László Vidovszky

László Vidovszky (*  25. February 1944 in Békéscsaba , County Békés , Hungary ) is a Hungarian composer of contemporary music .

Life

László Vidovszky started playing the piano at the age of five. In 1959 he began studying composition, first at the Szegedin Conservatory with Géza Szatmári , then from 1962 to 1967 at the Franz Liszt Music Academy in Budapest with Ferenc Farkas . Funded by a six-month UNESCO scholarship, he continued his studies in Paris in 1970 and attended the composition classes of Olivier Messiaen at the Paris Conservatory and courses of the Groupe de recherches musicales of the French radio .

Encouraged by the Hungarian conductor and music theorist Albert Simon , László Vidovszky founded, together with Péter Eötvös , Zoltán Kocsis , László Sáry and Zoltán Jeney, the Új Zenei Stúdió (“Studio for New Music”) in Budapest, which soon became an internationally renowned working group for composers Musician.

Vidovszky has been teaching continuously since 1972, first at the Teachers' College of the Franz Liszt Music Academy in Budapest, then from 1984 at the University of Pécs . Since 1999 he has also been dean of the newly founded Faculty of Fine and Performing Arts at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music.

Works (selection)

Most of the music by László Vidovszky is published by Editio Musica Budapest   . Music recordings were published in particular by the Budapest Music Center   (label BMC Records  ) and Hungaroton   .

• Autokoncert (" Autoconcert ", audiovisual work, for two players and suspended instruments, 1972)
• Schroeder halála ("Schroeder's Death", for prepared piano and 2-3 assistants, 1974-75)
• Hang – Szín – Tér (“Sound – Color – Space”, for 127 painted flutes (together with Ilona Keserü ), 1980)
• Nárcisz és Echó (“Narcissus and Echo”, opera in one act based on the tragedy Nárcisz vagy a 'gyilkos önn-szeretet by László Ungvárnémeti Tóth , for four soloists, female choir and chamber ensemble, 1980–81)
• Romantikus olvasmányok ("Romantic Readings", for orchestra, 1983)
• Tizenkét duó ("Twelve Duos", for violin and viola, 1987–89)
• Zene a sevillai világkiállítás magyar pavilonjába (Music for the Hungarian Pavilionat the Seville World Exhibition in1992)
• Mozi ("Film", 1993)
• Silly Old Muzak (for one player and computer-controlled sound modules, 1997)
• Twelve String Quartets (2000)
• Etüdök MIDI-zongorára I – IV. füzet ("Studies for MIDI-Piano I – IV. Brochure", 1990–2003)
• The Death in my Viola (for viola and chamber ensemble, 2005)
• Páros ("Duet", for violin and violoncello, 2003–2007)
• ASCH (for string sextet, 2007)
• Reverb (for piano and string quartet, 2011)

Film music (selection)

Between 1973 and 1989 László Vidovszky wrote the music for several films.

• Narcissus and Psyche by Gábor Bódy (1980)
• Night song of the dog by Gábor Bódy (1983)
• My 20th Century by Ildikó Enyedi (1989)

Awards

• 1983 Erkel Prize
• 1992 Bartók Pásztory Prize
• 1996 Honored Artist of the Republic of Hungary
• 2001 Soros Foundation Creators Award
• 2004 Knight's Cross Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary
• 2010 Kossuth Prize

literature

• Tünde Szitha : László Vidovszky . In: Hungarian Composers . tape 34 . Magus , Budapest 2006, ISBN 978-963-9433-45-8 (36 pages).

Evidence from the web

• Curriculum Vitae by László Vidovszky on the Budapest Music Center website (accessed October 18, 2011)
• Short biography of László Vidovszky on the website of the Kunstfest Weimar (accessed October 18, 2011)
• Editio Musica Budapest (music publisher with works by László Vidovszky , accessed on November 10, 2011)
• Entry about László Vidovszky in Klangforum Wien (accessed on November 10, 2011)

Web links

• Literature by and about László Vidovszky in the catalog of the German National Library
• Sources from which works by László Vidovszky can be accessed:

1. ↑ Music publisher: Editio Musica Budapest (accessed November 10, 2011)
2. ↑ Information about artist and work: Budapest Music Center (accessed October 18, 2011)
3. ↑ Recordings: BMC Records , download store for BMC Records (also in lossless Flac format) (accessed on November 10, 2011)
4. ↑ Recordings: Hungaroton  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Hungaroton Download Store (accessed November 10, 2011)