Soós András
Composer
András Soós was born on 3 October, 1954 in Budapest. After graduating from the conservatory, he obtained a total of three degrees from the Music Teachers' Training Institute of the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music and then the Academy of Music itself, where his teachers included Tibor Szabó, Imre Földes, István Párkai, András Kórodi and Ervin Lukács.
Outside his regular classes, his human and artistic world was shaped by such teaching personalities as György Kurtág, Albert Simon, László Dobszay, Zoltán Jeney and László Vidovszky.
From 1980 to 1990 he was a member of Group 180, a Hungarian ensemble specialising in contemporary music, directing the domestic and international premieres and the radio and disc recordings of a number of compositions. During this time he was also the conductor of the Budapest Strings Chamber Orchestra for two years, which won the second prize at the Belgrade Chamber Music Competition.
He began his pedagogical work as a music school teacher, and then went on to become the artistic director of the Budapest Singing School. Since 1992 he has been an assistant professor at the Sacred Music Department of the Liszt Ferenc Academy, as a teacher of sacred music literature. He received his doctorate in Renaissance Music in 2001.
Since 1976, he has been a member of the Schola Hungarica Gregorian choir, under the artistic direction of László Dobszay and Janka Szendrei, and has taken part in nearly forty disc recordings, featuring in some as a solo singer.
As a composer, he has been active on the domestic contemporary music scene since 1980, and his compositions have been performed in Budapest as well as in other major cities in Hungary. He has regularly toured abroad, and his compositions have been performed at concerts and festivals and recorded for the radio in Austria, Germany, Switzerland, France and Italy.
In 1992 he established the Contemporary Music Workshop, which organises a number of concerts a year at unusual venues like churches or museums.
András Soós is a member of a number of associations, including the ARTISJUS Hungarian Bureau for the Protection of Authors’ Rights, the Hungarian Composers’ Union and the Society for Hungarian Sacred Music.
see also: Soós András - tenor
Outside his regular classes, his human and artistic world was shaped by such teaching personalities as György Kurtág, Albert Simon, László Dobszay, Zoltán Jeney and László Vidovszky.
From 1980 to 1990 he was a member of Group 180, a Hungarian ensemble specialising in contemporary music, directing the domestic and international premieres and the radio and disc recordings of a number of compositions. During this time he was also the conductor of the Budapest Strings Chamber Orchestra for two years, which won the second prize at the Belgrade Chamber Music Competition.
He began his pedagogical work as a music school teacher, and then went on to become the artistic director of the Budapest Singing School. Since 1992 he has been an assistant professor at the Sacred Music Department of the Liszt Ferenc Academy, as a teacher of sacred music literature. He received his doctorate in Renaissance Music in 2001.
Since 1976, he has been a member of the Schola Hungarica Gregorian choir, under the artistic direction of László Dobszay and Janka Szendrei, and has taken part in nearly forty disc recordings, featuring in some as a solo singer.
As a composer, he has been active on the domestic contemporary music scene since 1980, and his compositions have been performed in Budapest as well as in other major cities in Hungary. He has regularly toured abroad, and his compositions have been performed at concerts and festivals and recorded for the radio in Austria, Germany, Switzerland, France and Italy.
In 1992 he established the Contemporary Music Workshop, which organises a number of concerts a year at unusual venues like churches or museums.
András Soós is a member of a number of associations, including the ARTISJUS Hungarian Bureau for the Protection of Authors’ Rights, the Hungarian Composers’ Union and the Society for Hungarian Sacred Music.
see also: Soós András - tenor
| Year | Title | Publisher | Code | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 |
Group 180 - II.
(180-as csoport II.) |
Hungaroton | SLPX 12799 | |
| 1995 | Magyar Rádió | MR 011 | 4 CDs | |
| 1998 |
Contemporary Hungarian Lithurgic Music
(Kortárs liturgikus magyar zene) |
Hungaroton | HCD 31770 | |
| 2003 | BMC Records | BMC CD 090 | ||
| 2005 |
Works of Serei, Soós, Vidovszky Rondino Festival 2004
(Serei, Soós és Vidovszky művei - Rondino Fesztivál 2004) |
Magánkiadás | BHKZ CD02 |