Béla Faragó

Béla Faragó (* 1961 in Kaposvár ) is a Hungarian composer .

Career

Faragó first studied music at the Bartók Conservatory and the Budapest Music Academy and has appeared as a composer and musician ( synthesizer and piano ) in various ensembles since 1977 . From 1982 to 1990 he was part of group 180 ( 180-as csoport ). His musical development followed various influences, especially through the American repetitive school around Christian Wolf and Morton Feldman, through the Fluxus movement and the Hungarian composers György Kurtág and György Ligeti . Faragó's works include classical and modern compositions in the areas of film music, ballet, radio concerts and theater accompaniment. Among other things, he is responsible for the soundtrack for the Hungarian film adaptation of Winnetou from 1995.

Since 1990 Faragó has been a teacher of classical jazz composition at the Ferenc Liszt Music Academy. 1991–92 he studied composition and computer music at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague .

Awards

• Erkel Prize for Composition 1996

Discography

composer

• Group 180 - II. , Hungaraton, 1985
• Faragó Béla: Compositions , VCTD, 1995
• Young Composer's Group; Anthology - IV , Hungaroton, 1995
• Béla Faragó: 353 Days "Mass" , BMC, 1999
• Hungarian Live Electronic Works , EAR Ensemble, Hungaroton, 2000
• Kurtag, Bartok, Stravinsky, et al: Music for Clarinet , BMC, 2001
• The Faces of Light , Binder Music Manufactory, 2001
• Faragó Béla - Parti-Nagy Lajos: Dalok egy Operettből , Bárka Színház, 2004

Musicians (selection)

• Group 180 - Reich, Rzewski, Szemzö, Melis, Hungaroton, 1990
• Sugar: Ear Movements, Short Story, Fluctus, Models, etc, Hungaroton, 1999
• Hungarian Electroacoustic Music, Hungaroton, 2008

literature

• Agócs, Kati: The mechanics of culture: new music in Hungary since 1990 , The Musical Times, 3/2006

Web links

• Béla Faragó in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Biography and list of works at BMC

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Extensive review