Iranyi Gabriel
Composer
Place of Birth
Kolozsvár
Date of Birth
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Gabriel Iranyi was born in Cluj-Napoca (Transylvania), Romania. He studied composition at the “George Dima” Music Academy of the University of Cluj with Prof. Sigismund Todutza (a former student of Pizetti and Casella). In 1971, Iranyi completed his studies with a Master of Arts in composition and received his first position as a lecturer in counterpoint in Jassy (Romania) at the “George Enescu” University of Music. From 1977 to 1981, Iranyi was a lecturer in form theory, counterpoint and music theory at the Rubin Israel Academy of Music at Tel Aviv University. He has lived in Berlin as a freelance composer since 1988. In 2000 he received his doctorate in musicology on “Contemporary Music at the Turn of the Century. Continuity of Thought and Validity of Composition Techniques” and gave numerous lectures on new music and his own works at New York University, University of Milwaukee (Wisconsin), University of Music in Bucharest, University of Music in Cluj-Napoca (Romania), State Music Academy in Berlin, EPTA-Bonn, University of Music Rostock, Carl Ossietzky University of Oldenburg and at the Hanns Eisler University of Music in Berlin.
Iranyi received numerous composition prizes, the Gaudeamus Prize 1979 (Netherlands), the Arthur Rubinstein Composition Prize 1979 (Israel), the first prize at the Valentino Bucchi Competition 1980 (Rome), the prize of the 11th composition competition of the Vienna Summer Seminar for New Music 2005 Composition commission from the Berlin Senate in 2005 and a composition commission from Deutschlandfunk Cologne financed by the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation.
The composer says about his concepts: “Many of my works are projected onto two dimensions: on the one hand, you directly perceive the emotions and feelings of the musical gesture - comparable to the abstract expressionism of Mark Rothko - on the other hand, the meshwork and sound fields have a finely structured layering. “
His works have been performed at many international music festivals in Europe, America and Asia: Gaudeamus Music Week Amsterdam, Steirischer Musikherbst Graz, IGNM Festivals: 1980 in Israel, 1986 in Holland, 1999 in Romania, UNESCO's Rostrum 1986 and 1999 in Paris, Ultraschall Berlin - Festival for new music by Deutschlandfunk Kultur and rbb Kultur, Intersonanzen Potsdam, Days of New Music Würzburg, Music Now Wisconsin (USA), Weimar Spring Days for contemporary music, Pyramidale Berlin-Hellersdorf, Klangwerkstatt Berlin-Kreuzberg, RandFESTspiele Zepernick, “young-euro -classic” Berlin, New York University Composer's Forum, International Week of Contemporary Music Bucharest, young-euro-classic Berlin 2003, George Enescu Festival / Music of the 21st Century 2013 and 2015, and the “Forum of New Music Cologne” 2016 .
Among the interpreters of his works are internationally known musicians such as Elisabeth Leonskaja, Björn Lehmann, Moritz Ernst, Pierre-Yves Artaud, Carin Levine, Wu Wei, Nicholas Isherwood, Anna Korondi, Katja Guedes, Christiane Edinger, Kolja Lessing, Troels Svane, Wolfgang Boettcher, Dominik Susteck, Martin Schmeding, ensembles such as Minguet Quartet (Cologne), Aron Quartet (Vienna), Hugo-Wolf Quartet (Vienna), Delian Quartet (Frankfurt), Modern Art Berlin, Trio SurPlus Freiburg, Arcadie Flute Quartet (Paris), Berlin Counterpoint Wind Quintet, Ensemble Meitar (Tel-Aviv), Ensemble Profil (Bucharest), Ensemble devotioModerna (Bucharest), Archaeus Kammerensemble Bucharest, Ars Nova Cluj, the Fathom String Trio (Basel) and orchestras such as Orchester de Radio France, Orchester de Flûtes Français (Paris), Jerusalem Radio Orchestra, Concerto Orchestra Bucharest and the Philharmonic Orchestra “Moldova” Jassy.
Important performances took place in the Berlin Philharmonie, Konzerthaus Berlin, Konzerthaus Vienna, Center Georges Pompidou Paris, Salle Cortot Paris, Château Bourglinster Luxembourg, Black Box Theater New York, Atheneum Bucharest, Auditorium Maximum Cluj-Napoca, Palais Cantacuzino Bucharest, Staatsoper Berlin workshop , Joseph Joachim Hall Berlin, Great Hall of the Romanian Radio Bucharest, Henri Crown Hall Jerusalem and much more.
