Position at the Institute: assistant lecturer
Education:
2017 – present: Doctoral programme of Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest
Field of doctoral research: multicultural and areal relations inthe flute recordings of Bartók’s Transylvanian field trip in 1914
2012 – 2017: Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest – BA and MA studies in Folk Music
MA thesis: Analysis and possible educational uses of the playing technique of native csángó-Hungarian caval player András Hodorog of Klézse village.
2001 – 2004: Béla Bartók Secondary Music School, Budapest – Classical Piano
Folk Music Collection Field Trips:
2017 – present: field trips in Romanian and Gipsy communities of Görgény/Gurghiu region of Transylvania
2014: field trip in the Andean regions of Ecuador
2005 – present: field recordings of András Hodorog, native informant on flute
2004 – present: field trips in Transylvanian Hungarian communities
As a folk musician and ethnomusicologist Soma is one of the most active members of the young generation in his fields in Hungary as well as on the international scene.
As a player of Hungarian Ethnic Flutes and Accordion he has been invited by various folk ensembles to perform, including Buda Folk Band (2008-2017), Tűz Lángja (2003 -), Fanfara Complexa (2010 -), Enyedi Ágnes és a Bandárium (2017 -), Enyedi – Salamon Quartet (2016 ), Erdőfű zenekar (2016 -), Magos együttes (2017 -).
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Video 2
As a performer and composer, he contributed to the following events:
2013: Muzsikás 40 – Anniversary Concert of Muzsikás Ensemble
2013: A tilinkótól a tárogatóig – Művészetek Palotája
2014: Hungarian National Radio – Espace 2 (Svájc): a népdal útja
2015: Magyar Menyegző – Papp László Sportaréna
2016: Édesanyám sok szép szava – Enyedi Ágnes műsora
2016: ifj. Zsuráfszky Zoltán és Tókos Attila: Testvér – composer
2017: Bartók-sources – Művészetek Palotája, Bartók Béla National Concert Hall
2019: Instinctive improvisation in Hungarian Folk Music – Berklee College of Music, Boston, MA, USA
2010: Festival Extensión (FEX), Granada, ES
2014: Euroradio Folk Festival, Rattvik, SE
2015: Etnokrakow, Kraków, PL
2015: Womex, Budapest, HU
2016: Czech Music Crossroads, 2017 Ostrava, CZ
2016: Ritmo Festival, Budapest, HU
2016: Madison World Music Festival, Madison WI, USA
2017: Atlantic Music Expo, Praia, Cabo Verde
2019: New Year’s Gala, Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, Budapest, HU
Discography:
Buda Folk Band:
2010: Sűrű Vándor
2013: Magyar Világi Népzene
2015: Szegelet
2015: Saját gyűjtés
Tűz Lángja Zenekar:
2010: Tovafelé
Fanfara Complexa:
2011: Radio Popular
2016: Tánc alá
Magos:
magosfolkband.hu
2018: Forgatós
Mihó Attila és zenekara:
2019: Összehegedült Kárpátok
Korzenszky Klára és zenekara:
2012: Szerelemcsütörtök, dobszerda
As an ethnomusicologist his fields of study and research comprise:
- Ethnic flutes in the Carpathian Basin
- Methodology and comparative analysis in Hungarian ethnomusicology
- International relations of Hungarian ethnomusicology
- Typology of Hungarian folk melodies
- Transylvanian field recordings of Béla Bartók
- Historical and multicultural relations of stylistic strata in
- Hungarian folk music
Important conference papers, lectures:
Berklee College of Music, Boston, MA, US, 2019
Bard College, Annandale-On-Hudson, NY, US
Lecture title: Methodology of the “Hungarian School” of Ethnomusicology
Lecture title: Performing style of native Csángó-Hungarian fluter, András Hodorog video.ibm.com/recorded/120023743
Central European University, Budapest, HU, 2019
Summer School: Music as Heritage: From Tradition to Product
Lecture title: Methodology of the “Hungarian School” of Ethnomusicology
45th ICTM World Conference Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, TH, 2019
Lecture title: Practice-Based Analytic Approach in Ethnomusicology Through the Transylvanian Flute Tradition
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Glasgow, UK, 2018
Pedagogies, Practices and Future of Folk Music in Higher Education Conference
Paper title: How to Perform and Teach Béla Bartók's Earliest Peasant Flute Recordings from Transylvania
Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest, HU, 2017
XXXIII. National Students’ Association Conference – awarded a 1st prize
Paper title: Analysis of Giusto Caval Melodies of Native Csángó-Hungarian Fluter, András Hodorog
Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music, Katowice, PL, 2017
Kodály Conference 2017
Paper title: Traditional Instrumental Music in Hungary
Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest, HU, 2015
XXXII. National Students’ Association Conference – awarded a 2nd prize
Paper title: The Singing Flute: Relations Between Repertoires and Performing Manners of Native Fluters and Singer Informants
Teaching experience:
2017 – present: Liszt Academy of Music – as a Lecturer he teaches Folk Music Analysis, Folk Music Theory (course in English), Instrumental Studies, and Folk Music Repertoire
2016 – present: the Kodály Institute of the Liszt Academy of Music – as a Lecturer he teaches Folk Music, International Folk Music, and Folk Music Analysis
2015 – 2017: Hermann László Secondary School of Music, Székesfehérvár – Instrumental Studies and Folk Music Theory
Membership:
He joined the International Council of Traditional Music in 2019.
Prizes, awards:
2014: „Fölszállott a Páva” Television Folk Music Talent Show: Special Prize (Video 1, Video 2)
2015: Bezerédj-prize – as the member of the Buda Folk Band
2015: Young Master of Folk Arts National Award
2015: Junior Prima Award for Folk Arts