Barna Szabó DLA

Photo: Gábor Fejér

Education:

2010: received his DLA degree
2002 – 2005: Doctorate student at the Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest, Composition DLA programme, leader: Zoltán Jeney. The title of his dissertation: Musical Material and Formal Aspects in the Organ Works of Olivier Messiaen. Advisors: György Orbán, László Tihanyi.
1996 – 2002: Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest – Diploma in Composition. Studied with János Vajda, György Orbán, Zoltán Jeney, Attila Bozay, Zsolt Serei, Gyula Fekete, Andrea Szigetvári
1991 – 1995: Kodály Zoltán Music Secondary School Debrecen, Hungary – composition studies by Jenő Keuler
1991 – 1993: Reformed Cantor Training Summer Course, Debrecen – choral conducting, organ

Mastercourses:

2012 – International Gugak Workshop, Seoul – Korean traditional music and instruments
1999 – Bartók Szeminárium, Szombathely, Hungary – composition (Michael Jarrell, Marco Stroppa)
1998 – Semmering-Reichenau Seminar, Austria – composition (Alois Pinos)

Teaching experience:

2002 – present: Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest - Dept. of Music Theory  - solfége, music theory, score reading, analysis
2016 – present: the Kodály Institute of Liszt Academy of Music, Kecskemét – composition, orchestration, music theory, score reading
2015 – 2017: University of Theatre and Film Arts Budapest – music theory, music history
2001 – 2002, 2007 – 2008, 2010 – 2011: Reformed Cantor Training Summer Course, Pápa, Miskolc – music theory, pump organ
1998 – 2016: Kroó György Music School, Budapest – piano accompanist

List of major works:

Ein feste Burg – cantata for voice, oboe and string quartet (1997) 5'
Two Pieces for male choir – to words of Lermontov and Terentius (1998) 6'
Duo – for bassoon and trombone (1998) 2'
5 Russian Songs – for soprano and piano (1998-9) 12'
4 Songs on poems of Robert Burns – szoprán, zongora (1999-2000) 10'
The Philosophy of Love – for mixed choir and piano (2000) 4'
A Story of Desperation – for symphonic orchestra (2002) 10'
Macskák és jajok ('Frivol szeptett') – for 2 violins, 2 violoncellos, 2 pianos and clarinet (2002) 10'
Quintet – for violin, viola, flute, clarinet and piano (2004) 15'
Fugue en Rondeau – for violin, viola, flute, clarinet (2005) 7'
Prophetsong – for mixed choir (2007) 9'
2 Songs on poems of Goethe – soprano, piano (2008) 10'
Consummatio – for piano four hands (2010) 15'
Stran'e diversa sorte – for mixed choir (2010) 7'
Az édes énekű Zénofilához – for mixed choir a capella (2011) 5'
Tudom... – for mixed choir (2011) 8' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7RJkCgDscQ
Tekereg a szél – for female choir (2011) 5'
Korálfantázia – for string orchestra (2011) 7'
And Death Shall Have No Dominion – on Dylan Thomas' poem, for mixed choir (and string orchestra) (2012/2017) 17'
Mátkám, jövel! – for female choir a capella (2013) 5'
Lachrymarium – 7 songs on John Dowlands' lyrics – for mixed choir a capella (2014) 22'
6 Choruses on Poems of Mihály Vörösmarty – for mixed choir a capella (2013) 25'
By the Side of Via Crucis (Passion oratorio) – for mixed choir and piano (2012-15) 55'
O Jesu mi dulcissime – for children's choir a capella (2015) 5'
Piano Concerto (2015) 15’
Piano Sonata (2015) 25’
String Quartet (2015) 15’
Violin Sonata – for violin and piano (2015) 20’
The Night of a Happy Day – opera in one act (2016) 50’
Imperativus – oratorio for mixed choir, strings and organ (2017) 45’
Death be not proud – for mixed choir (and string orchestra) (2016) 6'
Pax et Bonum – cantata for soprano solo, mezzo-soprano solo, mixed choir, strings and organ (2018) 25'
Pavane – cantata for mixed choir, strings and organ (2018) 25'
3 Pieces on poems of Miklós Radnóti – for children's choir a capella (2016-8) 11'

Other artistic activities: 

He is a founding member of the New Liszt Ferenc Chamber Choir.

Other activities:

2008 he translated Olivier Messiaen: Technique de mon langage musicale article into Hungarian

Prizes, awards:

ARANY JÁNOS Composers Competition – 1st prize in 2018
Award of the Hungarian Choral Society in 2018
Kodály Zoltán scholarship for creative artists in 2007, 2008, 2009
TRANSFORMUSIC I. International Competition for Composers – 1st prize (ex aequo) in 2004

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