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Zsolt Gárdonyi

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Not to be confused withZoltán Gárdonyi.
Zsolt Gárdonyi
Born(1946-03-21)21 March 1946
Budapest
EducationFranz Liszt Academy of Music Budapest and Hochschule für Musik Detmold
Occupations
  • Composer
  • Organist
  • Music theorist
  • Academic teacher
OrganizationHochschule für Musik Würzburg

Zsolt Gárdonyi(born 21 March 1946) is a German-Hungarian composer, organist and music theorist. He is the son ofZoltán Gárdonyi.

Career

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Gárdonyi was born inBudapest,Hungary.He studied composition, organ, sacred music and theory. At the age of 19 he received an award of the Budapest university competition in organ as well as composition. Aged 24 he becamecantorof the Alexanderkirche inWildeshausen,Germany. Ten years later he was appointed professor for theory of music at theHochschule für Musik WürzburginWürzburg.[1]His students includeClaus Kühnl,Thomas Hitzlberger, Franz J. Stoiber and Lilo Kunkel.

In international organ concerts he presents especially works of his father and his own, in addition to the standard organ repertoire.[2]In a program at theMarktkirchehe combined works of his father, the two organ preludes on "Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott"and" Ich weiß, woran ich glaube ", and thePartita "Veni Creator Spiritus",with works of his own, the two organ preludes on "Erhalt uns, Herr, bei deinem Wort"and"In dir ist Freude",three compositions paying homage to composers (Hommage àJ. S. Bach,Hommage àF. Liszt,Hommage àM. Dupré), his jazzyMozart ChangesandEGATOP,an homage toErroll Garner,Art TatumandOscar Peterson.[3]Several of his works were recorded. The composer comments onGrand Choeurfor organ, recorded by Roland Maria Stangier in the Philharmonie Duisburg:

Organ compositions entitled Grand Choeur such as those byCésar Franck,Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens,Théodore Dubois,Alexandre GuilmantundEugène Gigoutare often conceived as preludes and postludes for worship services and traditionally contain registration directions at the start. In France, Grand Choeur indicates a composition whose sound is characterized by its high proportion of reed stops. MyGrand Choeuris tied to this French organ tradition and was written in 1979 based on one of my worship service improvisations during 1971-75 at the organ of the Alexanderkirche Wildeshausen.[4]

Gárdonyi's short organ pieceMozart Changes,composed for the 1995 "OK MOZART" International Festival inBartlesville,departs from the theme of the finale of Mozart'slast piano sonatain D major, K. 576, and treats it to changes using elements of jazz.[5][6]Gárdonyi´s recent organ piece LIFT HIGH THE CROSS has been premiered by his son Daniel Gárdonyi on 10 February 2019 at St Albans in Hardheim.

Awards

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In 1979 Gárdonyi received the prize for composition of Bavaria. In June 2000 he was awarded an honorary doctorate by theDebrecenReformed University in Hungary.[1]In 2011 he was awarded a medal of honor by the president of Hungary.

Publications

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One major area of Gárdonyi's research is the harmony of the 19th and 20th century (Liszt,Debussy,SkriabinandMessiaen), resulting in a book he published together with Hubert Nordhoff, "Harmonik" (Harmony). The book was translated to Hungarian. He also researched the relation between composition, interpretation, analysis and improvisation. He published a book on counterpoint, takingBach'sfugalstructures as examples. The book was translated to Italian.

  • Zsolt Gárdonyi and Hubert Nordhoff:Harmonik,Wolfenbüttel 1990, ² 2002,ISBN978-3-7877-3035-3
  • Zsolt Gárdonyi:Kontrapunkt - dargestellt an Fugenstrukturen bei J. S. Bach,Wolfenbüttel 1980, ² 1991,ISBN978-3-7877-3027-8
  • Zsolt Gárdonyi: La struttura della fuga, Milano 1996, (Traduzione di A. Giacometti)
  • Zsolt Gárdonyi andSiegfried Mauser:Virtuosität und Avantgarde. Untersuchungen zum Klavierwerk Franz Liszts(Virtuosity and Avantgarde. Research on the piano works of Franz Liszt),SchottMusikwissenschaft, vol. 2 of "Schriften der Hochschule für Musik Würzburg",ISBN978-3-7957-1797-1

Music and books were published byMöseler,Walhall, Ostinato, Zimmermann, Merseburger, Bärenreiter, Heinrichshofen and Schott.[7][8]

Editions

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Gárdonyi edited various works byCésar Franckand his father Zoltán Gárdonyi, such as the three motets[9],chamber music and compositions for organ.

References

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  1. ^ab"Gárdonyi, Prof. Dr. h.c. Zsolt"(in German). Komponistenlexikon.Retrieved31 August2011.
  2. ^"Konzert mit besonderem Charakter"(in German). Augsburger Allgemeine. 2 October 2008.Retrieved30 August2011.
  3. ^"Június 18, Orgonakoncert a Marktkirche-ben"(in German). ungvh.de. 18 June 2011.Retrieved30 August2011.
  4. ^"Zsolt Gárdonyi" Grand Choeur "".linnrecords.com. 2 October 2008.Retrieved1 September2011.
  5. ^"Swinging Pipes / Der Orgel-Literaturkanon (29):" Mozart Changes "von Zsolt Gárdonyi"(in German). Sonntagsblatt Bayern. 28 August 2011.Retrieved1 September2011.
  6. ^Dan Zerfaß(2006)."Zsolt Gárdonyi: Mozart Changes"(in German).Musica sacra.Retrieved1 September2011.
  7. ^"Zsolt Gárdonyi Sheet music".Schott.2011.Retrieved1 September2011.
  8. ^"Zsolt Gárdonyi Books".Schott. 2011.Retrieved1 September2011.
  9. ^"Zoltán Gárdonyi Three motets".Schott. 2011.Retrieved31 August2011.
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