Orbán György
Composer
Place of Birth
Marosvásárhely
Date of Birth
1947
He was born in Marosvásárhely (Tirgu Mures), Romania on July 12, 1947. He studied composition with Sigismund Toduta and János Jagamas at the Kolozsvár (Cluj) Academy of Music between 1968 and 1973. After graduation, Orbán taught music theory at the Academy until 1979, the year in which he left Romania to settle in Hungary. He has since worked as music editor with Editio Musica Budapest. In 1989 his Triple Sextet was selected among Recommended Works at UNESCO's Tribute Internationale des Compositeurs in Paris. He left Romania in 1979 to settle in Budapest and has since taught music composition at the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music. He is a very active composer who has written several instrumental pieces, still it is his attraction to the human voice that seems to be the most profound. The proof for this statement are his many-many songs, the four oratories, ten masses, two dozens of motets, ninety choral works and his opera: Prince Pikko.
| Title | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|
| "Dominus Tecum" | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2023 |
| 10 Songs | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1997 |
| 3 Songs | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1994 |
| 3 Songs for Mezzo-Soprano and Piano | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2010 |
| 4 Cantici | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2007 |
| 4 Cantici | Solo voice(s) with chamber orchestra | 2007 |
| 4 Songs | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1993 |
| 5 Songs | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1995 |
| 6 Songs (Idylls and Two Fables) | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1993 |
| 7 Songs (or else. Experts will decide) | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1994 |
| 8 Songs | Solo voice(s), choir & solo instrument(s) | 2006 |
| 9 Songs on Poems by Sándor Weöres | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1997 |
| Ad nocturnum | Mixed choir | 1990 |
| Adeste fideles | Female choir | 1994 |
| Adeste fideles | Female choir | 2000 |
| Advent in Harghita | Film music | 1993 |
| Adventurers, Please Abstain | Mixed choir | 1987 |
| Aestas Summa - Summer | Instrumental solo | 2014 |
| Agnus Dei | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 1991 |
| Air-Bosom | Female choir | 1992 |
| Alma redemptoris mater (in D) | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 2010 |
| Alma redemptoris mater á 3 | Female choir | 2009 |
| Alma redemptoris mater á 3 | Mixed choir | 2010 |
| Amor sanctus | Mixed choir | 1990 |
| Andante and Rondo Capriccioso | Concerto | 1993 |
| At Dawn | Female choir | 1992 |
| Audi voces | Female choir | 1988 |
| Aulos I | Instrumental solo | 0 |
| Aulos II | Instrumental solo | 0 |
| Aulos, No. 1 | Instrumental solo | 2014 |
| Aulos, No. 2 | Instrumental solo | 2012 |
| Ave Maria ("quasi murmurando") | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1996 |
| Ave Maria ("sotto voce") | Vocal music | 2023 |
| Ave Maria á 3 | Female choir | 0 |
| Ave Maria in A | Mixed choir | 1993 |
| Ave Maria in D | Mixed choir | 1991 |
| Ave Maria, grazioso | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 1994 |
| Ave Maris Stella | Mixed choir | 1990 |
| Ave Regina | Mixed choir | 1990 |
| Ave regina (for 3 voices) | Mixed choir | 0 |
| Ave Regina á 3 | Female choir | 2009 |
| Ave Verum | Mixed choir | 1993 |
| Ball Music for Count Rasumoffsky (Rasumoffsky Trilogy I.) | String orchestra | 2000 |
| Bánk bán | Music for the theater | 2001 |
| Benedictus from Mass No. 11 | String orchestra | 2006 |
| Benedictus from Mass No. 11 | Solo voice(s) with chamber orchestra | 2003 |
| Benedictus from Requiem | Solo voice(s) with chamber orchestra | 2003 |
| Black Milk | Music for the theater | 2004 |
| Book of Lockets | Mixed choir | 1987 |
| Brass Music No. 1 | Chamber Music | 1989 |
| Brawling in Chioggia | Film music | 1993 |
| By-Song-Like | Mixed choir | 0 |
| Cacodemon | Female choir | 1992 |
| Caeli Cives | Female choir | 1991 |
| Caligo (Te lucis ante terminum - con 2 soprani) | Mixed choir | 0 |
| Cantico di Frate Sole | Solo voice(s) with orchestra | 1996 |
