Compositions

OPERA, CHAMBER OPERA, MUSIC THEATER

FUHAROSOK | FUHRLEUTE | TRANSPORTERS

Mono-Concert-Opera (2019) [55:00]
for Mezzo-Soprano (or 3 female voices) and 15 players
[based on a novel by Péter Esterházy, libretto by Gregory Vajda – in Hungarian | in German]
Watch on YouTube

GEORGIA BOTTOMS

(2012-14/2017) [81:00]
for 11 singers and 19 players
[based on a novel by Mark Childress, libretto by Mark Childress and Gregory Vajda – in English]

MAGIC MOUNTAIN

(2010) [85:00]
for 7 singers and 14 players
[based on Thomas Mann’s novel, libretto by Bettina Geyer – in German]

BARBIE BLUE

(2006) [30:00]
for soprano, baritone and orchestra
[Libretto: András Almási Tóth - in Hungarian]
BMCCD202

THE GIANT BABY

(2001/2018-2019) [75:00]
for 4 singers, 3 part choir (3, 6 or 9 singing puppet actors) and 9 players
[based on a play by Tibor Déry, libretto by G. Vajda and Péter Horváth – in Hungarian]

VOCAL & CHORAL

MANHATTAN AT NIGHT

(2024) [6’20”]
for 8 voices a cappella (S,S,M,A,T,T,Bar,B)
[on the poems of Lola Ridge - in English]

MANHATTAN AT NIGHT

(2024) [6’20”]
for 8 voices (S,S,M,A,T,T,Bar,B) and Saxophone Quartet
[on the poems of Lola Ridge - in English]

MUSIC BOX

A little pseudo-underground song
(2024) [2’]
for mezzo-soprano and alto-saxophone
[lyrics are based on online poem-generator written text]

ALL THINGS HAPPEN TO ALL

Cantata for Children’s Choir, Mixed Choir and orchestra (2023) (20’)
[Text based on the Holy Bible]

MEDÁLIÁK | MEDALS

(2022) [13’]
for mezzo-soprano, clarinet and 2 acoustic guitars
(for mezzo-soprano, clarinet and keyboard)
[on a poem by Attila József - in Hungarian, - in English]

THE MUSIC GENE

(2020-2021) [20']
for soprano, narrator and mixed ensemble
[on a text by Dr. Rick Myers – in English]

L’ANALPHABÈTE

(2020) [22’]
for soprano and 9 players
[on the autobiographical story by Agota Kristof, libretto by Gregory Vajda - in French]

OPENING ∞, CLOSING ∞ | NYITÓ ∞, ZÁRÓ ∞

(2020) [6:00]
for two mezzo-soprano voices
[on poems by Dezső Tandori – in Hungarian]
Watch on YouTube

UNDER-SONG

(2020) [2:15]
for 2 singers of the same voice-type with percussive self-accompaniment
[On a poem by Lola Ridge – in English]
Watch on YouTube

THE CLOAK, THE BOAT, AND THE SHOES

(2016) [7:30]
for (mezzo-)soprano and orchestra
[On a poem by W. B. Yeats – in English]
EMB V-48
HUNGARIAN RADIO ARCHIVES

ORCHESTRA

A SERIOUS CONSIDERATION OF ENDLESS ETERNITY

(2024) [18’]

FOOL’S FAIRY TALE

Scherzo for Orchestra
(2023) [9’]

FORT FANFARE

(2022) [7:30]
for orchestra with trumpets and trombones behind the audience

ELECTRO CSÁRDÁS

(2021) [7:30]

GLOOMY SUNDAY VARIATIONS | SZOMORÚ VASÁRNAP VARIÁCIÓK

(2018) [12:30]
EMB V-47
HUNGARIAN RADIO ARCHIVES

ROUGH AND READY

(2017) [3:40]

DUEVOE | DÜVŐ

(Version 2010) [9:00]
HUNGARIAN RADIO ARCHIVES

DUEVOE | DÜVŐ

(2004/2007) [11:50]
HUNGAROTON #32577 “Double Portrait”

ORCHESTRA WITH SOLO INSTRUMENT(S)

…FANTASIA CONCERTANTE…

(2025) [ca. 25’] — Work in Progress
for the 100th Year of György Kurtág
for cimbalom and small orchestra

CLARINET SYMPHONY

(2015-16) [32:00]
for 2 clarinets and orchestra
BMCCD274
Watch on YouTube

DRUMS DRUMS DRUMS

(2014-15) [22:00]
for timpani, drum-set, concert bass drum and orchestra
EMB V-46

CSÁRDÁS OBSTINÉ

(2011) [15:00]
for piano and orchestra

ENSEMBLE

DEATH OF ORPHEUS

(2024-2025) [16’]
Choreographed Poetry for Ensemble and Projected Words
for flute (piccolo), clarinet, horn, santur/ or cimbalom, acoustic guitar, percussion, violin, viola, cello (with scordatura)
[Ovid, Metamorphoses, Book XI, translated by Seamus Heaney]
The piece can be also performed with minor cuts when the words are not being projected for the performance.

