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

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]
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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]
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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)

CLARINET SYMPHONY

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

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
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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

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

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
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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