Vidovszky László
Composer
Place of Birth
Békéscsaba
Date of Birth
1944
25 February 1944 Békéscsaba
He started to play the piano at the age of five and studied composing from 1959 in the Szeged Secondary School for Music with Géza Szatmári. Between 1962 and 1967 he was pupil of Ferenc Farkas at the Ferenc Liszt Music Academy, and after graduation he became scholarship holder of the Fund of Art for three years. Thanks to a half-year UNESCO scholarship, he studied in Paris (1970), where he visited the courses of the Groupe de Recherches Musicales of the French Radio and the composing classes of Olivier Messiaen at the Conservatoire.
Encouraged by Albert Simon, he founded the New Music Studio with Péter Eötvös, Zoltán Kocsis, László Sáry and Zoltán Jeney in 1970. The studio soon became an internationally renowned workshop for composers and performers, and introduced more than 600 contemporary music works between 1972 and 1990. As composer and performer he contributed to the concerts the orchestra. Since 1972 he’s been teaching permanently: first he started to work at the Teacher Training Institute of the Ferenc Liszt Music Academy, and since 1984 he’s been teaching at the University of Pécs and since 1999 at the Ferenc Liszt Music Academy of Budapest, too.
His major works are: ASCH (2007), Duet (2003-2007), The Death in my Viola (2005), Etudes for MIDI piano I-IV. (1990-2003), Twelve String quartets (2000), Silly Old Muzak (1997), Movie (1993), Music to the Hungarian Pavilion of the Sevilla World Expo (1992), Twelve duos (1987-1989), Romantic readings (1983), Narcissus and Echo (1980-1981), Voice-Color-Space (1980), The death of Schroeder (1974-1975), Autoconcert (1972), instrumental and electro acoustic compositions, voice installations. Between 1973 and 1989 he composed a number of soundtracks, for example to the movies of Gábor Bódy (Narcissus and Psyche, Night song of the dog), Ildikó Enyedi (My twentieth century), Ágnes Háy and János Tóth.
He was awarded with the Erkel Prize (1983), the Bartók-Pásztory Award (1992), the title Merited Artist (1996), the Artist Prize of the Soros Foundation (2001), the Knight’s Cross of Merit of Order of the Hungarian Republic (2004), and the Kossuth Prize (2010). He is ordinary member of the Széchenyi Academy of Literature and Arts.
He started to play the piano at the age of five and studied composing from 1959 in the Szeged Secondary School for Music with Géza Szatmári. Between 1962 and 1967 he was pupil of Ferenc Farkas at the Ferenc Liszt Music Academy, and after graduation he became scholarship holder of the Fund of Art for three years. Thanks to a half-year UNESCO scholarship, he studied in Paris (1970), where he visited the courses of the Groupe de Recherches Musicales of the French Radio and the composing classes of Olivier Messiaen at the Conservatoire.
Encouraged by Albert Simon, he founded the New Music Studio with Péter Eötvös, Zoltán Kocsis, László Sáry and Zoltán Jeney in 1970. The studio soon became an internationally renowned workshop for composers and performers, and introduced more than 600 contemporary music works between 1972 and 1990. As composer and performer he contributed to the concerts the orchestra. Since 1972 he’s been teaching permanently: first he started to work at the Teacher Training Institute of the Ferenc Liszt Music Academy, and since 1984 he’s been teaching at the University of Pécs and since 1999 at the Ferenc Liszt Music Academy of Budapest, too.
His major works are: ASCH (2007), Duet (2003-2007), The Death in my Viola (2005), Etudes for MIDI piano I-IV. (1990-2003), Twelve String quartets (2000), Silly Old Muzak (1997), Movie (1993), Music to the Hungarian Pavilion of the Sevilla World Expo (1992), Twelve duos (1987-1989), Romantic readings (1983), Narcissus and Echo (1980-1981), Voice-Color-Space (1980), The death of Schroeder (1974-1975), Autoconcert (1972), instrumental and electro acoustic compositions, voice installations. Between 1973 and 1989 he composed a number of soundtracks, for example to the movies of Gábor Bódy (Narcissus and Psyche, Night song of the dog), Ildikó Enyedi (My twentieth century), Ágnes Háy and János Tóth.