Iranyi received numerous composition prizes, the Gaudeamus Prize 1979 (Netherlands), the Arthur Rubinstein Composition Prize 1979 (Israel), the first prize at the Valentino Bucchi Competition 1980 (Rome), the prize of the 11th composition competition of the Vienna Summer Seminar for New Music 2005 Composition commission from the Berlin Senate in 2005 and a composition commission from Deutschlandfunk Cologne financed by the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation.
The composer says about his concepts: “Many of my works are projected onto two dimensions: on the one hand, you directly perceive the emotions and feelings of the musical gesture - comparable to the abstract expressionism of Mark Rothko - on the other hand, the meshwork and sound fields have a finely structured layering. “
His works have been performed at many international music festivals in Europe, America and Asia: Gaudeamus Music Week Amsterdam, Steirischer Musikherbst Graz, IGNM Festivals: 1980 in Israel, 1986 in Holland, 1999 in Romania, UNESCO's Rostrum 1986 and 1999 in Paris, Ultraschall Berlin - Festival for new music by Deutschlandfunk Kultur and rbb Kultur, Intersonanzen Potsdam, Days of New Music Würzburg, Music Now Wisconsin (USA), Weimar Spring Days for contemporary music, Pyramidale Berlin-Hellersdorf, Klangwerkstatt Berlin-Kreuzberg, RandFESTspiele Zepernick, “young-euro -classic” Berlin, New York University Composer's Forum, International Week of Contemporary Music Bucharest, young-euro-classic Berlin 2003, George Enescu Festival / Music of the 21st Century 2013 and 2015, and the “Forum of New Music Cologne” 2016 .
Among the interpreters of his works are internationally known musicians such as Elisabeth Leonskaja, Björn Lehmann, Moritz Ernst, Pierre-Yves Artaud, Carin Levine, Wu Wei, Nicholas Isherwood, Anna Korondi, Katja Guedes, Christiane Edinger, Kolja Lessing, Troels Svane, Wolfgang Boettcher, Dominik Susteck, Martin Schmeding, ensembles such as Minguet Quartet (Cologne), Aron Quartet (Vienna), Hugo-Wolf Quartet (Vienna), Delian Quartet (Frankfurt), Modern Art Berlin, Trio SurPlus Freiburg, Arcadie Flute Quartet (Paris), Berlin Counterpoint Wind Quintet, Ensemble Meitar (Tel-Aviv), Ensemble Profil (Bucharest), Ensemble devotioModerna (Bucharest), Archaeus Kammerensemble Bucharest, Ars Nova Cluj, the Fathom String Trio (Basel) and orchestras such as Orchester de Radio France, Orchester de Flûtes Français (Paris), Jerusalem Radio Orchestra, Concerto Orchestra Bucharest and the Philharmonic Orchestra “Moldova” Jassy.
Important performances took place in the Berlin Philharmonie, Konzerthaus Berlin, Konzerthaus Vienna, Center Georges Pompidou Paris, Salle Cortot Paris, Château Bourglinster Luxembourg, Black Box Theater New York, Atheneum Bucharest, Auditorium Maximum Cluj-Napoca, Palais Cantacuzino Bucharest, Staatsoper Berlin workshop , Joseph Joachim Hall Berlin, Great Hall of the Romanian Radio Bucharest, Henri Crown Hall Jerusalem and much more.
