Soproni József
Composer
Place of Birth
Sopron
Date of Birth
1930
4 October 1930 Sopron - 24 April 2021
Kossuth Prize winner composer, university teacher, founding member of the Széchenyi Academy of Letters and Arts.
He started to play the piano in the music school of his hometown when he was six. He also completed secondary school there, in the Széchenyi Grammar School. In 1949 he was accepted to the Ferenc Liszt Music Academy of Budapest, where he learned in the class of János Viski. He graduated in 1956.
From 1957 on, hes been teacher of music theory and composing for fifteen years in the Béla Bartók Secondary School for Music. Since 1962 hes been giving lectures at the Music Academy. In 1968 he became reader there and since 1974 hes been university teacher of the Academy. During these years he taught counterpoint, transpose-score reading and composing. From 1988 to 1994 he was rector of the Ferenc Liszt Music Academy, and at the moment he is professor emeritus there.
Major works: two operas [Antigone (three acts), Golden shot (one act)], six symphonies, Comments on a Händel-theme, Three Orchestral Pieces, Violin concertos, three piano concertos, two cello concertos, Oboe concerto, two chamber concerts, twenty piano sonatas, Notes for piano (four booklets), twelve string quartets and the Wind quintet. A number of songs to poems by Rainer Maria Rilke, Georg Trackl, Paul Verlaine, Miklós Radnóti, László Lator, etc. Countless a capella and accompanied choral works, Magnificat, Te Deum and Requiem.
His achievements were honored with the Erkel Prize (1974), the titles Merited Artist (1981) and Excellent Artist (1990), the Bartók-Pásztory Award (2002), the Kossuth and the Péter Pázmány Prize (1999), as well as with the Artisjus Prize. In 1992 he took part in the establishment of the Széchenyi Academy of Letters and Arts, he held his inaugural speech in February, 1999. József Soproni is fellow citizen of Sopron, city of county ranks.
His work "9 Songs on Poems by György Czigány" was the winner of the Artisjus Prize "Classical Composition of the Year 2021".
Kossuth Prize winner composer, university teacher, founding member of the Széchenyi Academy of Letters and Arts.
He started to play the piano in the music school of his hometown when he was six. He also completed secondary school there, in the Széchenyi Grammar School. In 1949 he was accepted to the Ferenc Liszt Music Academy of Budapest, where he learned in the class of János Viski. He graduated in 1956.
From 1957 on, hes been teacher of music theory and composing for fifteen years in the Béla Bartók Secondary School for Music. Since 1962 hes been giving lectures at the Music Academy. In 1968 he became reader there and since 1974 hes been university teacher of the Academy. During these years he taught counterpoint, transpose-score reading and composing. From 1988 to 1994 he was rector of the Ferenc Liszt Music Academy, and at the moment he is professor emeritus there.
Major works: two operas [Antigone (three acts), Golden shot (one act)], six symphonies, Comments on a Händel-theme, Three Orchestral Pieces, Violin concertos, three piano concertos, two cello concertos, Oboe concerto, two chamber concerts, twenty piano sonatas, Notes for piano (four booklets), twelve string quartets and the Wind quintet. A number of songs to poems by Rainer Maria Rilke, Georg Trackl, Paul Verlaine, Miklós Radnóti, László Lator, etc. Countless a capella and accompanied choral works, Magnificat, Te Deum and Requiem.
His achievements were honored with the Erkel Prize (1974), the titles Merited Artist (1981) and Excellent Artist (1990), the Bartók-Pásztory Award (2002), the Kossuth and the Péter Pázmány Prize (1999), as well as with the Artisjus Prize. In 1992 he took part in the establishment of the Széchenyi Academy of Letters and Arts, he held his inaugural speech in February, 1999. József Soproni is fellow citizen of Sopron, city of county ranks.
His work "9 Songs on Poems by György Czigány" was the winner of the Artisjus Prize "Classical Composition of the Year 2021".