He was awarded with the Erkel Prize (1983), the Bartók-Pásztory Award (1992), the title Merited Artist (1996), the Artist Prize of the Soros Foundation (2001), the Knight’s Cross of Merit of Order of the Hungarian Republic (2004), and the Kossuth Prize (2010). He is ordinary member of the Széchenyi Academy of Literature and Arts.
| Title | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|
| αντιστροφή | Instrumental solo | 2022 |
| αντιστροφή / Antithesis | Chamber Music | 0 |
| -e; -p (epitaph) | Computer music | 2016 |
| ...about John | Live and tape music | 1992 |
| 1 pc Piece | Chamber Music | 2000 |
| 10 000 Sounds for Dezső Tandori | Electroacoustic music | 1998 |
| 190 | Ensemble | 1984 |
| 2hangú felgondolás | Chamber Music | 2001 |
| 3-hangú felgondolások I-IV - for player piano | Electroacoustic music | 1990 |
| 3hangú felgondolások I-IV - for three keyboards | Chamber Music | 1988 |
| 405 | Concerto | 1979 |
| 405 | Concerto | 1972 |
| 78528 | Instrumental solo | 1978 |
| A 4 / Grande valse concertante | Chamber Music | 1978 |
| A Simon-pure Tune Composed by a Studious New Musician | Chamber Music | 1996 |
| The Red Countess | Film music | 1984 |
| A la recherche du temps Précieux - for player piano | Electroacoustic music | 1992 |
| A la recherche du temps précieux - for four pianos and four mute metronomes | Chamber Music | 1992 |
| Message from the Prince No. 1 | Unspecified instrument(s) | 1976 |
| Message from the Prince No. 2 | Unspecified instrument(s) | 1980 |
| Message from the Prince No. 3 | Unspecified instrument(s) | 1980 |
| The Dog´s Night Song | Film music | 1983 |
| The Repeated Repeater | Electroacoustic music | 1989 |
| A-Z | Chamber Music | 1989 |
| Aboriginal Rag | Electroacoustic music | 1990 |
| Ady: The Black Piano | Concerto | 1995 |
| Chord-study | Electroacoustic music | 1992 |
| Albeniz-Mirage | Live and prerecorded music | 2000 |
| Aldrin Space Opera | Multimedia | 1976 |
| Alleluja | Film music | 2006 |
| Aria grazioso. From the opera "Golden Time" | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2002 |
| Auto-repeat | Electroacoustic music | 1990 |
| Autoconcert | Other | 1972 |
| The Last Manuscript | Film music | 1987 |
| My Twentieth Century | Film music | 1989 |
| Sounds of Baranya | Electroacoustic music | 0 |
| Baroque | Electroacoustic music | 1990 |
| Berceuse canonique | Chamber Music | 1993 |
| Berlioz | Electroacoustic music | 1992 |
| Black Quartet | Chamber Music | 1997 |
| Blue Waves | Chamber Music | 2015 |
| Brahms³ | Chamber Music | 0 |
| Break | Symphony orchestra | 2017 |
| Breaking News | Electroacoustic music | 0 |
| C+A+G+E MUSIC No. 1 | Chamber Music | 1972 |
| C+A+G+E MUSIC No. 2 | Chamber Music | 1973 |
| Circus | Electroacoustic music | 1975 |
| Closing Time | Chamber Music | 2001 |
| Pigtail | Tape music | 1979 |
| DECEMBER 27 | Live electronic music | 1978 |
| December 27 | Chamber Music | 1978 |
| December 27 | Chamber Music | 1978 |
| Die Geschwister / The Siblings | Film music | 1982 |
| Drei Choral-vorspiel-Variationen | Electroacoustic music | 1992 |
| MEmory | Electroacoustic music | 2000 |
| Form the Diary of an Eccentric Man | Film music | 1972 |
| For one or two Cimbaloms | Chamber Music | 2000 |
| Elegy | Instrumental solo | 0 |
| Es ist genug | Chamber Music | 0 |
| Case | Film music | 1981 |
| Etudes for MIDI Piano | Electroacoustic music | 1990 |
