Károly Horváth (26 October 1950 – 4 November 2015) was a

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n-born composer and musician. He spent most of his professional life in Hungarian theatre.

Biography

Born in

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, Horváth graduated from the

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in 1970 and was awarded his degree by the

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. From 1975 he worked in Hungarian-language TV for a Bucharest television station. He founded

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's first

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bands, "Concord" and "Táltos". He also founded the "Tinodi" music band and the Sándor Tomcsa Theatre and helped found the

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Festival. From 1975 to 1987, he performed in theatre in both Romania and Hungary. In 1987 he relocated to Hungary. Until 1992 he toured Western Europe, North and South America, and Australia with the ("Poppy Folk Ensemble"). From 1992, he was primarily involved in musical theatre as a composer and musician, in Hungary,

and

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. From 2005 to 2011 he was the musical director of the Griff Puppet Theatre, after which he became composer and director of music at the Sékesfehérvár Royal Games. Horváth died in

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in 2015.

Notable works

Horváth composed over 250 pieces of theatre

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. He worked with many famous Hungarian and European directors, including Jászai Prizewinner

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, Jászai prizewinner Bértalan Bagó,

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winner

Géza Bereményi Géza Sándor Bereményi (born 25 January 1946) is a Hungarian writer, screenwriter and film director. He was awarded Best European Director for his film Eldorado at the 2nd European Film Awards. Biography Born as Géza Vetró in Budapest ...

, Uniter Prizewinner

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, Uniter Prizewinner

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, Jászai Prizewinner

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, Jászai Prizewinner

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, Jászai Prizewinner Gábor Máté,

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, Jászai Prizewinner

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, Jaszai Prizewinner and Kossuth Prizewinners

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and

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, Istvan K. Szabó, Jászai Prizewinner

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, ("Merited Artist")

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, Péter Tömöry, and Jászai Prizewinner Csaba Tasnádi.

Musicals

* Horváth-Józsa-Tömöry: Síp a tökre (Hungarian State Theatre, Timișoara (Temesvár), 1978. Directed by Péter Tömöry) * Horváth-Józsa: Leányrablás (György Harag Theatre, Sau Mare (Szatmárnémeti), 1998, Directed by István Pinczés) * Horváth-Tömöry: Nőpápa (Áron Tamási Theatre, Sfântu Gheorghe (Sesiszentgyörgy), 2000. Directed by Péter Tömöry) * Horváth-Bereményi: Laura (Sándor Hevesi Theatre,

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, 2005. Directed by Bertalan Bagó, József Katona Theatre, Kecskemét, 2006, Directed by István Pinczés) * Horváth-Tömöry: Vőlegényfogó (Sándor Tomcsa Theatre, 2006. Directed by Péter Tömöry) * Horváth-Tömöry: Canterbury mesék (Sándor Hevesi Theatre, 2006. Directed by István K. Szabó) * Horváth Károly-Tömöry Péter: Ludas Matyi (bábopera, Griff bábtheatre, Directed by László Rumi)

Theatrical accompaniment

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: Vitéz lélek ( Sfântu Gheorghe (Sesiszentgyörgy) 1978. Directed by Miklós Tompa ) *

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: Szuzai mennyegző ( Sfântu Gheorghe (Sesiszentgyörgy), 1980, Directed by Attila Seprődi Kiss) *

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: (Bruchsal, 1993. Directed by Péter Tömöry) *

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( Timișoara (Temesvár), 1995. Directed by Béla Merő) *

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: Operett (

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, 1995. Directed by István Pinczés) *

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(Zalaegerszeg, 1997. Directed by Paolo Magelli) *

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( Timișoara (Temesvár), 1999. V. Ioan Frunza) *

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: ( Cluj-Napoca (Kolozsvár), 1999. Directed by V. Ioan Frunza) * William Shakespeare: Romeo şi Julieta ( Sau Mare (Szatmárnémeti), 1998. Directed by Péter Tömöry) * Fassbinder: A szenny, a város és a halál () (

