Robert Gulya
Encyclopedia
Robert Gulya is a Hungarian composer
. He composes contemporary classical music
as well as film score
s.
in Budapest
, the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna and attended a film scoring advanced program at the University of California, Los Angeles
. His scores are published by Swiss music publisher Éditions BIM. Inter alia, he wrote several works for the Austrian guitarist Johanna Beisteiner
, such as a Concert for guitar and orchestra. Robert Gulya is the owner of the film music production company Interscore LTD.
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
. He composes contemporary classical music
Contemporary classical music
Contemporary classical music can be understood as belonging to the period that started in the mid-1970s with the retreat of modernism. However, the term may also be employed in a broader sense to refer to all post-1945 modern musical forms.-Categorization:...
as well as film score
Film score
A film score is original music written specifically to accompany a film, forming part of the film's soundtrack, which also usually includes dialogue and sound effects...
s.
Life
Robert Gulya studied at the Franz Liszt Academy of MusicFranz Liszt Academy of Music
The Franz Liszt Academy of Music is a concert hall and music conservatory in Budapest, Hungary, founded on November 14, 1875...
in Budapest
Budapest
Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...
, the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna and attended a film scoring advanced program at the University of California, Los Angeles
University of California, Los Angeles
The University of California, Los Angeles is a public research university located in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, USA. It was founded in 1919 as the "Southern Branch" of the University of California and is the second oldest of the ten campuses...
. His scores are published by Swiss music publisher Éditions BIM. Inter alia, he wrote several works for the Austrian guitarist Johanna Beisteiner
Johanna Beisteiner
Johanna Beisteiner is an Austrian classical guitarist.- Life :Johanna Beisteiner received her first guitar lessons at the age of nine at the Josef Matthias Hauer music school in her hometown Wiener Neustadt...
, such as a Concert for guitar and orchestra. Robert Gulya is the owner of the film music production company Interscore LTD.
Honours and awards
- 2008: AOF Film Festival, USA: Best Score Feature for the film score of Atom Nine Adventures (USA 2007, director: Christopher Farley)
- 1996: Albert SzirmaiAlbert SzirmaiAlbert Szirmai was a Hungarian operetta composer. A graduate of the Budapest Academy of Music, studying piano and composition, Szirmai was devoted to creating works for the stage. He wrote music for 12 one-act plays and over 300 songs for the Budapest theater Népszínház-Vígopera, at which he was...
Prize, Budapest (Hungary) - 1995: First Prize at the International Summer Academy Prague-Vienna-Budapest (Austria)
Classical works
- 1995: Burlesque for tuba and piano
- 1996: Memory of a lost world - a tale of the legendary Atlantis for orchestra and choir
- 1997: Concert for piano and orchestra No. 1
- 2000: Fairy Dance for guitar solo
- 2000: Concert for tuba and orchestra
- 2001: Dolphin’ s voice for piano
- 2005: Moods for brass quintet
- 2006: Capriccio for guitar and piano
- 2007: Night Sky Preludes for guitar solo
- 2008: The Milonguero and the Muse (Tango), first version for guitar and string orchestra (music to the video clip of the same name)
- 2009: Concert for guitar and orchestra. Sample of first movement performed live in 2009 by Johanna BeisteinerJohanna BeisteinerJohanna Beisteiner is an Austrian classical guitarist.- Life :Johanna Beisteiner received her first guitar lessons at the age of nine at the Josef Matthias Hauer music school in her hometown Wiener Neustadt...
and the Budapest Symphony Orchestra conducted by Béla DrahosBéla DrahosBéla Drahos is a Hungarian conductor and flautist.-Biography:Drahos started out as a flautist, joining the orchestra in his hometown when he was just 8 years old. At the age of 12 he became the principal flautist, and as a young man he won several flute competitions. He didn't make his conducting...
(Video published in 2010 by Gramy RecordsGramy RecordsGramy Records is a Hungarian record label spezialising in different forms of art music, such as jazz, world music and classical music.-History:The company was founded in 1999 by Attila Egerhazi to publish recordings of art music...
) - 2009: The Milonguero and the Muse (Tango), second version for flute, guitar and string orchestra. Sample of this tango performed live in 2009 by Béla DrahosBéla DrahosBéla Drahos is a Hungarian conductor and flautist.-Biography:Drahos started out as a flautist, joining the orchestra in his hometown when he was just 8 years old. At the age of 12 he became the principal flautist, and as a young man he won several flute competitions. He didn't make his conducting...
, Johanna BeisteinerJohanna BeisteinerJohanna Beisteiner is an Austrian classical guitarist.- Life :Johanna Beisteiner received her first guitar lessons at the age of nine at the Josef Matthias Hauer music school in her hometown Wiener Neustadt...
and the Budapest Symphony Orchestra (Video published in 2010 by Gramy RecordsGramy RecordsGramy Records is a Hungarian record label spezialising in different forms of art music, such as jazz, world music and classical music.-History:The company was founded in 1999 by Attila Egerhazi to publish recordings of art music...