| Faust´s March | Electroacoustic music | 1990 |
| Blackout – In memoriam János Tóth | !to be determined | 2019 |
| Fin(n)ish | Electroacoustic music | 1996 |
| Fuga à una voce Nr. 2 | Chamber Music | 2022 |
| Futaki Song (Inventor rutili) | Electroacoustic music | 1992 |
| Flue-Piano Sonata | Chamber Music | 1997 |
| GAGA | Chamber Music | 1976 |
| Gaga | Chamber Music | 1975 |
| German Dances | Chamber Music | 1999 |
| German Dances | String orchestra | 1990 |
| German Dances | Chamber Music | 1989 |
| Plasticine | Film music | 1977 |
| Mechanical Bride´s Dance | Electroacoustic music | 1989 |
| HOMMAGE A DOHNÁNYI | Chamber Music | 1977 |
| HOMMAGE A KURTÁG | Live and tape music | 1985 |
| Danse Macabre | Film music | 1992 |
| Hamburg | Film music | 1986 |
| Sound-Colour-Space | Other | 1980 |
| Tamás Hencze: Frozen Gestures | Film music | 1989 |
| I´am Hesitating | Film music | 2004 |
| Hommage à Dohnányi | Chamber Music | 1979 |
| Hommage à Dohnányi | Chamber Music | 1977 |
| Hommage à Kurtág | Live and tape music | 1975 |
| Hommage a Veszelszky | Electroacoustic music | 1992 |
| Hoquetus | Chamber Music | 2000 |
| Songs from Horace | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1966 |
| Wave | Electroacoustic music | 1997 |
| Violin-Radio Sonata No. 1 | Other | 2001 |
| Violin-Radio Sonata, no. 2 | Electroacoustic music | 2008 |
| In Memoriam Gábor Bódy | Other | 1987 |
| Marche pour la présentation des drapeaux / March to the Procession of Flags | Symphony orchestra | 1980 |
| Duck | Film music | 1992 |
| Adventures in the Mirror | Film music | 1991 |
| Calligraphy Exercises | Film music | 1999 |
| East European Alarm | Film music | 1987 |
| Double | Chamber Music | 1972 |
| Hands | Film music | 1999 |
| Nine Little Greeting Chorales to Kurtág | Chamber Music | 1996 |
| Nine Short Chorals Greeting Kurtág - for piano | Instrumental solo | 1996 |
| Chalk Circle | Film music | 1978 |
| Two Paraphrases | Instrumental solo | 2018 |
| La crépuscule d´une aube | Electroacoustic music | 2001 |
| Le piano & son double | Instrumental solo | 1992 |
| Le piano et ses doubles | Chamber Music | 2012 |
| Lear | Ballet / Choreographic work | 1988 |
| Yesterday´s Song | Electroacoustic music | 1990 |
| Loco-Dances | Instrumental solo | 1995 |
| Ludwig in China | Instrumental solo | 0 |
| Following Machaut I-III. | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1998 |
| Commentaries on Machaut | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2000 |
| Hungarian Landscape with an American Brush | Electroacoustic music | 1990 |
| Mazur 1a | !to be determined | 0 |
| Melody | Solo voice(s) a cappella | 1978 |
| Moholy 1917 | Film music | 1996 |
| Motet (quantum tibi gratulentur) | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 1981 |
| Mozart and Salieri | Film music | 1979 |
| Cinema | Live and tape music | 1992 |
| Autres gymnopédies No. 1-3. / Other gymnopédies, No. 1-3. | Instrumental solo | 1994 |
| Other Gymnopaedias No. 4 | Chamber Music | 1994 |
| Méditations sur le mystere d´O M | Instrumental solo | 1993 |
| NORWEGIAN BARREL-ORGAN | Other | 1990 |
| Na-ne Audio Video Games | Other | 1990 |
| Narcissus and Harpies | Chamber Music | 1986 |
| Not wanting to say anything about John | Electroacoustic music | 1992 |
| Notturno | Chamber Music | 2002 |
| Nymphenchor | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 1985 |
| FOUR VICTORIAN PHANTOM-PICTURES | Tape music | 1982 |
