Új Zenei Stúdió (New Music Studio)
Orchestra, choir, ensemble
Formed
1970
New Music Studio was inspired by Albert Simon in 1970. This internationally famous composer and performer workshop has performed more than 600 items of contemporary music. The founders of the Studio were László Sáry (1940), Zoltán Jeney (1943), Péter Eötvös (1944), László Vidovszky (1944) and Zoltán Kocsis (1952), to be later joined by Barnabás Dukay (1950), Zsolt Serei (1954), György Kurtág Jr. (1954), Gyula Csapó (1955) and the musicologist András Wilheim (1949).
Their common aim was to further the reception in Hungary in the years following World War II of the most progressive music, such as that of John Cage, Karlheinz Stockhausen and Pierre Boulez, and to form a panel for composing independent music which would not follow the conventional tradition after Bartók. András Wilheim writes about the beginning: "This period coincided with a search for new musical ideals and a new line of thought: this meant, to put it in a nutshell, the rejection of almost everything that had happened since the time of Bartók. The fundamentals had to be re-examined and re-evaluated, and new musical attitudes and the use of hitherto unknown instrumental combinations tried out."
The concerts which they gave in the 1970s and 1980s with the performers that joined their circle may be considered among the most significant events of alternative artistic life, and their influence is still felt today.
Their common aim was to further the reception in Hungary in the years following World War II of the most progressive music, such as that of John Cage, Karlheinz Stockhausen and Pierre Boulez, and to form a panel for composing independent music which would not follow the conventional tradition after Bartók. András Wilheim writes about the beginning: "This period coincided with a search for new musical ideals and a new line of thought: this meant, to put it in a nutshell, the rejection of almost everything that had happened since the time of Bartók. The fundamentals had to be re-examined and re-evaluated, and new musical attitudes and the use of hitherto unknown instrumental combinations tried out."
The concerts which they gave in the 1970s and 1980s with the performers that joined their circle may be considered among the most significant events of alternative artistic life, and their influence is still felt today.
| Year | Title | Publisher | Code | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 |
Sáry László: Ütőhangszeres kompozíciók
(Sáry, László: Works for Percussion) |
Hungaroton | HCD 32179 | |
| 2005 |
A 70-es évek kortárs magyar szerzőinek közös művei
(Joint works of contemporary Hungarian composers from the 1970's) |
BMC Records | BMC CD 116 |
Own |