Bánkövi Gyula

July 22, 1966

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Gyula Bánkövi was born in Dunaújváros in 1966. His introduction to the arts began at the age of six when he took lessons in ballet, piano, and then bassoon. By the age of 14, his interest in the arts was temporarily halted; on deciding he wanted to become a geologist, his focus turned to unearthing the ‘hidden secrets of nature’. By 16, he had rediscovered his love for the arts, viewing it as the ‘eternal remedy for everything.’ His attention turned first to the curious world of jazz, then to that of contemporary music. He ini tially studied composition with Miklós Kocsár, continuing it with Attila Bozay at the Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest. He would continue to maintain a close affinity to nature, as evidenced in his first successful composition entitled Hydrophony, which expressed the eternal recurrence of water. His musical interests span a wide range of genres and include compositions for larger chamber orchestras, children’s choirs, brass bands, solo viola, percussion instruments, and elec tronics alike. He has won numerous prizes at composition competitions, including the Istvánffy Benedek Prize (2000), has proposed works three times for the Rostrum of Composers in Amsterdam (2000), in Wien (2003), and in Paris (2007), as well as for the Erkel Prize (2004), Artisjus Prize (2007), Lajtha Prize (2010), and Bartók–Pásztory Award (2012). He has worked for the Bartók Channel of Hungarian Radio as its editor since 1999. His work there includes dealing with and popularizing contemporary Hungarian classical music, as well as monitoring, selecting, and sourcing new music from around the world and editing them into the broadcast. He is a passionate athlete with a particular interest in swimming, as well as holding Hungarian national seniors’ medals for running, cycling, and rowing.