| Narcissus and Echo | Opera | 1981 |
| Four Victorian Phantom-Pictures | Tape music | 1983 |
| Mime | Electroacoustic music | 1990 |
| O M | Electroacoustic music | 1992 |
| Oldies but Goldies I. | Electroacoustic music | 1992 |
| Oldies but Goldies II. | Electroacoustic music | 1992 |
| Ombres trouvées | Chamber Music | 2016 |
| Ordinateurs sous la pluie | Electroacoustic music | 2003 |
| Orkesztrion | Symphony orchestra | 2014 |
| Pastime - In Search of Precious Time | Chamber Music | 1992 |
| Polonaise Funebre | Instrumental solo | 1979 |
| Post scriptum ad missam Maria zart Jacobii Obrecht | Chamber Music | 2005 |
| Praeludium | Electroacoustic music | 1992 |
| Praeludium & Walzer - for two pianos | Chamber Music | 1993 |
| Praeludium & Walzer - for player piano | Electroacoustic music | 1993 |
| Promenade | Ensemble | 2015 |
| Narcissus and Psyche | Film music | 1980 |
| Doubles | Chamber Music | 2003 |
| RENORAND | Electroacoustic music | 1975 |
| Repetitive | Electroacoustic music | 1990 |
| Reprint | Live and prerecorded music | 2003 |
| Reverb | Chamber Music | 2011 |
| Romantic Readings No. 1 | Ensemble | 1983 |
| Romantic Readings No. 2 | Symphony orchestra | 1985 |
| Songs by Péter Rostás | Electroacoustic music | 1996 |
| Rottenbiller Street 16-22 | Live electronic music | 1990 |
| Rottenbiller Street 16-22 | Electroacoustic music | 1990 |
| SHWAAA 3C273 | Stage work | 1997 |
| Schroeder´s Death | Instrumental solo | 1975 |
| Silent Music of Birds after Mozart and Hokusai | Film music | 2006 |
| Silly Old Muzak | Electroacoustic music | 1997 |
| Soft Errors | Ensemble | 1989 |
| Solo with obligato accompaniment | Unspecified instrument(s) | 1982 |
| Souvenir de J. | Other | 1977 |
| Souvenir d´ASch | Chamber Music | 2006 |
| Signals, interludes and postludes for plays of Saint Nicholas | Ensemble | 1986 |
| Simultaneous | Electroacoustic music | 1992 |
| Anxious Silence: Pál Deim | Film music | 1988 |
| Twilight | Film music | 1990 |
| T for Triptych, T for Tanaka | Electroacoustic music | 1997 |
| Taarabesque | Film music | 2003 |
| Encounter | Stage work | 1980 |
| The Death of my Viola | Chamber Music | 2005 |
| Honour Lap | Chamber Music | 1975 |
| Twelve Duos | Chamber Music | 1989 |
| Fourteen | Ensemble | 2023 |
| Tree Memories | Film music | 2001 |
| Tribute to Tom Johnson | Other | 2024 |
| Fragments | Symphony orchestra | 1970 |
| Fractional Scales | Electroacoustic music | 1990 |
| Something Happened? Fragments about the Painter István Farkas | Film music | 1995 |
| Undisturbed | Live and tape music | 1974 |
| Une semaine de beauté | Electroacoustic music | 1983 |
| Street Music | Chamber Music | 2009 |
| Versus No. 2 | Instrumental solo | 1968 |
| Vinci, Stand Up! | Film music | 1996 |
| Visus | Film music | 1976 |
| Vorbei | Chamber Music | 0 |
| Castle-Time | Film music | 1975 |
| Waldszenen | Electroacoustic music | 1993 |
| Walzer-Choral | Chamber Music | 1991 |
| Wer nun den lieben Gott läßt – Wer weiß, die nahe mir | Chamber Music | 0 |
| Wiederholung in Es | Ensemble | 1985 |
| Music for Győr | Symphony orchestra | 1971 |
| Zwölf Streichquartette | Chamber Music | 2000 |
| el - The Death In My Viola No. 2 | Chamber Music | 1999 |
| Notes of harmonics | Chamber Music | 2011 |
| Five German Dances | Instrumental solo | 1990 |
| Festive Fanfare | Chamber Music | 1998 |
| Message to My Old School | Chamber Music | 1995 |