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Amadinda Ütőegyüttes (Amadinda Percussion Group)

Orchestra, choir, ensemble
Formed
1984
Web
http://www.amadinda.com
 
Amadinda Percussion Group has been formed in 1984 in Budapest by four musicians, just after having graduated from the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music. When founding the ensemble central point of their activity has been double. On one hand to present masterpieces of percussion music, unknown to the Hungarian audience so far, on the other hand to perform the music of Hungarian contemporary composers in their country and abroad. One of their principal intention is to inspire Hungarian and international composers to create new pieces. During the recent years three more new elements have been added to their aims: research of traditional percussion cultures, composing new pieces by the members of the group and transcribing outstanding pieces of music history for percussion instruments. From the very beginning Amadinda has cooperated with world famous artists like John Cage, Bruno Canino, Peter Eötvös, Rosemary Hardy, András Keller, Zoltán Kocsis, György Kurtág, György Ligeti, András Schiff. Nowadays Amadinda is considered as one of the most original and versatile percussion group all over the world.

Awards
1984 Darmstadt, Stipendium Prize
1985 Gaudeamus Music Competition Amsterdam, First Prize
1986 Prize of Hungarian Composers� Association for outstanding interpretation of Hungarian works
1987 Recording of the Year by Hungaroton
1988 Ferenc Liszt Prize by the Hungarian Government
1991, 1998 Prize of Society ARTISJUS Hungarian Bureau for the Protection of Authors' Rights
1997 Order of Merit of the Hungarian Republic
2002 Chevalier de l�ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Z. Rácz)
2004 Kossuth Prize by the Hungarian Goverment
2008 Bartó-Pásztory Award

www.amadinda.com

Current performances of Amadinda Percussion Group
Koncertkalendárium (www.muzsikalendarium.hu)
 
Year Title Publisher Code Remark
1985 Sándor Balassa: Calls and Cries Op.33/ The Last Shepherd Op.30/ Brass Quintet Op.31/
(Balassa Sándor: Hívások és kiáltások Op.33/ Az utolsó pásztor Op.30/ Rézfúvós kvintett Op.31/ Kvartett ütőhangszerekre Op.18) 		Hungaroton SLPX 12557 LP
1987 Hungaroton SLPD 12800 Own
LP / Reissue on CD: HCD 12855 (1994)
1988 Stravinsky, Igor: Les Noces - 4 pianos (1923) and orchestral (1917) version
(Sztravinszkij, Igor: Menyegző - 4 zongorás (1923 ) és zenekari (1917) változat) 		Hungaroton SLPD, HCD 12989 "Schallplatte des Jahres" 1988
1988 Sugár, Miklós: Ballad; Musica agile; Chorea; Dissolves; Meetings; Mosaic
(Sugár Miklós: Ballada; Musica agile; Chorea; Áttűnések; Találkozások; Mozaik) 		Hungaroton SLPX 12970 LP
1988 Young Composers' Group - 1
(Fiatal Zeneszerzők Csoportja 1.) 		Hungaroton SLPX 12945
1989 Hungaroton SLPD 12991 Own
LP / Reissue on CD: HCD 12991 (1994)
1990 Music for Mallet Instruments, Voices and Organ; Music for Pieces of Wood; Sextet
(Reich, Steve: Zene ütőhangszerekre, énekhangokra és orgonára; Zene fadarabokra; Sextet) 		Hungaroton SLPX / HCD 31358 Own
Reissue on CD: HCD 31358 (1995)
1991 Quintana QUI 103081 Own
1992 Hungaroton HCD 37669 Own
1993 Amiata Records ARNR 0393
1994 Hungaroton HCD 12855 Own
Reissue of Hungaroton SLPD 12800 (1987)
1994 Hungaroton HCD 12991 Own
Reissue of Hungaroton SLPD 12991 (1989)
1997 Láng, István: Sonata for Violin and Piano; Sonata for Cello and Piano; Canto per flauto solo etc.
(Láng István: Szonáta hegedűre és zongorára, Szonáta gordonkára és zongorára, Canto per flauto solo etc.) 		Hungaroton HCD 31641
1998 Legacies - Traditional Polynesian and African Music
(Hagyományok - Tradicionális polinéz és afrikai zene) 		Hungaroton HCD 31813 Own
1998 István Márta: Kapolcs Alarm
(Márta István: Sound in Sound out - Kapolcs Riadó) 		Hungaroton HCD 31829
1998 Hungaroton HCD 31842 Sampler CD
1999 Cage, John: Works for Percussion
(Cage, John: Ütőhangszerekre írt kompozíciók - Legacies 2.) 		Hungaroton HCD 31844 Own
Complete Edition Vol. 1 (1935-1941)
1999 Works
(Márta István művei) 		Hungaroton HCD 31580
1999 BIS Records BIS-CD-948
1999 Dés, László: The Hanged
(Dés László: Akasztottak) 		BMC Records BMC CD 021
2000 Cage, John: Works for Percussion
(Cage, John: Ütőhangszerekre írt kompozíciók - Legacies 3.) 		Hungaroton HCD 31845 Own
Complete Edition 2. (1941-50)
2000 Cage, John: Works for Percussion
(Cage, John: Ütőhangszerekre írt kompozíciók - Legacies 4.) 		Hungaroton HCD 31846 Own
Complete edition Vol. 3 (1991)
2000 The Apocalypse of Enoch
(Melis László: Henoch apokalipszise) 		BMC Records BMC CD 035
2001 Over the face of the deep
(Dukay Barnabás: A mélység színén) 		BMC Records BMC CD 052
2002 Teldec 8573-87631-2
2002 Works by Géza Gémesi
(Gémesi Géza művei) 		Hungaroton HCD 31940
2003 Music for 18 Musicians
(Reich, Steve: Zene 18 előadóra) 		Hungaroton HCD 32208 Own
2003 Hungaroton HCD 71162
2004 BMC Records BMC CD 102
2004 Sáry, László: Works for Percussion
(Sáry László: Ütőhangszeres kompozíciók) 		Hungaroton HCD 32179 Own
2004 Dubrovay, László: Hungarian Sounds
(Dubrovay László: Magyar hangok) 		Hungaroton HCD 32274
2004 BMC HMIC BMC PCD 015 Not for sale - only for promotion
2004 Hungaroton HCD 32294 Own
2005 Miklós Sugár: Mosaic; Musica agile; Dissolves; Cloud Variations; Reminiscences; Ballad; Chorea; Meetings
(Sugár Miklós: Mozaik; Musica agile; Áttűnések; Felhő-variációk; Ballada; Chorea; Találkozások) 		Hungaroton HCD 32326
2017 Saint Ephraim Male Choir: Orientale Lumen III
(Szent Efrém Férfikar: Orientale Lumen III) 		BMC Records BMC CD 251