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Művek listája

ORCHESTRAL WORKS Kiáltások/Exclamations, Op. 16 (2002), 2 mar., str. orch. Pub: Hangvarázs SR: HSACD 32686 Sodrás/Current, Op. 17 (2002), pno., str. orch. Pub: Hangvarázs Les fleurs du vent, Op. 21 (2005–2006), symph. orch. SR: HSACD 32686 Távoli ének/Distant Song, WoO. 8 (2005), solo voices, symph. orch. Pub: Hangvarázs Figures in a Landscape, Op. 29 (2009–2010), large orch. Pub: Hangvarázs Vándorló terek/Itinerant Spaces, Op. 30 (2010), symph. orch. Pub: Hangvarázs Passacaglia, Op. 38 (2013), pno., symph. orch. Pub: Hangvarázs Zöldfény-udvarú éj/The Night of the Green Halo, Op. 42 (2015), large orch. Pub: Hangvarázs In the Fiber Field of the Setting Sun, Op. 60 (2020), str. orch., glasses, pot, bucket Pub: Hangvarázs Felnégyelt tájakon/In Quadruped Landscapes, Op. 63 (2020–2021), Bar, symph. orch. Lib: János Sziveri Pub: Hangvarázs Fénykráter/Light Crater, Op. 69 (2020–2021), pno., chr., large orch., glasses Pub: Hangvarázs CONCERTOS Accord(ion) Concerto, Op. 18 (2002), acc., symph. orch. Pub: Hangvarázs SR: HCD 23244 Angels without Faces – Viola Concerto, Op. 64 (2019–2021) Pub: Hangvarázs Az angyal tekintete/The Angel’s Gaze – Organ Concerto, Op. 65 (2021) Pub: Hangvarázs CHAMBER WORKS Két dal Puskin verseire/Two Songs to Pushkin’s Poems, Op. 1 (1987), S, pno. Pub: Hangvarázs Les souvenirs de Pierrot, Op. 2 (1988), tuba, pno. Pub: Hangvarázs Struggle, Op. 4 (1991), perc. ens. (4 players) Pub: Hangvarázs Duo Fantasia, Op. 6 (1994), vl., cimb. Pub: Hangvarázs Hat rézmetszet/Brass Segments, Op. 7 (1993), brass quintet Pub: Hangvarázs Dream and Reality, Op. 8 (1996), vl., pno. Pub: Hangvarázs Eszmélet/Consciousness, Op. 10 (1997), Bar, fl., cl., hn., vl., vla., vlc. Lib: Ferenc Szabó SR: HCD 23244 Pub: Hangvarázs Emlékvirágok/The Flowers of the Memory, Op. 13 (2000), rec., harps. Pub: Hangvarázs Áttűnések/Dissoluzioni, Op. 19 (2003), 3 acc. Pub: Hangvarázs Angeldance, Op. 23 (2005), fl. quartet Pub: Hangvarázs I misteri delle montagne lontane, Op. 25 (2006), pno. 4 hands Pub: Hangvarázs Al secco – al fresco, Op. 26 (2007), chbr. ens., cimb. Pub: Hangvarázs Whisper of the Guardian Angels Abandoned, Op. 27 (2007), chbr. ens., acc. Pub: Hangvarázs 4X4, Op. 31 (2010), tr., hn., trb., tuba Pub: Hangvarázs 5X5, Op. 34 (2011), wind quintet Pub: Hangvarázs Light Flowers, Op. 35 (2013), chbr. ens. Pub: Hangvarázs Minutes voltes, Op. 36 (2013), S, chbr. ens. Lib: Sándor Weöres Pub: Hang varázs White Angels, Op. 39 (2013), str. quartet Pub: Hangvarázs Tactus Articulatus, Op. 40 (2013), str. quartet, db. Pub: Hangvarázs Invisible Footsteps, Op. 41 (2015), vla. quintet Pub: Hangvarázs Bridges, Op. 45 (2015), perc. ens. (6 players) Pub: Hangvarázs Táncoló kövek/Dancing Stones, Op. 47 (2016), mar., cl., vl. Pub: Hangvarázs Crystal of the wind, Op. 48 (2016), vla., fl., vibr., ob., vlc. Pub: Hangvarázs Szivárvány árnyékban/L’arc-en-ciel en ombre, Op. 54 (2017), fl., ens. Pub: Hangvarázs Tört üvegcipők tánca/Dancing of the Broken Glass Shoes, Op. 53 (2018), guitar quartet Pub: Hangvarázs En arrière des nuages rouges, Op. 55 (2018), harp, acc., tuba Pub: Hangvarázs A Félhetetlen/Fable (in Hungarian), Op. 56 (2018–2019), story-teller, pno., perc., vl., cl., trb. Lib: Composer Vízjelek/Watermarks, Op. 57 (2019), vibr., vlc. Pub: Hangvarázs Kic-kac fakukac, Op. 61 (2020), S, cl., pno. Lib: Composer Pub: Hangvarázs Jégbe zárt fájdalom/Suffering Enclosed in Ice, Op. 66 (2021), vlc., pno. Pub: Hangvarázs Görbülő ritmusok/Excurved Rhythms, Op. 67 (2021), tuba, perc. Pub: Hang varázs Monochrome Variations, Op. 68 (2021), sax., pno. Pub: Hangvarázs CHORAL WORKS Storm and Tree, WoO. 2 (1988), SATB Lib: Endre Ady Pub: Hangvarázs Feje-nagy/Big-Head, WoO. 3 (1994), children’s chr. Lib: József Konczek, Ferenc Buda, Sándor Csoóri Pub: Hangvarázs Hét-pupu zivatar, WoO. 5 (2000), children’s chr. Lib: Sándor Weöres Pub: Hangvarázs Miserere, Op. 14 (2001), CT, 2 T, B Pub: Hangvarázs Ave Maria, No. 1, WoO. 6 (2003), SATB Pub: Hangvarázs Magnificat, WoO. 9 (2008), female chr. Pub: Hangvarázs Négyes-hatos, WoO. 11 (2012), girls’/children’s chr., 2 mar., db., tram bell Lib: Virág Erdős Pub: UMP EMB Capriccio senza parole, Op. 37 (2013), girls’ chr. Pub: Hangvarázs Ének a hegyekből/Singing from the Mountains, Op. 41 (2014), girls’/children’s chr. Pub: Hangvarázs Spleen, Op. 42 (2014), SATB Lib: Charles Baudelaire Pub: Hangvarázs Balass-álom, WoO. 12 (2015), SATB Lib: Bálint Balassi Ave Maria, No. 2, Op. 51 (2017), girls’ chr., vlc. Pub: Hangvarázs SR: Angelica Foundation Siralmas nékem, WoO. 13 (2019), SATB Lib: Bálint Balassi Pub: Hangvarázs Missa Carpathica, Op. 62 (2020), SATB, S SOLO WORKS Sonata, WoO. 1 (1988), vla. Pub: Hangvarázs Gli ultimi sospiri degli alberi, Op. 11 (1997), fl. Pub: Hangvarázs Lebegés/Floating, Op. 20 (2004–2005), acc. Pub: Hangvarázs Corale – In memoriam Luciano Berio, Op. 33 (2011), pno. Pub: Hangvarázs Re-pet-ív, Op. 46 (2015), fl. Pub: Hangvarázs Dream in the Dream, Op. 49 (2017), fl. Pub: Hangvarázs Délaissement, Op. 50 (2017), fl. Pub: Hangvarázs ELECTROACOUSTIC WORKS Hydrophonie (Tape-Music), Op. 3 (1991) Pictures from the Past (Tape-Music), Op. 5 (1992) A Lélek hangja/The Sound of the Soul – Sound Poem on the Basis of Fragments of Zemplén (Tape-music), Op. 9 (1996) Silver-Winged Butterflies, Op. 12 (1999), fl., vlc., electronics Pub: Hangvarázs SR: HCD 23244 Porte de l’enfer, Op. 15 (2001–2003), str. quartet, electronics SR: HCD 23244 Pub: Hangvarázs Lángrózsák/Flame-Roses, WoO. 7 (2004), cl., electronics Orpheus – Ballet (Tape-Music), Op. 22 (2005), electronics SR: BR0049 Lux aeterna – In memoriam Béla Bartók, Op. 24 (2006), SATB, electronics Pub: Hangvarázs SR: HSACD 32686 Les fleuves de l’obscurité, Op. 28 (2008), str. quartet, electronics SR: HSACD 32686 Pub: Hangvarázs Painted by the Time, Op. 32 (2010), chbr. ens., electronics Pub: Hangvarázs A mennybe-vitt lány, Op. 52 (2017), S, cl., vl., electronics Lib: Folk Texts Pub: Hangvarázs Akkumulátor-saláta/Accumulator-salade, Op. 58 (2018), cl., electronics Pub: Hangvarázs Ripped Rhythms, Op. 59 (2019–2020), bs., electronics Pub: Hangvarázs

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