| Year | Title | Publisher | Code | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 |
Körmendi Klára zongorázik
(Klára Körmendi - Piano Recital) |
Hungaroton | HCD 31606 | |
| 1999 |
Perényi Eszternek ajánlva
(Dedicated to Eszter Perényi) |
Hungaroton | HCD 31784 | |
| 2001 |
Párhuzamos monológok - kortárs magyar zene cimbalomra
(Paralel Monologues - Contemporary Hungarian Music for Cimbalom) |
Hungaroton | HCD 31997 | |
| 2001 |
Psy: A cimbalom varázsa
(Psy: Charm of the Cimbalom) |
Hungaroton | HCD 32015 | |
| 2003 |
Szent és profán - kortárs magyar kórusantológia
(Sacred & Profane - Hungarian Contemporary Choral Antology) |
Hungaroton | HCD 32195 | |
| 2004 | Music Colors - Hungarian Contemporary Music (1989-2004) | BMC HMIC | BMC PCD 015 | Not for sale - only for promotion |
| Title | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Concerto for Violoncello, No. 1 | Concerto | 1967 |
| Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1 | Chamber Music | 1979 |
| String Quartet No. 1 | Chamber Music | 1958 |
| Piano Sonata No. 1 | Instrumental solo | 1996 |
| String Quartet No. 10 | Chamber Music | 1994 |
| Piano Sonata No. 10 | Instrumental solo | 1998 |
| String Quartet No. 11 | Chamber Music | 1999 |
| Piano Sonata No. 11 | Instrumental solo | 1998 |
| 12 Latin Motets | Choir a cappella | 1991 |
| String Quartet No. 12 | Chamber Music | 1999 |
| Piano Sonata No. 12 | Instrumental solo | 1999 |
| Piano Sonata No. 13 | Instrumental solo | 2000 |
| Piano Sonata No. 14 | Instrumental solo | 2001 |
| Piano Sonata No. 18 | Instrumental solo | 2003 |
| Concerto for Violoncello, No. 2 | Concerto | 1984 |
| Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 2 | Chamber Music | 1980 |
| Second Chamber Concerto | Ensemble | 1998 |
| Symphony No. 2 - The Seasons | Symphony orchestra | 1977 |
| String Quartet No. 2 (Musica verna) | Chamber Music | 1960 |
| Piano Sonata No. 2 | Instrumental solo | 1996 |
| Piano Sonata No. 20 | Instrumental solo | 2004 |
| Piano Sonata No. 21 | Instrumental solo | 2017 |
| Symphony No. 3 - Sinfonia da Requiem | Solo voice(s), choir & orchestra | 1980 |
| Quartetto d´archi No. 3 / String Quartet No. 3 | Chamber Music | 1965 |
| Piano Sonata No. 3 | Instrumental solo | 1996 |
| Symphony No. 4 (Encounters with Philipp Emanuel B.) | Symphony orchestra | 1994 |
| Quartetto d´archi No. 4 / String Quartet No. 4 | Chamber Music | 1971 |
| Piano Sonata No. 4 | Instrumental solo | 1997 |
| Symphony No. 5 | Symphony orchestra | 1995 |
| String Quartet, No. 5 | Chamber Music | 1988 |
| Piano Sonata No. 5 | Instrumental solo | 1997 |
| Symphony No. 6 | Symphony orchestra | 1995 |
| String Quartet, No. 6 | Chamber Music | 1993 |
| Piano Sonata No. 6 | Instrumental solo | 1997 |
| Symphony No. 7 | Symphony orchestra | 1999 |
| String Quartet, No. 7 | Chamber Music | 1993 |
| Piano Sonata No. 7 | Instrumental solo | 1997 |
| String Quartet, No. 8 | Chamber Music | 1994 |
| Piano Sonata No. 8 | Instrumental solo | 1998 |
| 9 Songs on Poems by György Czigány | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2020 |
| String Quartet No. 9 | Chamber orchestra | 1994 |
| Piano Sonata No. 9 | Instrumental solo | 1998 |
| Antigone | Opera | 1974 |
| Antigone | Music for the theater | 1987 |
| Ave Maria | Choir a cappella | 1990 |
| The Arrival of the Lord | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2016 |
| Viola Concerto | Concerto | 1959 |
| Carmina polinaesiana - Cantata to Song Texts from Easter Islands | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 1964 |
| Concerto da camera No. 1 / Chamber Concerto No. 1 | Ensemble | 1972 |
| Concerto for String Orchestra | String orchestra | 1961 |
| Threshing Songs from Angasmayo | Choir a cappella | 1979 |
| De aetatibus mundi carmina - Cantata on a Poem by Publius Ovidius Naso | Solo voice(s), choir & orchestra | 1968 |
| De profundis | Choir a cappella | 1990 |
| Eklypsis per Orchestra / Eklypsis for Orchestra | Symphony orchestra | 1969 |
| Sei Bagatelle per quintetto di fiati / Six Bagatelles for Wind Quintet | Chamber Music | 1977 |
