Szunyogh Balázs
Composer
Place of Birth
Budapest
Date of Birth
1954
Composer and chamber music teacher. He was born in Budapest on February 5, 1954. He studied at the composing and chamber music faculty of the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music in Budapest between 1972 and 1977, as a student of Emil Petrovics and György Kurtág. As a recipient of the Herder Scholarship in 1979-80, he received further training in Vienna, Austria, by attending the classes of Alfred Uhl.
Between 1977 and 1980, he was assistant lecturer, as well as a teacher of chamber music, at the faculty of composing. From 1985, he was an assistant professor at the same faculty. His works include vocal and chamber music pieces, songs and solo instrument compositions.
His compositions scored success in a number of competitions (Centenary Composer Competition of the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, Creative Youth Competition). He is a recipient of the Albert Szirmai Award. He died at the age of 46.
Awards, prizes:
Liszt Ferenc Centenary Composer Competition of the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music: First prize (1975); Creative Youth Competition: First prize (1976); Albert Szirmai Award (1977)
Between 1977 and 1980, he was assistant lecturer, as well as a teacher of chamber music, at the faculty of composing. From 1985, he was an assistant professor at the same faculty. His works include vocal and chamber music pieces, songs and solo instrument compositions.
His compositions scored success in a number of competitions (Centenary Composer Competition of the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, Creative Youth Competition). He is a recipient of the Albert Szirmai Award. He died at the age of 46.
Awards, prizes:
Liszt Ferenc Centenary Composer Competition of the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music: First prize (1975); Creative Youth Competition: First prize (1976); Albert Szirmai Award (1977)
| Year | Title | Publisher | Code | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Children's Choruses for You | Magánkiadás | BLKA CD 001 | |
| 1998 |
Mentsük meg a Zeneakadémiát!
(Let's Save the Liszt Academy!) |
Hungaroton | HCD 31841 | |
| 2000 |
Trio D'Echo: Kamarazene
(Trio D'Echo: Chamber Music) |
Hungaroton | HCD 31877 |
| Title | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The Revenge | Film music | 1977 |
| Prince of Anguish | Male choir | 1984 |
| The Number One Hundred Eleven | Film music | 1981 |
| Crime on Goat Island | Film music | 1982 |
| Cantus firmus | Chamber Music | 1985 |
| Capriccio | Instrumental solo | 1981 |
| The Cherry Orchard | Film music | 1979 |
| Drama on the Hunt | Film music | 1987 |
| Hamlet | Film music | 1983 |
| Hommage a Stravinsky | Instrumental solo | 1975 |
| Three Songs on Poems by German Poets | Vocal music | 0 |
| Three Movements for Violin Solo | Instrumental solo | 1977 |
| Three Flashes | Children's choir | 1990 |
| Henry IV of England | Film music | 1980 |
| Calendar | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1975 |
| Bittersweet | Choir and orchestra | 1979 |
| Small Suite | Choir with accompaniment | 1979 |
| Two Songs on Russian Texts | Vocal music | 1990 |
| L´aube des flammes | Tape music | 1984 |
| Memoriola | String orchestra | 1989 |
| Four Duos for Cello and Piano | Chamber Music | 1978 |
| Piccolo divertimento | String orchestra | 1982 |
| Magda Szabó: Tne Son of Merano | Music for the theater | 1980 |
| Ceremony and Lament | Instrumental solo | 1992 |
| Trio Serenade | Chamber Music | 1978 |
| Variations for Chamber Ensemble | Ensemble | 1977 |
| Zeit XII | Solo voice(s) with chamber orchestra | 1989 |
| Chant | Instrumental solo | 1987 |
| Judgment and Truth | Film music | 1982 |
| Giant | Film music | 1984 |
| Five Songs for Bariton Solo and Piano on Poems by S. Weöres, Po Chü-i, J. Pilinszky J., Á. Tóth | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1984 |
| Widow and Her Daughter | Film music | 1983 |