| Year | Title | Publisher | Code | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Gabriel Iranyi: Bird of Wonder / Quatuor pour Flutes / Laudae / Scroll Fragments I / Five Haiku | Hungaroton | HCD 32053 |
Own |
| 2005 | Gabriel Iranyi: 20th / 21st century | Hungaroton | HCD 32305 |
Own |
| 2012 |
Gabriel Iranyi: Hauptweg und Nebenwege
(Gabriel Iranyi: Main path and side paths) |
Kreuzberg Records | kr10110 |
Own |
| 2012 | Trio Ku: à hiroshima | Kreuzberg Records | kr 10112 | |
| 2016 | Gabriel Iranyi: Wie man zum Stein spricht | Kreuzberg Records | kr10123 |
Own |
| 2021 | Gabriel Iranyi: Verborgene Landschaften - Werke für Violine solo & Violine und Klavier | Kreuzberg Records | kr10152 |
Own |
| Title | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|
| …unser interessantester Patient… | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2016 |
| "...wie der Wind, so wirbeln die Töne..." / "...like the wind often, so swirl the sounds..." | Solo voice(s) a cappella | 2020 |
| 2 Psalmen / 2 Psalms | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1994 |
| 3 Kalligraphien nach Haiku | Chamber Music | 1996 |
| 3 Moments musicaux | Chamber Music | 2015 |
| 31. Frühling - für Sylvia Plath | Stage work | 2016 |
| Accordando | Instrumental solo | 1986 |
| Alef | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1983 |
| Alternances | Instrumental solo | 1975 |
| Anamorphosen I | Chamber Music | 2009 |
| Anamorphosen II. Harmonien, Bewegungen | Chamber Music | 2015 |
| Anamorphosen II. Konturen, Harmonien, Bewegungen | Chamber Music | 2017 |
| Anamorphosen III | Chamber Music | 2017 |
| Anamorphosen IV | Chamber Music | 2021 |
| And I Shall Know What I Shall Say In The Gates... | Chamber Music | 1985 |
| Artères du Temps | Concerto | 1973 |
| Aufgrund meiner Verehrung für J.S.B. | Instrumental solo | 2020 |
| Begegnungen | Chamber Music | 2009 |
| Bird in Space | Instrumental solo | 2005 |
| Bird of Wonder (Măiastra) | Instrumental solo | 1981 |
| Blicke auf Hiroshima | Chamber Music | 2010 |
| Charisma I, II, III | Chamber Music | 2020 |
| Chopin-Resonanzen | Instrumental solo | 2010 |
| Chronoi. Metatropes | Chamber Music | 2011 |
| Concerto for Flute and Flute Orchestra | Concerto | 2003 |
| Contours, Présences I | Chamber Music | 2014 |
| Contours, Présences II | Chamber Music | 2018 |
| Contours, Présences III | Chamber Music | 2020 |
| De Profundis | Instrumental solo | 1978 |
| Denkbilder | Instrumental solo | 2013 |
| Doppelkonzert / Double Concerto | Concerto | 1995 |
| Drei Phantasien nach R.M. Rilke | Solo voice(s) a cappella | 2016 |
| Drei Phantasiestücke | Chamber Music | 2009 |
| Drei Postludien | Instrumental solo | 2001 |
| Drei Psalmen | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2008 |
| Drei Sätze / Three Movements | Chamber Music | 2008 |
| Due Rime di Michelangelo | Solo voice(s) with ensemble | 2001 |
| Espressioni | Chamber Music | 2010 |
| Espressioni II | Chamber Music | 2022 |
| Feuerkopf | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2016 |
| Feuerkopf | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2017 |
| Five Haiku | Ensemble | 1995 |
| Flux of Memory | Instrumental solo | 1978 |
| Flügel des Mongenrots (Psalm 139) | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2008 |
| Frammenti di Leonardo / Leonardo Fragments | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2006 |
| Fünf Gedichte aus ATEMWENDE von Paul Celan | Solo voice(s) a cappella | 2022 |
| Fünf Studien zu Bildern von Paul Klee | Chamber Music | 2006 |
| Gamma | Chamber Music | 1988 |
| Grenzspuren | Chamber Music | 2009 |
| Grosses Geburtstagsblaublau mit Reimzeug und Assonanz | Vocal ensemble | 2021 |
| Group | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 1975 |
| Hauptweg und Nebenwege | Chamber Music | 2007 |
| Herbstphantasie | Solo voice(s) a cappella | 0 |
| Hidden Landscapes | Chamber Music | 2017 |
| Hommage à György Kurtág | Instrumental solo | 1999 |
| Hommage á A.Z. Idelsohn | Chamber Music | 1984 |
| Hommage á Chagall | Instrumental solo | 1987 |
| Ich schau empor nach jenen Berge... | Chamber Music | 2005 |
| If I forget Thee, Jerusalem... | Solo voice(s), choir & orchestra | 1997 |
| ImPuls 1 | Chamber Music | 2007 |
| Images | Chamber Music | 1975 |
| Ingeborg-Bachmann-Chöre | Solo voice(s) a cappella | 2006 |
| InnenZeit I | String orchestra | 2002 |
