Born: 1972, Siklós
Academic degree, university position: DLA, senior lecturer
Studies:
2006-2009: Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, Budapest, Doctoral School – Composition (DLA)
1991-1997: Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, Budapest – Compostion; Choral conducting and Music Teaching
1987-1991: Secondary School of Arts, Pécs – Choral conducting and Composition
Teaching activities:
1998 – : Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, Budapest
1997 – 2010 Bartók Béla Secondary School of Music, Budapest – Harmony studies
Awards and honours:
2016: KÓTA Prize
2014: Erkel Prize
Scholarships:
2018-2021: Scholarship Awardee of the Hungarian Academy of Arts
2000-2001: Internationales Künstlerhaus Villa Concordia (scholarship of the Minstry of Culture, Bavaria, Bamberg)
Selected works:
Operas:
- Kreatív kapcsolatok/Creative Connections, 2-act chamber opera (text and poems: Anna Mechler, 2013/2016)
- Magyar Electra/Hungarian Electra, 2-act opera (based on Péter Bornemisza Péter’s drama from 1558, 1998/2012)
- Bösendorfer (based on Ferenc Karinthy’s drama with identical title, 1988/2012)
Oratorios:
- Történet az Ember Fiának szenvedéséről és haláláról/ Story about the suffering and death of the Son of Man (text and poems: Anna Mechler 2008/2016)
- Via Crucis (1993)
Cantatas:
- Trostgesang (2013-2014)
- Two Songs by Emily (2009)
- A madár és a leány/The Bird and the Lass (1996)
Choral pieces:
- Hold-igéző/Moon-Spell (2017)
- Vidám vitézi ének/Gay soldiers’ chant (2017)
- In paradisum (2017)
- Zsoltársorok/Psalm Lines (2016)
- Æterne rerum conditor (2016)
- A virágok vetélkedése/The Contest of Flowers (2016)
- Madrigals of Passion and Wisdom (2011/2015)
- Il fiume di luce (2015)
- No Coward Soul Is Mine (2014)
- Psalmus 6 (2014)
- Ki viszi át a Szerelmet/Who Will Take Love (2013)
- Psalmus 1
- Farewell to the Little Good (2011)
- A halálra táncoltatott lány/ Girl danced to death (1996)
Songs:
- Nővérek/Sisters, a scene for soprano and alto voices with piano accompaniment (text: Mechler Anna, 2018)
- Litaniae Lauretanae, for four female voices and piano (1997/2015)
- Rosetrees, nine songs based on Emily Brontë’s poems 2011-2012)
- In Cabin'd Ships at Sea, for mezzo-soprano, viola and cello, based on Walt Whitman’s poem (2013)
- Japanese songs for mezzo-soprano and string quartet (13 songs) (1999)
- Elrejtem magam/I hide myself, songs (12 songs) based on the poems of Hungarian poets (1997)
- Töredelmes ág/Fragmented bough, song cycle based on Anikó Várkonyi’s poetry cycle (14 songs) (1992-1993)
Orchestral works:
- Five-Color Journey (2017/2018)
- Ünnep/Celebration (2012)
- Spirit of Europe (2004)
- The Legend of the Movie (1998)
Concertos:
- Breathing through the Grass (for flute and orchestra, 2009/2018)
- Time’s All-Severing Wave (for viola and string ensemble, 2010-2015)
- Suite concertante (for cello and string ensemble, 2008)
- Concerto da ponte (for flute and chamber orchestra, 1998/2001)
- Concerto stilizzato (for piano and orchestra, 1996)
Chamber music pieces:
- Ruins and Arches (for two violins, viola and two cellos, 2014-2018)
- Grey and White (for violin, viola and cello, 2006-2012)
- Quintet (for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon, 1997/2009)
- Tor zur Ewigkeit (for string quartet, 2004-2006)
- The Hilarious Man (for brass quintet, 1999)
- Doppelquintett (for two brass quintets, 1998)
- Concerto da camera (for harp and string quartet, 1996-1997)
- Duo Sonata (for violin and cello, 1995)
- Sonata (for clarinet and piano, 1995)
- Ének zongorára és orgonára/Song for piano and organ (1994)
Solo pieces:
- Eternal Knot (for viola, 2008-2013)
- Piano Sonata (2010)
- Martian (for piano, 2000)
- quasi stellar (for cello, 1996-1997)
- Suite for Piano (1995)
Pieces for wind ensemble:
- Pécsi képek/Pécs Pictures (2010)
Electro-acoustic pieces:
- I Sing the Body Electric (1998-2001)
- enwogulld (Bamberg, 2000)
The complete list of works can be found at beischermatyo.hu/works.
Website:
beischermatyo.hu
Contact:
Phone: +36705400347
E-mail: mail[at]bmt.hu