Levente Gyöngyösi

Levente Gyöngyösi (born 1975, Cluj-Napoca, Romania) is a Romanian-born Hungarian composer. He moved to Hungary in 1989, when he was 14.[1]

Levente Gyöngyösi
Image: László Horváth
Image: László Horváth
Background information
Born1975 (age 48–49)
Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Occupation(s)Composer, Film composer


Works, editions and recordings

  • Opera A gólyakalifa (The Stork Caliph) after the novel of Mihály Babits. Hungarian State Opera, May 2005.
  • Assumpta est Maria for mixed choirs
  • Két keserû népdal ("two bitter folksongs") for mixed choir
  • Salve Regina for soprano solo, female choir and two instruments
  • Vanitatum vanitas for female chorus (2001)
  • Missa Lux et Origo for female choirs (2004)
  • Verkündigung ("Annunciation"), symphonic cycle in five movements (2003)
  • oratorio Canticle of the Sun, Budapest Spring Festival (2004)
  • Te lucis ante terminum
  • Confitemini Domino for female choirs
  • Dixit in corde suo for mixed choir and drum (2012)
  • Concerto for Piccolo and Orchestra. Composed for, premiered, and recorded by Peter Verhoyen (2022)[2]
  • He also wrote 4 symphonies – the 3rd Symphony with soprano solo is named Birth; the 4th Symphony is named Az Illés szekerén ("On Elijah's Chariot", after a poem by Endre Ady) – and a Sinfonia Concertante for percussion group and orchestra.

References

  1. ^ Kontrapunkt bio
  2. ^ "Levente Gyöngyösi, Erik Desimpelaere, Robert Groslot, Bart Watté: Piccolo Concerti | Etcetera".