POST-APOCALYPTIC PASTORALE

(2023) [13’30”]
for 18 Players (with sampled noises played in stereo or in 5+1 surround system)

YOU WILL CRY AT THE END

(2022)[13’30”]
for 11 Players

BAGATELLES CANONIQUES

(2021) [15’]
in memoriam György Ligeti
for 15 players
Watch on YouTube

FROM LEFT TO RIGHT

(2019) [19:00]
for saxophone, viola, acoustic guitar, percussion and keyboard

GULLIVER IN FAREMIDO

(2010) [28:00]
for narrator and 5 players
[written by G. Vajda and David Hill based on a short story by Frigyes Karinthy]
BMCCD202

HYPERTEXT

(2001) [11:00]
for mixed ensemble
EMB V-44

LE TOMBEAU DE MESSIAEN – PRELUDE

(1994) [5:00]
for flute, clarinet, harp, string quintet
“LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC” TV program

CHAMBER MUSIC, SOLO INSTRUMENT

IN MEMORIAM E.P.

(2024) [3’]
flute, clarinet

MAIN HARTS IN BUDAPESCHT

(2024) for the ‘Waldsee 44’ exhibit on the
80th Anniversary of the Hungarian Holocaust

BUDAPEST REVUE

(2024) (7’30”)
clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, trombone, percussion, violin, contrabass

LOFI SONATA

(2022) [14:00]
for viola and piano and a small midi-keyboard

EIN LICHTSPIEL: SCHWARZ WEISS GRAU | LIGHTPLAY: BLACK WHITE GRAY

(2021) [6:30]
for string quartet
[can be performed with the film-etude of the same title by László Moholy-Nagy]

DROP SHADOW

(2021) [5:20]
for 2 percussion players

FAIRYTALE ENDINGS | MÄRCHENENDE

(2020) [11:30]
for clarinet and piano

FURTHER CONVERSATIONS WITH CHILDREN

(2020) [7:00]
for flute(=afl), clarinet, celesta

FURTHER CONVERSATIONS WITH CHILDREN

(2021) [7:00]
for flute (=alto flute), clarinet, percussion

TROCCATA

(2019) [5:00]
for trumpet and piano

ALICE ÉTUDES

(2017) [30:00]
for clarinet and string quartet
EMB 15076, 15090
BMCCD274

DOME

(2017) [5:15]
for flute and viola
HUNGARIAN RADIO ARCHIVES

CONVERSATIONS WITH CHILDREN

(2008) [8:30]
for flute(=afl), clarinet(=bcl), violin, cello, piano
BMCCD202
Watch on YouTube

SOUVENIR FROM TOGGENBURG

(2005) [3:30]
for solo piano

FIVE PHENOMENA

(2005) [6:00]
for string quartet

LA FOULE | THE CROWD

(2001) [122:00]
for piano, upright piano, 2 percussions
(to be performed only with the silent movie ‘The Crowd’ by King Vidor)

TURNING

(1998) [10:00]
for saxophone quartet
HUNGAROTON #32577 “Double Portrait”

TIN OPERA | BLECHOPER

(1998) [20:00]
for brass quintet (also playing percussion instruments)

NON-FIGURATIVE

(1997) [25:00]
for speaking percussion quartet
HUNGARIAN RADIO ARCHIVES

THREE PANTOMIMES

(1997) [11:00]
for flute and clarinet
HUNGAROTON #32577 “Double Portrait”

ACCOMPANIMENT WITHOUT A SONG

(2019) [1:40]
for solo piano

CAPTAIN HUME'S LAST PAVIN

(2018) [6:15]
for solo cello with scordatura with or without recitation (- in English)

SOL-ÉTUDE

(2014) [3:00]
for piano

VOID

(2011) [6:00]
for solo piano

LIGHTSHADOW-TREMBLING

(1993) [5:00]
for clarinet solo
BMCCD202
ECM 2209
EMB 14852
Watch on YouTube 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

PERSISTENT DREAMS

(1991/ 2017) [6:30]
for clarinet solo
BMCCD274
EMB 15100
Watch on YouTube