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Bálint Bolcsó was born in 1979 in Budapest.
He studied instrumental and electroacoustic
composition at the Liszt Academy of Music in
Budapest under György Orbán, Zoltán Jeney
and Andrea Szigetvári; and at the University of
Music and Performing Arts in Vienna, with Iván
Erőd, Michael Jarrell and Dieter Kaufmann. In
2009, he received a DAAD Scholarship and spent
a year in Hanover/Cologne where he studied with
Johannes Schöllhorn. He received a DLA doctoral
degree from the Liszt Academy of Music in
Budapest in 2015 (with his thesis entitled: Designing
an Interactive Music System with an Acoustic Sound
Source). He creates instrumental, vocal, and electroacoustic works, interactive
sound installations, and applied music for film, dance, and theater, using live
electronics in both standard and improvisatory music situations. For a period
of ten years, he was a returning participant at the International Bartók Seminar
in Szombathely, Hungary. His compositions have been performed at the Bartók
Festival, Budapest Autumn Festival, Making New Waves, Wien Modern, mise-en
music festival (New York), CAFe Budapest, and Transparent Sound New Music
Festival, among others. As an avid participant in the Budapest free improvisation
scene, he often collaborates with local and international musicians. Recent
performances and releases include duos with Jonas Kocher, Christian Kobi, Zsolt
Sőrés, István Grencsó, Bálint Baráth and Oli Mayne. He is a member of various
groups including the Budapest Improvisers Orchestra and the Hermina Artist
Collective. Since 2011, he has taught computer music at the University of Pécs, and
since 2014 has taught at the Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest. In 2016, he was
awarded a postdoctoral scholarship from the New National Excellence Program.
STAGE WORKS
5 – Dance Performance (2005), 5-channel fixed media Co: Nina Umniakov
Green Cycle – Dance Performance (2008), 2-channel fixed media Co: Nina
Umniakov
Black Dog – Dance Performance (2018), 2-channel fixed media Co: Anna Gulyás
Crumbs of the Broken World Cake (2019), S, speaker, live electronics
Lib: Anna Lesznai
ORCHESTRAL WORKS
Vein (2005), symph. orch.
Good Morning (2009), chbr. orch.
CHAMBER WORKS
Three Songs to Poems by Miklós Radnóti (2000), S, A fl., B guitar, pno.
Punch for 4 (2001), cl., vl., vla., vlc.
Fluid (2003), S sax., chbr. ens.
Grids (2003), S, vl., cl., pno. Lib: Composer
Lied, Mond, Gedanke (2005), cl., B cl., bs.
Seven Times (2005), cl., vlc., pno., live electronics
HUMAchiNe (2006), cl., live electronics
Sagrada Família (2006), MS, Bar, chbr. ens. Lib: János Térey Pub: Rózsa
völgyi, BØF [Budapest Autumn Festival]
Rondo poco meccanico (2007), chbr. ens.
rotate rotate (2007), pno., string quartet
Triptychon (2009), S, B fl., org.
lautlos (2009), sprechgesang, live electronics Lib: Jessica Huijnen
Cascando Sketch (2009), fl., cl., vl., vlc., pno., perc.
Touch (2010), vlc., live electronics
Sketches for Zoo Improvisations (2010), chbr. ens.
Aria (2011), chbr. ens., 2-channel fixed media
Gitter (2011), S, cl., guitar, live electronics
HUMAchiNe IV (2011), cl., B cl., live electronics
30 Days (2012), sax. quartet
Enigma Remix (2014), sprechgesang, speaker, cl., vlc., cimb.
Phase Searchers (2015), vlc., pno.
Inside-Outside (2015), sax., live electronics
Graceful Degradation (2015), fl., electric guitar, pno., snare drum, live
electronics
Plant Box Man Repeat (2016), drum set, live electronics
Abstraction Layers (2017), 4 instr., live electronics
Moment of Intersection (2017), sax., harp, live electronics
Haiku (2018), S, 5 instr. Lib: Siniša Matasović
Frühlingssonate (2019), pno., live electronics
what if (2019), fl., db., pno., 2-channel fixed media
Earth and Air (2019), gamelan ens., 2-channel fixed media
senza f[…] (2020), str. quartet
Interior (2021), fl., vla., harp, acc.
Always (2021), fl., cl.
We Are (Not) a Dream (2021), org., 8-channel live electronics
CHORAL WORKS
L’Oiseau blessé d’une flèche (2003), 8vv mixed vocal ens. Lib: Jean de
La Fontaine
Der Bleicherin Nachtlied (2020), 8vv female vocal ens., 2-channel fixed
media Lib: Robert Reinick
SOLO WORKS
Sacherpunsch (2000), cl.
Arches (2002), vl.
bird eye (2003), S, 2-channel fixed media
Switching On a Different Light (2008), vla.
Savaria(da) Revisited (2008), sax., 2-channel fixed media
Passacaglia (2013), cl., 2-channel fixed media
HUMAchiNe.org (2014), MIDI-controllable org.
The Seventh One (2015), rec., 6-channel live electronics
ELECTROACOUSTIC WORKS
A Foothold of Silence (2000), 2/4-channel fixed media
Farblos (2001), 2-channel fixed media
Words… (2002), 2-channel fixed media
kirchen|bogen|fragen|feld (2005), 2-channel fixed media
Transit (2006), 2-channel fixed media
Bloomy Girls (2007), 2-channel fixed media
Octogon (2010), 2/8-channel fixed media
Reality Check (2016), video, 2-channel fixed media
Commenting on Machaut (2019), 2/4-channel fixed media
Fabric of Presence (2020), 2-channel fixed media