| Cantico di Frate Sole | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 2013 |
| Canto di primavera | String orchestra | 2006 |
| Carved Lines | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2006 |
| Chansonette | Mixed choir | 0 |
| Charm | Opera | 2004 |
| Chiaro | Mixed choir | 0 |
| Choral Book In memoriam S.A., No. 1 | Mixed choir | 1985 |
| Choral Book In memoriam S.A., No. 2 | Choir with accompaniment | 1990 |
| Christmas Oratorio | Solo voice(s), choir & orchestra | 1998 |
| Christmas Puppet Shop | Film music | 1989 |
| Church Songs I. - Three Hymns | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2010 |
| Church Songs II. - Five Geneva Psalms | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2010 |
| Codex-Melodies | Vocal music | 2012 |
| Coelo rores | Female choir | 2002 |
| Come away | Mixed choir | 0 |
| Cor mundum | Mixed choir | 1988 |
| Court Dances | String orchestra | 2011 |
| Court Dances | Chamber Music | 2011 |
| Csongor and Tünde | Music for the theater | 2000 |
| Cunună / Ghirlanda | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2010 |
| Da pacem - for mixed choir with keyboard | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 1994 |
| Da pacem - for mixed choir with organ | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 1996 |
| Daemon Irrepit Callidus | Mixed choir | 1990 |
| De profundis | Mixed choir | 1983 |
| De vitae vanitate | Female choir | 1991 |
| De vitae vanitate - for mixed choir | Mixed choir | 0 |
| Dei Matris | Female choir | 1990 |
| Dier Duid / The Death | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 0 |
| Dramolette | Mixed choir | 1987 |
| Duo for Soprano and Clarinet on Folk Texts (Duo No. 1) | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1979 |
| Duo for Soprano and Double Bass (Duo No. 2) | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1987 |
| Duo for Soprano and Violin (Duo No. 4) | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1989 |
| Duo for Soprano and Violoncello (Duo No. 3) | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1980 |
| Enchanted Forest - Litte Piano Pieces | Instrumental solo | 0 |
| Engraved Lines | Solo voice(s) with chamber orchestra | 2007 |
| Farewell | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 1996 |
| Farewell to Count Rasumoffsky | Chamber Music | 2006 |
| Farewell to Count Rasumoffsky | Chamber Music | 2002 |
| Farewell to Count Rasumoffsky (Rasumoffsky Trilogy III.) | String orchestra | 2000 |
| Feuilles d´Album | Chamber Music | 1999 |
| Feuilles d´Album à conte de Rasumoffsky (Rasumoffsky Trilogy II.) | String orchestra | 2000 |
| Five Canons to Poems by Attila József | Solo voice(s) with ensemble | 1977 |
| Flower Song | Mixed choir | 1979 |
| From Impure Spring | Mixed choir | 1987 |
| Gaggling | Female choir | 1991 |
| Garden of the Prince | Mixed choir | 2008 |
| Garden of the Prince | Female choir | 2007 |
| Genevan Psalter | Vocal ensemble | 2015 |
| Gentle Forests | Female choir | 1996 |
| Gloaming | Female choir | 2007 |
| Gloria | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 1997 |
| Grain of Dust Crawling | Mixed choir | 1987 |
| Grandfather Waves | Mixed choir | 1987 |
| Horae | Female choir | 1994 |
| Horae | Female choir | 1994 |
| Hungarian Beauty | Film music | 2003 |
| Hungarian Folksong | Mixed choir | 1987 |
| Hymnus | Instrumental solo | 1980 |
| I Can Have No Rest | Mixed choir | 1984 |
| I lift up my eyes | Mixed choir | 2024 |
| I Used to Be an Elephant | Mixed choir | 1987 |
| If... | Female choir | 2007 |
| In the Outermost Region | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2009 |
| In the shade | Film music | 1999 |
| Is It Allowed? | Mixed choir | 1987 |
| Iuxta crucem | Female choir | 1994 |
| Iuxta crucem | Female choir | 1994 |
| Jubilate Deo | Female choir | 2013 |
| Klapka Legion | Film music | 1983 |
| Knives in Hens | Music for the theater | 1999 |
| KZ-Oratorio | Stage work | 1994 |
| L´ amato del mio cuore | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 0 |
| Lament | Mixed choir | 1983 |
| Lauda Sion | Female choir | 1988 |
| Letgohand Vaska (A Tale from the Labour Camp) | Film music | 1996 |
| Letter from Home | Mixed choir | 1985 |
| Liber scriptus | Mixed choir | 1983 |
| Ludus Tabulaturae in honorem Joannis Kajoni | String orchestra | 2012 |
