Károly Horváth (26 October 1950 – 4 November 2015) was a

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n-born composer and musician. He spent most of his professional life in Hungarian theatre.

Biography

Born in Oradea, Horváth graduated from the Music Lyceum in 1970 and was awarded his degree by the

National University of Music Bucharest The National University of Music Bucharest ( ro, Universitatea Naţională de Muzică București, UNMB) is a university-level school of music located in Bucharest, Romania. Established as a school of music in 1863 and reorganized as an academy in ...

. From 1975 he worked in Hungarian-language TV for a Bucharest television station. He founded

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's first

folk music Folk music is a music genre that includes traditional folk music and the contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival. Some types of folk music may be called world music. Traditional folk music has b ...

bands, "Concord" and "Táltos". He also founded the "Tinodi" music band and the Sándor Tomcsa Theatre and helped found the Székelyudvarhely Festival. From 1975 to 1987, he performed in theatre in both Romania and Hungary. In 1987 he relocated to Hungary. Until 1992 he toured Western Europe, North and South America, and Australia with the ("Poppy Folk Ensemble"). From 1992, he was primarily involved in musical theatre as a composer and musician, in Hungary,

and

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. From 2005 to 2011 he was musical director of the Griff Puppet Theatre, after which he became composer and director of music at the Sékesfehérvár Royal Games. Horváth died in

Budapest Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population ...

in 2015.

Notable works

Horváth composed over 250 pieces of theatre accompaniment. He worked with many famous Hungarian and European directors, including Jászai Prizewinner Árpád Árkosi, Jászai prizewinner Bértalan Bagó,

Kossuth Prize The Kossuth Prize ( hu, Kossuth-díj) is a state-sponsored award in Hungary, named after the Hungarian politician and revolutionist Lajos Kossuth. The Prize was established in 1948 (on occasion of the centenary of the March 15th revolution, the ...

winner

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, Uniter Prizewinner Bradu Anca, Josef Denian, Uniter Prizewinner Victor Ioan Frunză, Jászai Prizewinner Imre Halasi, Jászai Prizewinner Pál Mácsai, Jászai Prizewinner Gábor Máté, Paolo Magelli, Jászai Prizewinner István Pinczés, Jaszai Prizewinner and Kossuth Prizewinners Béla Merő and József Ruszt, Istvan K. Szabó, Jászai Prizewinner János Szikora, ("Merited Artist") Miklós Tompa, Péter Tömöry, and Jászai Prizewinner Csaba Tasnádi.

Musicals

* Horváth-Józsa-Tömöry: Síp a tökre (Hungarian State Theatre, Timișoara (Temesvár), 1978. Directed by Péter Tömöry) * Horváth-Józsa: Leányrablás (György Harag Theatre, Sau Mare (Szatmárnémeti), 1998, Directed by István Pinczés) * Horváth-Tömöry: Nőpápa (Áron Tamási Theatre, Sfântu Gheorghe (Sesiszentgyörgy), 2000. Directed by Péter Tömöry) * Horváth-Bereményi: Laura (Sándor Hevesi Theatre,

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, 2005. Directed by Bertalan Bagó, József Katona Theatre, Kecskemét, 2006, Directed by István Pinczés) * Horváth-Tömöry: Vőlegényfogó (Sándor Tomcsa Theatre, 2006. Directed by Péter Tömöry) * Horváth-Tömöry: Canterbury mesék (Sándor Hevesi Theatre, 2006. Directed by István K. Szabó) * Horváth Károly-Tömöry Péter: Ludas Matyi (bábopera, Griff bábtheatre, Directed by László Rumi)

Theatrical accompaniment

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: Vitéz lélek ( Sfântu Gheorghe (Sesiszentgyörgy) 1978. Directed by Miklós Tompa ) * Ferenc Sütőx: Szuzai mennyegző ( Sfântu Gheorghe (Sesiszentgyörgy), 1980, Directed by Attila Seprődi Kiss) * Bertolt Brecht: (Bruchsal, 1993. Directed by Péter Tömöry) *

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: Csongor és Tünde ( Timișoara (Temesvár), 1995. Directed by Béla Merő) *

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: Operett (

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, 1995. Directed by István Pinczés) *

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(Zalaegerszeg, 1997. Directed by Paolo Magelli) * Alfred de Musset: Lorenzaccio ( Timișoara (Temesvár), 1999. V. Ioan Frunza) *