| Violin Concerto | Concerto | 1982 |
| Three Verlaine Songs | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1965 |
| Three Songs to Poems by Miklós Radnóti | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1962 |
| Three Orchestral Pieces | Symphony orchestra | 1988 |
| Seven Songs to Poems by László Lator | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1995 |
| Seven Songs to Poems by R. M. Rilke | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1996 |
| Seven Piano-Pieces | Instrumental solo | 1962 |
| Symphony No. 1 | Symphony orchestra | 1975 |
| Piano Concerto No. 1 | Concerto | 1997 |
| Incrustations | Instrumental solo | 1973 |
| Intonuit de cacleo | !to be determined | 0 |
| Invenzioni sul B-A-C-H | Instrumental solo | 1971 |
| Note Pages I | Instrumental solo | 1974 |
| Note Pages II | Instrumental solo | 1975 |
| Note Pages III | Instrumental solo | 1977 |
| Note Pages IV | Instrumental solo | 1978 |
| Nine Songs to Poems by Georg Trakl | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1993 |
| Nine Songs to Poems by R. M. Rilke | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1997 |
| Commentaries on a Theme of Händel | Symphony orchestra | 1985 |
| Zwei Chöre von Balassi / Two Balassi Choruses | Choir a cappella | 1957 |
| Two Choral Works | Choir a cappella | 1967 |
| Two Female Choruses | Choir a cappella | 1995 |
| Legend | Choir a cappella | 1990 |
| Litaniae Omnium Sanctorum | Solo voice(s), choir & orchestra | 1993 |
| Livre d´orgue | Instrumental solo | 1994 |
| Magnificat | Solo voice(s), choir & orchestra | 1990 |
| Meditazione con toccata | Instrumental solo | 1959 |
| Missa Brevis | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 1952 |
| Missa Gurcensis | Choir and chamber ensemble | 1994 |
| Missa Scarbatiensis (Sopron Mass) | Solo voice(s), choir & orchestra | 1991 |
| Missa choralis | Solo voice(s), choir & orchestra | 1992 |
| Missa in diebus iniquitatis | Choir a cappella | 1957 |
| Missa orbis factor | Choir a cappella | 2002 |
| Missa super B-A-C-H | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 1992 |
| Monologue | Instrumental solo | 1977 |
| Musica da camera No. 1 | Chamber Music | 1963 |
| Musica da camera No. 2 (Capricorn Music) | Chamber Music | 1976 |
| The Life of Mary - 11 Songs to Poems by R. M. Rilke | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1999 |
| Eight Songs to Poems by R. M. Rilke | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1997 |
| Late Summer Caprices | Chamber Music | 1978 |
| Four Bagtelles | Instrumental solo | 1957 |
| Quattro intermezzi / Four Intermezzi | Instrumental solo | 1976 |
| Four Movements | Chamber Music | 1978 |
| Ovidii metamorphoses - Cantata on a Poem by Publius Ovidius Naso | Solo voice(s), choir & orchestra | 1965 |
| Partita | Instrumental solo | 1958 |
| Pater Noster | Choir a cappella | 1991 |
| Prelude and Fugue - In A-flat | Instrumental solo | 2014 |
| Prelude and Fugue - In Bb-flat | Instrumental solo | 2013 |
| Prelude and Fugue - In D-flat | Instrumental solo | 2014 |
| Prelude and Fugue - In E-flat | Instrumental solo | 2013 |
| Prelude and Fugue - In F | Instrumental solo | 2013 |
| Prelude and Fugue - In G | Instrumental solo | 2014 |
| Rhapsody | Chamber Music | 1983 |
| Sonatina | Chamber Music | 1958 |
| Sonata | Chamber Music | 1971 |
| Sonata for Horn and Piano | Chamber Music | 1976 |
| Te Deum | Solo voice(s), choir & orchestra | 1996 |
| Thirteen Unaccompained Choral Works | Choir a cappella | 1990 |
| Tre pezzi | Chamber Music | 1976 |
| Ten Mixed Choruses to Poems by R. M. Rilke | Choir a cappella | 1991 |
| Concerto for Oboe and String Orchestra | Concerto | 2001 |
| Episodi ritornanti per due cimbalom / Recurring Episodes for two cimbaloms | Chamber Music | 1979 |
| Psalm 29 | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 1993 |
| Piano Quintet | Chamber Music | 1990 |
| Five Songs to Poems by Sándor Weöres | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1979 |
| Five Homeric Hymns | Female choir | 1993 |
| Five Short Piano Pieces for 4 Hands | Chamber Music | 1971 |