| Ludus Tabulaturae in honorem Joannis Kajoni | Chamber Music | 2012 |
| Ludvércz | Female choir | 0 |
| Lute-string sounds | Mixed choir | 1987 |
| Lux aeterna | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 1981 |
| Madrigal | Mixed choir | 1983 |
| Mass No. 2 - chamber version | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 1990 |
| Mass No. 2 - orchestral version | Choir and orchestra | 1990 |
| Mass No. 3 | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 1991 |
| Mass No. 4 | Solo voice(s), choir & orchestra | 1991 |
| Mass No. 6 | Choir and orchestra | 1991 |
| Mass No. 6 | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 0 |
| Mass No. 7 | Choir a cappella | 1993 |
| Mass No. 8 | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 1994 |
| Mettimi | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 0 |
| Minuti per cembalo (o piano) | Instrumental solo | 2005 |
| Minuti per cembalo o pianoforte | Instrumental solo | 2007 |
| Missa Duodecima | Solo voice(s) with chamber orchestra | 0 |
| Missa nona / Mass No. 9 | Choir with accompaniment | 1999 |
| Missa prima | Solo voice(s), choir & chamber ensemble | 1990 |
| Missa quinta | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 1991 |
| Missa Quinta | Mixed choir | 1992 |
| Missa Sacri Monti Pannoniae | Choir and orchestra | 1995 |
| Missa Sexta / Mass No. 6 | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 1997 |
| Motet | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 1979 |
| Mundi renovatio | Female choir | 1990 |
| Mundi renovatio | Mixed choir | 1990 |
| Musique de bal pour quatour á cordes | Chamber Music | 1998 |
| Neapolitan Merriments | Film music | 1982 |
| Nightingale, Nightingale | Female choir | 1996 |
| Nine Transylvanian Madrigals | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1991 |
| Nobis natus | Female choir | 1988 |
| Nobis natus - For Mixed Choir | Mixed choir | 1990 |
| Noli flere | Female choir | 1989 |
| Nunc dimittis | Mixed choir | 2001 |
| Nunc dimittis | Solo voice(s) with chamber orchestra | 2006 |
| Nympha and Faun | Female choir | 1993 |
| Nympha and Faun - for mixed choir | Choir a cappella | 1992 |
| Nympha and Faun - for vocal ensemble | Solo voice(s) a cappella | 1997 |
| O Gloriosa | Female choir | 2010 |
| O magnum mysterium | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 1997 |
| O Maria | Female choir | 2000 |
| O vos omnes | Mixed choir | 1994 |
| O, Mistress mine | Mixed choir | 0 |
| Oh, Pan | Choir a cappella | 1988 |
| On the Day of Resurrection | Choir a cappella | 1988 |
| Other 8 Songs | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2008 |
| Pange lingua | Female choir | 1988 |
| Pange lingua | Mixed choir | 1997 |
| Passion in Hungarian | Solo voice(s), choir & orchestra | 1997 |
| Passport | Film music | 2000 |
| Pater noster (in B flat) | Mixed choir | 1994 |
| Pater noster (in C) | Mixed choir | 1991 |
| Pavillon-Sinfonietta | Ensemble | 1995 |
| Peace talk, or the century lasts until Thursday | Film music | 1989 |
| Phenomenons | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2009 |
| Piano Quintet | Chamber Music | 2001 |
| Postcard, Hand-colored | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2010 |
| Prayer | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 1983 |
| Preacher Song | Mixed choir | 1981 |
| Prince Pikko | Solo voice(s) with orchestra | 1999 |
| Psalm variation | Mixed choir | 1983 |
| Psalmus 126 | Mixed choir | 0 |
| Quick Dance from Panyiga | Mixed choir | 1987 |
| Regina caeli á 3 | Female choir | 2009 |
| Regina martyrum | Choir and orchestra | 1992 |
| Regis regum civis | Mixed choir | 1988 |
| Regum regis ave | Mixed choir | 1988 |
| Ricordanze di Primavera / Spring memories | Instrumental solo | 2004 |
| River Song | Female choir | 2008 |
| Romeo and Juliet | Music for the theater | 2001 |
| Rorate caeli | Solo voice(s), choir & orchestra | 1992 |
| Salon d´Automne - Autumn Exhibition | Instrumental solo | 2000 |
| Salve regina | Mixed choir | 1995 |
| Salve Regina á 3 | Female choir | 2009 |
| Seasons - New pieces from the Piano-Cycle | Instrumental solo | 2011 |
| Secular Melodies - Codex Melodies | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2012 |