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: ( Cluj-Napoca (Kolozsvár), 1999. Directed by V. Ioan Frunza) * William Shakespeare: Romeo şi Julieta ( Sau Mare (Szatmárnémeti), 1998. Directed by Péter Tömöry) * Fassbinder: A szenny, a város és a halál () (

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, 2002. Directed by Péter Tömöry) *

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: Uri muri (Zalaegerszeg, 2003) *

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: Az idióta (József Katona Theatre,

, 2003. Directed by Máthé Gábor) *

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(Zalaegerszeg, 2004. Directed by Bertalan Bagó) * William Shakespeare:

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(

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, 2004. Directed by Bradu Anca) *

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: Az ajtó (Zalaegeszeg, 2005. Directed by Géza Bereményi) * Matei Vișniec: A kommunizmus története elmebetegeknek (

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, 2006. Directed by Bradu Anca) * István Tasnádi: Magyar zombi (Zalaegerszeg, 2006. Directed by Bertalan Bagó) *

: Az arany ára (Bárka Theatre, Budapest, 2007. Directed by Bertalan Bagó) * István Tasnádi: Finito (Örkény Theatre, Budapest, 2007. Directed by Pál Mácsai) *

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: Vásott kölykök ( Székelyudvarhely, 2007. Directed by István K. Szabó) * William Shakespeare: III. Richárd (Zalaegerszeg, 2008. Directed by Bertalan Bagó) * Nikolai Gogol:

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(Zalaegerszeg, 2009. Directed by Bertalan Bagó) *

Ödön von Horváth Edmund Josef von Horváth (9 December 1901, Sušak, Rijeka, Austria-Hungary – 1 June 1938, Paris France) was an Austro-Hungarian playwright and novelist who wrote in German, and went by the name of ''nom de guerre'' Ödön von Horváth. He was ...

: Kazimir és Karolin ( Oradea (Nagyvárad), 2009. Directed by Bradu Anca) * Antal Szerb: Az utas és a holdvilág (Zalaegerszeg, 2009. Directed by Bertalan Bagó)

Films

* Baloane de curcubeu (1982, Directed by Josef Demian) * Piciu (1983, Directed by Josef Demian) * Lovind o pasăre de pradă (1984, Directed by Josef Demian) * Bordal (documentary, 1996, Directed by László Zöldi) * Tündér Ilona (TV film, 1998, Directed by Gábor Katalin) * Vasúti variációk (1998, Directed by László Zöldi) * Én itt maradok (2000, Directed by Zoltán Seregi) * Ellenpontok (2001, Directed by Zoltán Seregi) * Vadászat angolokra (2006, Directed by Bertalan Bagó) * Irodalom ( Az ünnep (2009, Directed by Zsuzsa Lőrincz) * Régimódi történet ( Directed by Géza Bereményi) * Caligula helytartója (2012, Directed by Bertalan Bagó) * EMKE- volt egyszer egy kávéház (2013, Directed by Bertalan Bagó)

Puppetry

* Hamupipőke (Directed by László Uray) * Peter Tömöry: Harcos-karcos betlehemes (Directed by Péter Galambos) * Zsuzsa Lőrincz: Bazika (Directed by Zsuzsa Lőrincz) * Péter Tömöry: Titkos álom (Directed by Tömöry) * László Bagossy: A sötétben látó tündér (Directed by Csaba Pénzes) * Katalin Scheer: Nefelé (Directed by Árpád Árkosi) * Petőfi: János Vitéz (Directed by István Pinczés) * László Upor: Éljen Kinoppió (Directed by István Pinczés ) * Béla Pintér: Sütemények királynője (Directed by Zsuzsa Lőrincz)

Recordings

* Kettőspont (

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, 1978) * Zenés Karaván (Bucharest, 1979) * Táltos ének (Bucharest, 1984) * Mákvirág in Brasil (

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, 1988) * Békesség (

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, 1990) * Téli népszokások (

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, 1991) * Fire Sermon ( Odorheiu Secuiesc (Székelyudvarhely), 2004)

Awards

* 1971: Siculus Fesztivál, Odorheiu Secuiesc (Székelyudvarhely) * 1972: Siculus Fesztivál, Odorheiu Secuiesc (Székelyudvarhely) * 2008: Kritikusok díja a Finito zenéjéért ("Critics' Award for Fine Music"), Budapest

References

* * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Horvath, Karoly Romanian musicians of Hungarian descent Hungarian musical theatre composers Romanian composers Hungarian cellists Romanian cellists Hungarian flautists Romanian flautists 20th-century Hungarian male singers Romanian folk singers People from Oradea 1950 births 2015 deaths 20th-century cellists 20th-century flautists