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Szemző Tibor

flute, tubular bells, voice, conductor
Place of Birth
Budapest
Date of Birth
1955
Web
http://www.szemzo.org
 
Tibor Szemző (b. 1955) is a native of Budapest. His compositions for live performance incorporate spoken word, film, and other media, but a considerable part of his output is for use as soundtracks for films - both his own productions and those of others. As a musician, Szemző was the founder of the acclaimed Hungarian modern ensemble Group 180 during the 1980s; his current performance group, The Gordian Knot, was founded in 1998.

Skullbase Fracture 20' (video) Bela Balazs Studio 1985
Cuba 32' (8/16mm, b&w) BBS 1993
The Other Shore 20' (8/35mm, colour) BBS / Duna Workshop 1998
What There Is 11' (8mm/video, b&w) Kép-Árnyék 2005
A Guest of Life - Alexander Csoma de Körös (8/35mm, colour) - Mediawave 2000 Kft. 2006

see also: Szemző Tibor - composer
 
Year Title Publisher Code Remark
1983 Group 180 - I.
(180-as csoport I.) 		Hungaroton SLPX 12545 LP / Reissue on CD: HCD 12545 (1995)
1985 Group 180 - II.
(180-as csoport II.) 		Hungaroton SLPX 12799
1989 The Songs of Maldoror; Mulomedicina Chironis; The Ceremony
(Melis László: Maldoror énekei; Chiron öszvérgyógyászata; The Ceremony) 		Hungaropop 014-25978 LP
1989 Krém SLPX 37215 LP
1992 Ain't Nothing But a Little Bit Of Music For Moving Pictures
(Semmi különös, csak egy kis zene mozgó képekhez) 		TomK Records 1955 2311 The soundscapes have been originally composed for the
film cycle 'Private Hungary' by Péter Forgács
1993 The Conscience - Narrative Chamber Pieces
(A Lelkiismeret - Narratív Kamaradarabok) 		Leo Records CD LR 185
1994 The Last Hungarian Vinyl
(Az utolsó magyar PVC) 		Magánkiadás BP 1235 Own
The piece have been composed
for the video work
'Wittgenstein Tractatus'
by Péter Forgács and Tibor Szemző
1995 Epiphany - Gregorian Chants from Hungary
(Vízkereszt - Magyar gregorián énekek) 		Hungaroton HCD 12559 Reissue of Hungaroton SLPD 12559 (1985)
1995 Leo Records CD LR 227 Own
The text and piano fragments are taken from "Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus" and "Vermischte Bemerkungen" by Ludwig Wittgenstein
1995 Group 180 - I.
(180-as csoport I.) 		Hungaroton HCD 12545 Reissue of Hungaroton SLPX 12545 (1983)
1998 István Márta: Kapolcs Alarm
(Márta István: Sound in Sound out - Kapolcs Riadó) 		Hungaroton HCD 31829
1998 Relative Things
(Viszonylagos Dolgok) 		Leo Records CD LR 250
1999 Works
(Márta István művei) 		Hungaroton HCD 31580
1999 Snapshot from the Island
(Pillanatkép a Szigetről) 		Leo Records CD LR 227
1999 The Other Shore
(A Túlsó Part) 		Leo Records CD LR 281
1999 The Secret History of the Events
(Szabados György: Az események titkos története) 		Fonó Records FA-068-2 2 CDs. Also contains the album Sons Turned into Stags first released as: Hungaroton SLPX 37215, 1989, LP
2000 Tibor Szemző and Péter Forgács: Free Fall Oratorio
(Szemző Tibor és Forgács Péter: Örvény oratórium) 		Magánkiadás FOB 021
2000 Sunset on Left - soundtrack
(Balra a Nap nyugszik - filmzene) 		Magánkiadás CDB 071
2001 Invisible Story
(Láthatatlan történet) 		Leo Records LR 311 Text by Béla Hamvas
2002 Danube Exodus
(Dunai Exodus) 		Leo Records LR 352
2003 Grencsó Surprise Kollektív: Dream Car
(Grencsó Surprise Kollektív: Dream Car) 		KVB Records KVB 006
2003 Leo Records LR 361
2017 Things Left at Ebb Tide
(Hátrahagyott dolgok apály idején) 		Hungaroton HRCD 1607