György Orbán (born 12 July 1947 in

Târgu Mureș Târgu Mureș (, ; ; German language, German: ''Neumarkt am Mieresch'') is the seat of Mureș County in the historical region of Transylvania, Romania. It is the list of cities and towns in Romania, 16th-largest city in Romania, with 116,033 ...

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) is a Romanian-born Hungarian composer.

Biography

György Orbán was born in

on July 12, 1947. He studied music composition with

Sigismund Toduță Sigismund Toduță (17 May 1908 in Simeria – 3 July 1991 in Cluj-Napoca) was a Romanian composer, musicologist, and professor. Biography Toduță graduated from the Conservatory of Music and Dramatic Art in Cluj in 1936. His instructors inclu ...

and Max Eisikovits and music theory with János Jagamas at the Cluj-Napoca Academy of Music where he was a student from 1968 through 1973. After completing his studies, he joined the faculty of that school where he taught both music theory and counterpoint for six years. In 1979 Orbán emigrated from Romania to Hungary when he accepted a position as a

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with the music publisher Editio Musica Budapest. He remained in that position through 1990. In 1982 he became a professor of music theory and composition at the

Franz Liszt Academy of Music The Franz Liszt Academy of Music (, often abbreviated as ''Zeneakadémia'', "Liszt Academy") is a music university and a concert hall in Budapest, Hungary, founded on November 14, 1875. It is home to the Liszt Collection, which features several ...

. In 1989 his

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composition '' Triple Sextet'' (1979) received honors at the in Paris. While his earlier music embraced the avant-garde style, he moved away from this beginning in the mid-1980s into a

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aesthetic. In 1991 he was awarded the Bartók-Pásztory Prize. Orbán has written numerous sacred works intended for religious use. His choral music mixes traditional liturgical renaissance and baroque counterpoint with intrusions from jazz.Choral Repertoire - Page 621 Dennis Shrock - 2009 "The composers born later in the era — Zdeněk Lukáš, Petr Eben, and György Orbán — plus

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, who was born at the beginning of the twentieth century, emulated the textures and forms of Renaissance and Baroque genres while ..."

Works, editions, recordings

Recordings

Monographs * Orban: Hungarian Passion. Bartók Béla Chorus and University Orchestra dir. Gábor Baross HCD31824 Hungaroton * Cantico di frate sole. Mass no 11: Benedictus. Razumovsky Trilogy. Zsuzsa Alföldi (Soprano) Reményi Ede Chamber Orchestra Hungaroton Collections * György Orbán: ''Magnificat''; Péter Tóth: ''Hymnus de Magna Hungariae Regina''; Kodály: ''My Heart Aches'' and '' Kálló Double Dance''. Gábor Baross and Béla Bartók Choir of the Eötvös Lóránd University (2009) * ''Ex Oriente Lux: Choir Masterpieces from Northern and Eastern Europe'':

Knut Nystedt Knut Nystedt (3 September 1915 – 8 December 2014) was a Norwegian orchestral and choral composer. Early life Nystedt was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway, and grew up in a Christian home where hymns and classical music were an important ...

, György Orbán, József Karai,

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, Mircea Diaconescu,

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, Doru Popovici. Carmina Mundi dir. Harald Nickoll Audite 97.475 * ''Wind Quintets'' -

Endre Szervánszky Endre Szervánszky (27 December 191125 June 1977) was a Hungarian composer. Biography Szervánszky was born in Kistétény and studied the clarinet at the Budapest Academy of Music (1922–27). He played in various orchestras before returnin ...

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, György Orbán.

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Wind Quintet (1994) BIS-CD-662 * ''Musica Sacra Hungarica'' - László Halmos,

Ferenc Farkas Ferenc Farkas (; 15 December 1905 – 10 October 2000) was a Hungary, Hungarian composer. Biography Born into a musical family (his father, Aladár Farkas, was an Olympian and soldier who played the cimbalom and his mother played the piano) i ...

, Zoltán Kodály, György Orbán,

, Gábor Lisznyai,

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, György Deák-Bárdos. Budapest Madrigal Choir Eva Kollar Carus 2.151-99 * ''Choral songs on Shakespeare texts'' - ''Orpheus with his lute. O mistress mine.'' With works by

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, Matthew Harris (composer), Juhani Komulainen,

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, Kevin Olson (composer),

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, Martha Sullivan, Chicago a cappella dir. Trevor Mitchell, Cedille * Orban, György Selmeczy: Contemporary Hungarian Masses Hungaroton * ''Songs'' - Orbán Spanish songs. Songs to words by

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. János Vajda, Songs to words by Géza Szöcs: Andrea Meláth (

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), Emese Virág (piano). HCD31827 Hungaroton * ''Musica Nostra'' - Choral Music

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(Argentina),

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Miklós Sugár Miklós Sugár (born 2 July 1952) is a Hungarian conductor, music educator, and composer. Life Sugár is the son of the composer Rezső Sugár and he was born in Budapest. Sugár studied at the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music with Kórodi Andr� ...

Erzsébet Szőnyi Erzsébet Szőnyi (25 April 1924 – 28 December 2019), also Erzsébet Szilágyi, was a Hungarian composer and music teacher. Her works encompass symphonic compositions, chamber music works, art songs, and oratorios. She also wrote numerous sta ...

György Orbán, József Karai, Ferenc Farkas, Petr Eben,

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. HCD31840 Hungaroton * János Vajda: Missa in A, Orban: Missa prima HCD31929 Hungaroton * Miklós Kocsár, Miklós Mohay, Erzsébet Szőnyi,

Levente Gyöngyösi Levente Gyöngyösi (born 1975, Cluj-Napoca, Romania) is a Romanian-born Hungarian composer. He moved to Hungary in 1989, when he was 14. Works, editions and recordings * Opera ''A gólyakalifa'' (The Stork Caliph) after the novel of Mihály Ba ...

Zoltán Gárdonyi Zoltán Gárdonyi (; 25 April 1906 – 27 June 1986) was a Hungarian composer and musicologist. He taught at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music for 26 years. Life and work Gárdonyi was born in Budapest. His mother, the pianist Maria Weigl, stud ...

HCD32190 Hungaroton

References

External links

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György Orbán: Biography and list of works at the Budapest Music Center
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