| InnenZeit II / InnerTime II | Chamber Music | 2002 |
| InnenZeit III | Chamber Music | 2004 |
| InnenZeit IV | Chamber Music | 2005 |
| InnenZeit V | Chamber Music | 2010 |
| InnenZeit VI | Chamber Music | 2018 |
| Interieur: Voices and Echoes | Chamber Music | 1998 |
| Klanggitter - Stimmen - Epilog / Soundgrids - Voices - Epilogue | Chamber Music | 1998 |
| Klangspuren I | Solo voice(s) a cappella | 2015 |
| Klangspuren II | Solo voice(s) a cappella | 2011 |
| Klavierzyklus I / Piano Cycle I | Instrumental solo | 2000 |
| Klavierzyklus II / Piano Cycle II | Instrumental solo | 2015 |
| Klee-Cycle | Chamber Music | 2001 |
| Laokoon | Chamber Music | 2003 |
| Laokoon / Torsi | Instrumental solo | 2002 |
| Laokoon / Torsi | Instrumental solo | 2012 |
| Laudae | Chamber orchestra | 1991 |
| Laudae | Chamber Music | 1984 |
| Meditation und Gebet / Meditation and Prayer | Chamber orchestra | 1991 |
| Metaphor I | Instrumental solo | 1980 |
| Metaphor II | Live electronic music | 2005 |
| Metaphores Liées | Chamber Music | 1988 |
| Momente mit Hölderlin | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2017 |
| Museum Music | Chamber Music | 2006 |
| Musik für Theremin und Kontrabass | Chamber Music | 0 |
| Musik mit Hölderlin: ...Bruchstücke...Notizen... | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2001 |
| Mythos: Das unerklärliche Felsgebirge | Ensemble | 2022 |
| NOEMA | Chamber orchestra | 2014 |
| Nonsensverse | Solo voice(s) a cappella | 2021 |
| Partita | Instrumental solo | 2019 |
| Passages | Symphony orchestra | 2004 |
| Portraits of Bach | Instrumental solo | 1985 |
| Profondo | Chamber Music | 2014 |
| Psalm | Mixed choir | 2000 |
| Psalm | Orchestral work | 1979 |
| Quartett | Chamber Music | 2009 |
| Quatre mouvements | Chamber Music | 2009 |
| Quattro Torsi | Chamber Music | 2010 |
| Quatuor pour Flutes | Chamber Music | 1987 |
| Realm | Instrumental solo | 1980 |
| Realm | Solo voice(s) with ensemble | 1974 |
| Reflets dans l’air | Chamber Music | 2008 |
| Scroll Fragments I | Instrumental solo | 1995 |
| Scroll Fragments II | Chamber Music | 1986 |
| Sechs Denkbilder mit Benjamin | Solo voice(s) a cappella | 2004 |
| Segments | Instrumental solo | 1970 |
| Shir ha´Maalot | Instrumental solo | 1984 |
| Simarar kos malzipempu | Vocal ensemble | 2019 |
| Solfeggio für Friedrich II | Instrumental solo | 2012 |
| Solo für Violine | Instrumental solo | 1999 |
| Solstice | Electroacoustic music | 1978 |
| Sonate / Sonata | Instrumental solo | 2011 |
| Sonate / Sonata | Instrumental solo | 2011 |
| Song of Degrees (Shir ha‘Maalot) | Ensemble | 1979 |
| Sound Traces | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2004 |
| Spechtgehack | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 0 |
| Streichquartett No. 3 / String Quartet No. 3 | Chamber Music | 2008 |
| Streichquartett No. 4 "...Innenraüme, Verwebungen..." | Chamber Music | 2012 |
| Streichquartett No. 5 "...Stufungen, Annäherungen..." | Chamber Music | 2013 |
| Stufungen / Gradations | Chamber Music | 2015 |
| Szenen nach Bertolt Brecht | Solo voice(s) a cappella | 2009 |
| Szenen nach Bertolt Brecht | Solo voice(s) a cappella | 2007 |
| Tempora | Instrumental solo | 1988 |
| Tempora: Streichquartet No. 1 | Chamber Music | 1992 |
| The Hymns of Job (Mizmorey Job) | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1993 |
| The Severing of the Wing (Kritat Kanaf) | Mixed choir | 1987 |
| Three Soundscapes | Chamber Music | 2018 |
| Triplum I | Chamber Music | 1994 |
| Triplum II | Chamber Music | 1996 |
| Triplum III | Chamber Music | 2007 |
| Two Preludes | Chamber Music | 1975 |
| Until The Day Break... | Instrumental solo | 1981 |
| Verborgene Landschaften | Instrumental solo | 2014 |
| Vier Bagatellen | Instrumental solo | 2020 |
| Vier Dischereit-Lieder | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2011 |
| Vier Liebesgedichte von Paul Celan | Solo voice(s) with ensemble | 2022 |
| Vier Studien / Four Studies | Chamber Music | 2013 |
| Wie man zum Stein Spricht... | Instrumental solo | 2016 |
| Zwei Celan-Lieder | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2005 |
| Zwei Parabeln nach Texten von Franz Kafka (Streichquartett No. 2) | Solo voice(s) with ensemble | 1998 |
| Zwei Stücke | Chamber orchestra | 1988 |
| Zwei Stücke für Violine solo | Instrumental solo | 2021 |
| spektral-E / endlos | Chamber Music | 0 |