber Music | 2004 |
| Cellontano | Instrumental solo | 0 |
| Cemballata | Instrumental solo | 2009 |
| Cycle - For Horn Quartet | Chamber Music | 1986 |
| Clarinettement | Instrumental solo | 2010 |
| Clarinettement | Instrumental solo | 2010 |
| Clavinova concerante No. 1 | Live and tape music | 2003 |
| Clavinova concerante No. 2 | Chamber Music | 2005 |
| Clavinova fantázia No. 1 | Tape music | 1999 |
| Clavinova Fantasia No. 2 | Tape music | 2001 |
| For the Celebartion of of Cleveland´s Kossuth Monument | Instrumental solo | 2022 |
| Cornotturno | Concerto | 2001 |
| Nature morte / Still Life | Orchestral work | 0 |
| Silent Trumpet Music with Harp | Chamber Music | 1996 |
| Cuorno | Instrumental solo | 0 |
| Song for Many Guitars | Orchestral work | 1999 |
| Dodicelli | Ensemble | 2001 |
| Doppiano | Chamber Music | 2005 |
| Duetti drammatici e delicati | Chamber Music | 1997 |
| Duettrió | Chamber Music | 1989 |
| Duo-dozen for Clarinets | Chamber Music | 2006 |
| Southern Clouds | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 1992 |
| Dúli-dúli | Chamber Music | 1979 |
| A Bartók-Shadow | Chamber Music | 2015 |
| Live Transmission from Budapest Destroyed by the War - Oratorio | Solo voice(s), choir & orchestra | 1984 |
| Electrio | Chamber Music | 2018 |
| Elegy | Instrumental solo | 1993 |
| Memory | Solo voice(s) with ensemble | 2019 |
| Empressions | Chamber orchestra | 2010 |
| Epidaurus Crickets, Speak! | Live and tape music | 2006 |
| Evening Halo | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2002 |
| Fanfare | Chamber Music | 2000 |
| Fantasia quasi una sonata | Instrumental solo | 2014 |
| Phantom Piece | Live and tape music | 1992 |
| Fantasy for Clarinet and Strings | Chamber Music | 2001 |
| Dancing Cloud | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 1989 |
| Looking Upon a Star | Chamber Music | 1986 |
| Flautinvenzioni | Chamber Music | 2007 |
| Tig | Instrumental solo | 2003 |
| For Two, for Cellos | Chamber Music | 2011 |
| Floating Flute | Instrumental solo | 2007 |
| Song of Leaves Falling Upwards | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1994 |
| Gemini Guitars | Chamber Music | 1996 |
| Gesztieszti Duos | Chamber Music | 2010 |
| Guitar Concerto | Concerto | 2017 |
| Grandsemble | Symphony orchestra | 2012 |
| Candle Flame to Zoltán Gyöngyössy | Instrumental solo | 2011 |
| Candle Flame to Sándor Szilvágyi | Instrumental solo | 2021 |
| Six Pieces for Six Strings | Instrumental solo | 1985 |
| Six and a Half Flute Duets | Chamber Music | 1992 |
| Three in One | Chamber Music | 0 |
| Three Songs on One Poem No. 1 | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1997 |
| Three Songs on One Poem No. 2 | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2003 |
| Three Pieces for Trumpet and Piano | Chamber Music | 1997 |
| Three Little Duos for Two Cellos | Chamber Music | 2001 |
| Three Trios for Flute, Clarinet and Piano | Chamber Music | 2000 |
| Callsign Trio | Chamber Music | 1999 |
| Snow | Children's choir | 1992 |
| Sonata No. 1 | Instrumental solo | 1999 |
| Sonata No. 2 | Instrumental solo | 2004 |
| Sonata No. 3 | Instrumental solo | 2011 |
| String Quartet No. 3 | Chamber Music | 2021 |
| Speilmann ´80 / Minstrel ´80 | Instrumental solo | 1979 |
| Impromptu for Two Cimbaloms | Chamber Music | 1988 |
| Impromptus for Julius and Japan | Instrumental solo | 2012 |
| Inoa - For Violin and Viola | Chamber Music | 2008 |
| Itspanhkiakii - Viola Concerto | Concerto | 2024 |
| John Anderson, My Jo | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2004 |
| Jubilelegy | Instrumental solo | 2008 |
| I Wander the World / Cara luma phírav | Choral music | 0 |
| You Are Coming, Young Green | Mixed choir | 1981 |
| Shell Quintet | Chamber Music | 2014 |
| Kajetan Tyl - Cantata | Solo voice(s) with ensemble | 1983 |
| Concerto for Chamber Ensemble | Chamber Music | 1996 |
| ´Camera´ Music | Chamber Music | 1987 |
| Primrose | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2014 |
| Slovakian Songs from Keresztúr | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2006 |
| Quartet for Cimbaloms | Chamber Music | 1998 |
| Two Female Choirs on Poems by Árpád Tóth | Female choir | 2006 |
| Greeting Kököjszi and Bobojsza | Chamber Music | 1984 |
| Lamento e consolazione / Lament and Consolation | Instrumental solo | 1997 |
| Latmotives | Instrumental solo | 2013 |
| Lehel | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2011 |
