Previous concerts
Silent film premiere
The premiere of the reconstruction of Michael Curtiz’ silent film The Exile (1914) accompanied by Balogh’s brand new music, played by the Budapest Sound Collective led by Gergely Dubóczky.
Bartók-Reflections
Contemporary arrangements of Béla Bartók’s Twenty Hungarian Folk Songs by Dorina Takács (Дeva) and Máté Balogh, played by the Danubia Orchestra led by Máté Hámori.
World premiere in Oakland, California
Monica Chew’s recital organized by the Vox Novus, broadcasted online from Oakland, California. Balogh’s brand new clavichord-piece ‘Peaceful Landscape with Moss’ going to be played among other winners of the call of the Fifteen-Minutes-Of-Fame project. More info and the link of the broadcast: http://www.voxnovus.com/15_Minutes_of_Fame/featuring/Monica_Chew/second_set/
February 24, 2024 2:30 PM EST (8:30 PM CET) – YouTube.com/@Vox_Novus
Moses’ Song in the House of Music
Balogh’s Moses’ Song sung by the Pax et bonum Chamber Choir led by Boldizsár Kiss, at the ‘Winter Nights of Choirs’ Festival. MORE INFO: https://korusokejszakaja.hu/en/information/
Recital with Péter Tornyai and László Sándor
Pieces by Péter Tornyai, László Sándor and Máté Balogh at the Budapest Music Center
Lilla & The Galant
Balogh’s short grotesque melodrama, ‘Lilla and the Gallant’ based on Csokonai’s scene will be played by László Kéringer (sprechgesang) and the Alba Regia Symphonic Orchestra, led by Szabolcs Sándor. Host: Dániel Dobri. Detailed program: LINK The composers will be interviewed on the stage.
Premiere Of Lilla & The Gallant
Balogh’s short grotesque melodrama, ‘Lilla and the Gallant’ based on Csokonai’s scene will be premiered by László Kéringer (sprechgesang) and the Alba Regia Symphonic Orchestra, led by Szabolcs Sándor. Host: Dániel Dobri. Detailed program: LINK
Horse Panic – experimental theatre
The premiere of Balogh’s Horse Panic for speaker and 5 wood-blocks played by Niké Kurta & Tamás Schlanger. The piece is based on Edina Szvoren’s short story entitled the same. The program contains pieces composed by Péter Tornyai as well. The concert is part of the Transparent Sound Festival.
Premiere of ‘Françoise Gilot en Afrique’
The world premiere of Balogh’s piece composed in the African ‘wolof’ language as reflection to Francoise Gilot’s trip to Senegal. The piece is composed for reciter, flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano and entitled ‘Françoise Gilot en Afrique’. It will be played by Máté Bán, Péter Szűcs, Éva Osztrosits, Tamás Zétényi, Fülöp Ránki & the composer as reciter.
CONtemPASS Workshop
CONtemPASS Workshop with the Weiner Ensemble, organized by the Artisjus. Máté Balogh’s lectures accompanied by the pieces of Iván Madarász, László Tihanyi, András Gábor Virágh, Gyula Fekete, Gyula Bánkövi and Máté Balogh, played by the Weiner Ensemble (Annamária Bán – flute, Csaba Pálfi – clarinet, Réka Baksai – violin, Janka Jámbor – cello, Imre Dani – piano)
Moses’ Song with Pax et bonum
Balogh’s Moses’ Song will be sung by the Pax et bonum Chamber Choir, conducted by Boldizsár Kiss, accompanied by the composer as reciter.
Premiere of Bertókiada by Veronika Harcsa
Veronika Harcsa and Máté Balogh will premiere Balogh’s brand new piece based on poems by László Bertók.
World premiere of Pom-pom March
The world premiere of Balogh’s brand new symphonic piece entitled Pom-pom March, in the Great Hall of the Franz Liszt Academy, by the Dohnányi Orchestra led by Gábor Hollerung. The program contains orchestral pieces by Gyula Bánkövi, Rezső Ott, Máté Bella, Iván Madarász, Péter Tóth, Bence Kutrik, Gyula Fekete, Máté Hollós, Gary Kulesha, Levente Gyöngyösi, János Vajda and Roland Szentpáli as well. Detailed program: https://koncert.zeneakademia.hu/programok/2023-12-04-inyenc-kortarszenei-kostolo-12066
Dichterliebe-Metamorphosen
Balogh’s orchestration and contemporary comments to Schumann’s Dichterliebe, accompanied by a film of Horvát Lili, played by the Danubia Orchestra Óbuda led by Máté Hámori.
Hungarian premiere of Horn Speech 2023
Within the frame of the ‘Vántus Days’ festival in Szeged, Balogh’s Horn Speech 2023 will be premiered by Bottyán Balogh.
Ostdeutsche Autofantasie in the Hungarian Radio
The recital of Roland Szentpáli (tuba) and Henrik Szőcs (piano), among contemporary Hungarian pieces by Iván Madarász, Gyula Bánkövi, Péter Tornyai, Bence Kutrik, Roland Szentpáli, Balázs Horváth and Máté Bella, Máté Balogh’s Ostdeutsche Autofantasie is going to be played as well. MORE INFO
Gala Concert of the Accordion Festival Pécs 2023
Balogh’s brand new piece will be premiered by the casual accordion orchestra of the Accordion Festival Pécs 2023.
Premiere of Ostdeutsche Autofantasie
Roland Szentpáli’s tuba recital with the world premiere of Balogh’s Ostdeutsche Autofantasie* among the pieces of Máté Bella, Bence Kutrik, Péter Tornyai, Roland Szentpáli and Gyula Bánkövi. Piano accompaniment: Henrik Szőcs.
*Ostdeutsche Autofantasie is a piece for tuba and piano. It is a program music based on the soundscapes of three East-German cars: the Trabant 601, the IFA W50 and the Wartburg 353. It was commissioned by and dedicated to Roland Szentpáli.
Revóczky & Csabay
Balogh’s new piece ‘Recitativo & Rituale’ will be premiered by Ottília Revóczky (violin) and Domonkos Csabay (piano) among the pieces of Béla Bartók and Péter Tornyai. More infos: https://bmc.hu/programok/reflexiok-revoczky-ottilia-es-csabay-domonkos-koncertje-3865