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, 2002. Directed by Péter Tömöry) *

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: Uri muri (Zalaegerszeg, 2003) *

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: Az idióta (József Katona Theatre,

, 2003. Directed by Máthé Gábor) *

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(Zalaegerszeg, 2004. Directed by Bertalan Bagó) * William Shakespeare:

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, 2004. Directed by Bradu Anca) *

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: Az ajtó (Zalaegeszeg, 2005. Directed by Géza Bereményi) *

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: A kommunizmus története elmebetegeknek (

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, 2006. Directed by Bradu Anca) * István Tasnádi: Magyar zombi (Zalaegerszeg, 2006. Directed by Bertalan Bagó) *

: Az arany ára (Bárka Theatre, Budapest, 2007. Directed by Bertalan Bagó) * István Tasnádi: Finito (Örkény Theatre, Budapest, 2007. Directed by Pál Mácsai) *

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: Vásott kölykök (

, 2007. Directed by István K. Szabó) * William Shakespeare:

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(Zalaegerszeg, 2008. Directed by Bertalan Bagó) *

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: Kazimir és Karolin ( Oradea (Nagyvárad), 2009. Directed by Bradu Anca) *

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: Az utas és a holdvilág (Zalaegerszeg, 2009. Directed by Bertalan Bagó)

Films

* Baloane de curcubeu (1982, Directed by Josef Demian) * Piciu (1983, Directed by Josef Demian) * Lovind o pasăre de pradă (1984, Directed by Josef Demian) * Bordal (documentary, 1996, Directed by László Zöldi) * Tündér Ilona (TV film, 1998, Directed by Gábor Katalin) * Vasúti variációk (1998, Directed by László Zöldi) * Én itt maradok (2000, Directed by Zoltán Seregi) * Ellenpontok (2001, Directed by Zoltán Seregi) * Vadászat angolokra (2006, Directed by Bertalan Bagó) * Irodalom ( Az ünnep (2009, Directed by Zsuzsa Lőrincz) * Régimódi történet ( Directed by Géza Bereményi) * Caligula helytartója (2012, Directed by Bertalan Bagó) * EMKE- volt egyszer egy kávéház (2013, Directed by Bertalan Bagó)

Puppetry

* Hamupipőke (Directed by László Uray) * Peter Tömöry: Harcos-karcos betlehemes (Directed by Péter Galambos) * Zsuzsa Lőrincz: Bazika (Directed by Zsuzsa Lőrincz) * Péter Tömöry: Titkos álom (Directed by Tömöry) * László Bagossy: A sötétben látó tündér (Directed by Csaba Pénzes) * Katalin Scheer: Nefelé (Directed by Árpád Árkosi) * Petőfi: János Vitéz (Directed by István Pinczés) * László Upor: Éljen Kinoppió (Directed by István Pinczés ) * Béla Pintér: Sütemények királynője (Directed by Zsuzsa Lőrincz)

Recordings

* Kettőspont (

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, 1978) * Zenés Karaván (Bucharest, 1979) * Táltos ének (Bucharest, 1984) * Mákvirág in Brasil (

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, 1988) * Békesség (

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, 1990) * Téli népszokások (

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, 1991) * Fire Sermon (

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(Székelyudvarhely), 2004)

Awards

* 1971: Siculus Fesztivál,

(Székelyudvarhely) * 1972: Siculus Fesztivál,

(Székelyudvarhely) * 2008: Kritikusok díja a Finito zenéjéért ("Critics' Award for Fine Music"), Budapest

References

* * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Horvath, Karoly Romanian musicians of Hungarian descent Hungarian musical theatre composers Romanian composers Romanian male composers Hungarian cellists Romanian cellists Hungarian flautists Romanian flautists 20th-century Hungarian male singers Romanian folk singers People from Oradea 1950 births 2015 deaths 20th-century cellists 20th-century flautists