| L´EAR-A | Chamber Music | 1992 |
| Lyric Letter | Instrumental solo | 0 |
| Hungarian Motifs | Instrumental solo | 2011 |
| Fruitless Hour | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1985 |
| Meditazione "Violacello" | Chamber Music | 2022 |
| Message to Alberta | Ensemble | 2019 |
| Tales for 4 Guitars | Chamber Music | 2002 |
| Why do They Scold? - Duos for Children | Chamber Music | 2001 |
| Movimenti melodici e meditativi | Chamber Music | 1997 |
| Musica Gentile | Chamber Music | 2008 |
| Musica per i grandi Piccoli | Chamber orchestra | 2004 |
| For You, For Me | Instrumental solo | 2014 |
| Notturno | Chamber Music | 1993 |
| Four Meditations | Instrumental solo | 1998 |
| Obidubidú | Chamber Music | 2010 |
| Oboepistola | Instrumental solo | 1996 |
| Omaggio No. 1 (a Szeged) | String orchestra | 1991 |
| Omaggio No. 2 - In memoria di István Vántus | String orchestra | 1997 |
| Omagietti a István Matuz | Chamber Music | 2007 |
| Pastorale | Chamber Music | 1997 |
| Pastel Trio | Chamber Music | 1995 |
| Ptolle con sentimento | Chamber Music | 2020 |
| Pavane and Gaillarde | Chamber Music | 1981 |
| Pezzo fisarmondiale | Instrumental solo | 2003 |
| Pizzimbalo | Instrumental solo | 2004 |
| Preludes to Peace | Concerto | 2014 |
| Promenade | Chamber Music | 1983 |
| Dialogue with the Invisible | Live and tape music | 1997 |
| Peter-Pictures | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2008 |
| Quintette Parisien / Paris Quintet | Chamber Music | 1995 |
| Quintetto da concertina | Chamber Music | 2013 |
| Rhapsody | Instrumental solo | 2010 |
| Rhapsody, elegy and dance | Chamber orchestra | 2001 |
| Rhapsodical Monologue / Monologue Rapsodique | Instrumental solo | 1990 |
| Razglednice - Memoari | Chamber Music | 2009 |
| Return | Film music | 1996 |
| Vowels of Rimbaud / Les Voyelles de Rimbaud | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1990 |
| Rock your bark, Charon! | Chamber Music | 1999 |
| Riviolas | Chamber Music | 2007 |
| Romance | String orchestra | 2018 |
| Rondino | Instrumental solo | 1992 |
| Rondo | Instrumental solo | 1992 |
| Sassonoro | Instrumental solo | 2013 |
| Sentimassofoni | Chamber Music | 2021 |
| Sinfonietta | Ensemble | 1986 |
| E-Messages | Instrumental solo | 2002 |
| Staccamato | Instrumental solo | 2016 |
| Strings of Strigonium (The Strings of Esztergom | Orchestral work | 1997 |
| Suoni solenni | Symphony orchestra | 2000 |
| Gentle Songs | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1983 |
| Silentium | Male choir | 1999 |
| Music from the End of the Century | Symphony orchestra | 1988 |
| Spring at the Házsongárd Cemetery | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1983 |
| Te túl, rózsám, te túl... | Chamber Music | 2007 |
| The Arrow and the Song | Female choir | 1993 |
| Toccata | Instrumental solo | 1976 |
| Toccata Lirica | Instrumental solo | 1986 |
| Toccatina | Instrumental solo | 1989 |
| Toccatina | Instrumental solo | 1988 |
| Tre pezzi con due intermezzi | Instrumental solo | 2006 |
| Tre toccate | Instrumental solo | 2003 |
| Trio for Five Instruments | Chamber Music | 2004 |
| Trombondine | Instrumental solo | 2013 |
| Trombonepistola | Instrumental solo | 0 |
| Movement-chain | Instrumental solo | 1978 |
| Árpád Tóth Reminiscences | Chamber Music | 2018 |
| Fairy Dream | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2003 |
| Valse triste | Chamber Music | 2007 |
| Varibootion | Chamber Music | 1989 |
| Variations on the 45th | !to be determined | 2018 |
| Viole contro violenza | Chamber Music | 2012 |
| Flower Song | Instrumental solo | 2011 |
| Sonata Mirrorlight (Sonata No. 4) | Instrumental solo | 2021 |
| Fanfare of Vásárhely | Chamber Music | 1998 |
| Wind on the Hill | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1984 |
| Music for Any Kind of Cimbalom | Instrumental solo | 1997 |
| Flag | Mixed choir | 0 |
| Concerto for Piano and Orchestra ´Oxfordorian´ | Concerto | 1995 |
| Dreamlessness and at Last Dream | Symphony orchestra | 1998 |
| Song for Four Bassoons | Chamber Music | 2015 |
| Songs, Float from My Lips | Instrumental solo | 1983 |
| Is it worth? | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2003 |
| New Song Without Words | Instrumental solo | 1988 |
| Festial Album Page / Foglio D´album per una festa | Instrumental solo | 1992 |
| Festive Sighs | Chamber Music | 2017 |
| Message Music | Instrumental solo | 2005 |