| Secular Melodies - Folk Song and its Countryside | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2012 |
| Serenade of the Straw-puppet | Mixed choir | 1987 |
| Serenata No. 1 / Serenade No. 1 | Symphony orchestra | 1984 |
| Serenata No. 2 / Serenade No. 2 | Symphony orchestra | 1985 |
| Serenata No. 3 / Serenade No. 3 | Symphony orchestra | 2008 |
| Serenata No. 4 / Serenade No. 4 | Symphony orchestra | 2011 |
| Sicut cervus desiderat | Female choir | 2003 |
| Sonata concertante | Chamber Music | 1987 |
| Sonata for piano and viola | Chamber Music | 1997 |
| Sonata for Piano No. 1 | Instrumental solo | 1987 |
| Sonata for Piano No. 2 | Instrumental solo | 1987 |
| Sonata for Piano No. 3 | Instrumental solo | 1988 |
| Sonata for Piano No. 4 | Instrumental solo | 1989 |
| Sonata for Piano No. 5 | Instrumental solo | 2007 |
| Sonata for violin and piano No. 3 | Chamber Music | 1995 |
| Sonata grande | Chamber Music | 1997 |
| Sonata per clarinetto basso e pianoforte | Chamber Music | 2006 |
| Sonata per fagotto e pianoforte | Chamber Music | 1987 |
| Sonata per violino e pianoforte No. 1 | Chamber Music | 1989 |
| Sonata per violino e pianoforte No. 2 | Chamber Music | 1991 |
| Sonata per violino e pianoforte No. 3 | Chamber Music | 1995 |
| Sonata per violino solo | Instrumental solo | 1971 |
| Sopra canti diversi | String orchestra | 2014 |
| Sopra canti diversi | Chamber Music | 2015 |
| Sopra canto il fermo | String orchestra | 2014 |
| Sopra canto il fermo | Chamber Music | 2014 |
| Sopran canto ferma | String orchestra | 2022 |
| Spanish Songs | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1997 |
| Stabat Mater | Mixed choir | 1987 |
| Stabat Mater (in a) | Mixed choir | 1987 |
| Stabat Mater in F | Mixed choir | 1995 |
| String Quartet No. 1 | Chamber Music | 1994 |
| String Quartet No. 2 | Chamber Music | 1994 |
| String Quartet No. 2 | Chamber Music | 1994 |
| String Quartet No. 3 | Chamber Music | 1997 |
| String Quartet No. 4 | Chamber Music | 1999 |
| Suite for Piano | Instrumental solo | 1986 |
| Suite for Piano No. 2 (Auswanderer-Fantasie) | Instrumental solo | 1989 |
| Suite for Piano No. 3 (French Suite) | Instrumental solo | 1998 |
| Suite for Piano No. 4 (Strict Variations) | Instrumental solo | 2004 |
| Suite for Piano No. 5 | Instrumental solo | 2007 |
| Suite for Piano No. 6 | Instrumental solo | 2012 |
| Swing Tree | Mixed choir | 2012 |
| Symphony No. 1 | Symphony orchestra | 2021 |
| Symphony No. 2 | Symphony orchestra | 2020 |
| Symphony No. 3 | Symphony orchestra | 2021 |
| Symphony No. 4 | Symphony orchestra | 2023 |
| Symphony No. 5 | Symphony orchestra | 0 |
| Te Deum 1914 | Solo voice(s), choir & orchestra | 0 |
| Te lucis ante terminum | Mixed choir | 1990 |
| Terge fletus á 3 | Female choir | 0 |
| The clown´s Serenade | Choir a cappella | 1990 |
| The Devil´s Talismans | Film music | 1985 |
| The Forest | Music for the theater | 2000 |
| The Key to Secrets | Mixed choir | 1987 |
| The maid´s Tear | Mixed choir | 1997 |
| The New Bell | Instrumental solo | 2014 |
| The Outpost | Film music | 1995 |
| The Swan | Music for the theater | 2000 |
| The Tragedy of Man | Music for the theater | 2001 |
| The Tyrant´s Heart or Boccaccio in Hungary | Film music | 1981 |
| The Wonder Tree | Symphony orchestra | 2006 |
| Three Latin Songs | Solo voice(s) with ensemble | 0 |
| Timor et tremor | Mixed choir | 2001 |
| Trio | Chamber Music | 1971 |
| Trio | Chamber Music | 1971 |
| Triple Sextet | Chamber orchestra | 1980 |
| Untitled (Neither land nor water...) | Female choir | 1993 |
| Urbs caelestis | Mixed choir | 1990 |
| Vále, vále | Mixed choir | 2007 |
| Veni creator spiritus | Mixed choir | 1984 |
| Veni creator spiritus - for mixed choir - 1988 | Mixed choir | 1988 |
| Veni sancte spiritus | Mixed choir | 1988 |
| Veni, Sol! | Instrumental solo | 0 |
| Verona Sketches | Symphony orchestra | 1998 |
| Violin Concerto | Concerto | 2008 |
| Violin Concerto No. 2 | Concerto | 2018 |
| Violin Concerto No. 3 | Concerto | 2018 |
| Vonósnégyes No. 3 | Chamber Music | 1998 |
| Well Said, Horatius | Choir a cappella | 1992 |
| Wind Quintet | Chamber Music | 1985 |
| Winter Collection | Instrumental solo | 2000 |
| Witch of Fast | Choir a cappella | 1990 |
| Zagreb Unison | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 0 |