) - 2010: Waltz for guitar solo
Film sores
- Truce (USA 2004, director: Matthew Marconi)
- The Boy Who Cried (USA 2005, director: Matt Levin)
- S.O.S. Love! (HU 2007, Director: Tamás Sas)
- Atom Nine Adventures (USA 2007, director: Christopher Farley)
- 9 and a half dates (HU 2007, director: Tamás Sas)
- Themoleris (HU 2007, director: Balazs Hatvani)
- Bamboo Shark (USA 2008; director: Dennis Ward)
- Outpost (USA 2008; director: Dominick Domingo)
- Made in Hungaria (HU 2008, director: Gergely Fonyo)
- Illusions (HU 2009, director: Zsolt Bernáth)
- Night of Singles (HU 2010, director: Tamás Sas)
- Truly Father (HU 2010, director: Emil Novák)
- ThelomerisThelomerisThelomeris is the first Science Fiction mainstream movie, had been shot in Hungary, made by an independent Hungarian production company .- Plot :Dark clouds are crowding in the sky above the endless metropolis....
(HU 2011, director: Balazs Hatvani). Sample of the opening theme City of Time
CD
- 1997: Winners of the First International Composers Competition (Kodály Foundation, CD BR 0156, Budapest, Hungary): album including Piano concerto No. 1 by Gulya
- 2001: Johanna BeisteinerJohanna BeisteinerJohanna Beisteiner is an Austrian classical guitarist.- Life :Johanna Beisteiner received her first guitar lessons at the age of nine at the Josef Matthias Hauer music school in her hometown Wiener Neustadt...
- Dance Fantasy: album including Fairy Dance for guitar solo by Gulya - 2004: Johanna BeisteinerJohanna BeisteinerJohanna Beisteiner is an Austrian classical guitarist.- Life :Johanna Beisteiner received her first guitar lessons at the age of nine at the Josef Matthias Hauer music school in her hometown Wiener Neustadt...
- Between present and past: album including Capriccio for guitar and piano by Gulya
DVD
- 2010: Johanna BeisteinerJohanna BeisteinerJohanna Beisteiner is an Austrian classical guitarist.- Life :Johanna Beisteiner received her first guitar lessons at the age of nine at the Josef Matthias Hauer music school in her hometown Wiener Neustadt...
- Live in Budapest: album of a live performance with the Budapest Symphony orchestra conducted by Béla Drahos including the world premiere of the Concert for guitar and orchestra and the Tango The Milongaro and the Muse by Gulya
Samples
- Robert Gulya: Concerto for guitar and orchestra (first movement performed live by Johanna BeisteinerJohanna BeisteinerJohanna Beisteiner is an Austrian classical guitarist.- Life :Johanna Beisteiner received her first guitar lessons at the age of nine at the Josef Matthias Hauer music school in her hometown Wiener Neustadt...
and the Budapest Symphony Orchestra conducted by Béla DrahosBéla DrahosBéla Drahos is a Hungarian conductor and flautist.-Biography:Drahos started out as a flautist, joining the orchestra in his hometown when he was just 8 years old. At the age of 12 he became the principal flautist, and as a young man he won several flute competitions. He didn't make his conducting...
(Video, Gramy RecordsGramy RecordsGramy Records is a Hungarian record label spezialising in different forms of art music, such as jazz, world music and classical music.-History:The company was founded in 1999 by Attila Egerhazi to publish recordings of art music...
, 2010) - Robert Gulya: Tango The Milonguero and the Muse for flute, guitar and string orchestra performed live in 2009 by Béla DrahosBéla DrahosBéla Drahos is a Hungarian conductor and flautist.-Biography:Drahos started out as a flautist, joining the orchestra in his hometown when he was just 8 years old. At the age of 12 he became the principal flautist, and as a young man he won several flute competitions. He didn't make his conducting...
, Johanna BeisteinerJohanna BeisteinerJohanna Beisteiner is an Austrian classical guitarist.- Life :Johanna Beisteiner received her first guitar lessons at the age of nine at the Josef Matthias Hauer music school in her hometown Wiener Neustadt...
and the Budapest Symphony Orchestra (Video, Gramy RecordsGramy RecordsGramy Records is a Hungarian record label spezialising in different forms of art music, such as jazz, world music and classical music.-History:The company was founded in 1999 by Attila Egerhazi to publish recordings of art music...
, 2010)
External links
- Official Website of Robert Gulya
- Biography and List of works by Robert Gulya on the official website of Johanna BeisteinerJohanna BeisteinerJohanna Beisteiner is an Austrian classical guitarist.- Life :Johanna Beisteiner received her first guitar lessons at the age of nine at the Josef Matthias Hauer music school in her hometown Wiener Neustadt...
- Official website of Swiss music publisher Éditions BIM with scores of works by Robert Gulya
- Discography of albums by the Austrian classical guitarist Johanna BeisteinerJohanna BeisteinerJohanna Beisteiner is an Austrian classical guitarist.- Life :Johanna Beisteiner received her first guitar lessons at the age of nine at the Josef Matthias Hauer music school in her hometown Wiener Neustadt...
including recordings of works by Robert Gulya on the official website of Gramy RecordsGramy RecordsGramy Records is a Hungarian record label spezialising in different forms of art music, such as jazz, world music and classical music.-History:The company was founded in 1999 by Attila Egerhazi to publish recordings of art music... - Müvek bontakozóban - Gulya Róbert gitáros korszaka. Interview with Robert Gulya about his Concert for guitar and orchestra. Muzsika. August 2004. (Hungarian)