Zsigmond Szathmáry

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Zsigmond Szathmáry (born April 28, 1939 in Hódmezővásárhely ) is a Hungarian organist , pianist , composer and conductor .

Life

Szathmáry studied organ and composition in Budapest , Frankfurt am Main and Vienna . In 1960 he won first prize in the Budapest Organ Competition. After working as an organist in Hamburg (including Wellingsbüttel ) and at the Bremen Cathedral, as well as teaching in Lübeck and Hanover , he became professor for organ at the State University of Music in Freiburg im Breisgau in 1978 . He is also visiting professor in Osaka and titular organist at Sankt Peter in Cologne. He is a member of the Freiburg composers interest group.

Honors

Works

(Selection; mostly published by Bärenreiter-Verlag in Kassel and by Moeck in Celle)

Vocal music

  • Disperazione (Bible, Anne Frank) for soprano, baritone and chamber ensemble (1970)
  • Halotti beszéd ( funeral speech ) - cantata for alto, baritone, mixed choir and orchestra (2003/2004)
  • Requiem “Fukushima” (In memory of the dead of the tsunami and nuclear disaster in Japan 2011) - for mixed choir, baritone solo, woodwind quintet, organ and percussion (2012)
  • I have my eyes ... (based on Nicolaus Lenau) - for soprano and organ (2019)

Instrumental music

  • Five movements for organ and chamber orchestra (1963)
  • Alpha for 7 instruments (1968)
  • String Quartet (1970)
  • Dialogue for organ (1971)
  • Monologue for flute and live electronics (1971)
  • Contact-versation for violin and tape (1972)
  • Stanzas for organ and tape (1988, rev. 2001),
  • BACH "Hommage à ..." for large organ (1990)
  • Cadenza con ostinati for violin and organ (1994)
  • Engraving for 4 trombones (1999)
  • Three orchestral pieces (2001/2002)
  • Baptism of Fire for Organ (2004)
  • Discourse for violin and trombone (2005)
  • Moving colors for organ (2006)
  • Quadriga for 4 percussionists (2007)
  • Vibro (Zsongás) for organ (2007)
  • Janus for organ (2008)
  • Motus animi for clarinet, bass clarinet and bassoon (2009)
  • Cimbolin for cimbalom and violin (2010)
  • Rhetorica for violin (2010)
  • Light breeze - great hurricane for organ (2011)
  • A Grand Canyon Scenery for clarinet and string orchestra (2011)
  • Sense of Rhythm for organ and percussion (2011)
  • Capriccio sopra la battaglia for percussion solo (2012)
  • Mosque pictures for piano (2012)
  • Bremen Cathedral Music for two organs (2013)
  • Sonido Iberico for historical Spanish organ (2014)
  • Mors et vita for organ (2015)
  • Dies irae in memory of World War II - for organ and percussion (2015)
  • Processional for 4 winds (2 parts in C, 2 pos.) Organ and timpani (2017)
  • Concert for organ and large orchestra (2018)
  • Triptych for violin and percussion (1 player) (2019)
  • Sound images for drum ensemble (4 players) (2019)
  • Toccata breve for organ (2019)
  • Silberklänge for organ (2019)
  • From the depths ... for violoncello and organ (2019)

Discography

(Selection)

  • JS Bach: Organ Works (RCA, 1995)
  • Music and Graphic (Wergo, 1996)
  • György Ligeti: Complete Organ Works (Sony, 1997)
  • Antonín Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 , transcription for organ by Szathmáry (BIS, 2001)
  • Contemporary Hungarian Organ Music (Hungaroton, 2002)
  • Organ music of our time - Lefebvre, Maiguashca, Michel, Otte, Szathmáry (Are Musik, 2004)
  • Shapes in the Air - Music of the 20th Century for Violin and Organ (Are Musik, 2007)
  • Entbegrenzt - unbounded - works for organ and percussion by Schlünz, Bíró, Breitenfeld, Eckert, Pröve (edition zeitklang, 2007)
  • Compositions by Zsigmond Szathmáry - Janus, three orchestral pieces, discourse, eulogy, vibro (Hungaroton Classic, 2009)
  • Kunst-Station St. Peter, Cologne - works for organ by Szathmáry, Bares, Kagel, Láng, Maiguashca, Cage (edition zeitklang 50052, 2012)
  • Zsigmond Szathmáry: Organ works, interpreters: Martin Schmeding - organ, Anikó Katharina Szathmáry - violin, Olaf Tzschoppe - drums, Wolfgang Kogert - organ, Zsigmond Szathmáry - organ (Cybele-records: 2SACD 061807)

Writings on Zsigmond Szathmáry

  • Ralph Paland:  Szathmáry, Zsigmond. In: Ludwig Finscher (Hrsg.): The music in past and present . Second edition, personal section, volume 16 (Strata - Villoteau). Bärenreiter / Metzler, Kassel et al. 2006, ISBN 3-7618-1136-5 , Sp. 381–382 ( online edition , subscription required for full access)
  • Daniela Philippi: Personal article Szathmáry, Zsigmond , in: Lexikon der Orgel, 2nd edition, Ed. Hermann J. Busch and Matthias Geuting, Laaber: Laaber-Verlag 2008, pp. 764–765. ISBN 978-3-89007-508-2 .
  • Dominik Susteck: Magician of Sounds. Zsigmond Szathmáry turns 70. In: Music and Church. Kassel 2/2009. P. 232.
  • Dominik Susteck: Magician of Sounds. The composer and organist Zsigmond Szathmáry. Kassel, Bärenreiter-Verlag 2013. ISBN 978-3-76182-335-4 .

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