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Bence Hartl will play guitar at the reading of Thomas Luthardt on the 12th of March 2024 in BAIZ, Berlin. Thomas Luthardt reads a selection of his poems and short stories, Bence Hartl performs pieces by Ottorino Respighi, Giulio Viozzi and Reginald Smith Brindle. More about the event at: www.wasgehtinberlin.de/termin_details.php?id=35039323&date=2024-03-12 CONCERTS WITH 20TH CENTURY GUITAR MUSIC
Works by Miklos Rozsa, Einojuhaani Rautavaara, Leonardo Balada and Reginald Smith Brindle will be performed by Bence Hartl on upcoming concerts in Hungary and Germany. His partners are in Cluster Project: Dora Cserenyec playing works by Sofia Gubaidulina and Leonardo Balada, in Cosmos Guitar: Duo Dino Dornis playing works by Smith Brindle and Mario Castelnouvo-Tedesco. 3rd of August- Cluster Project, Balatonakali, Hungary 16th of September - Cosmos Guitar Duo, Marienfließ, Germany 20th of September - Cosmos Guitar Duo, Röbel, Germany 6th of October - Cosmos Guitar Duo, Stavenhagen, Germany UKRAINIAN FRAGMENTS
Bence Hartl's 'Ukrainian Fragments' for solo bass trombone premiered on the 26th of April 2023 at the Young Composers' Festival in Szeged, Hungary. The piece was performed by hungarian bass trombone virtuoso David Sztranyak. A professional studio recording with video was made in August 2023 and is now available on SoundCloud and YouTube. soundcloud.com/bencehartl/bence-hartl-ukrainian-fragments-2022 www.youtube.com/watch?v=laH1laE33yM GUITARCOSMOS
A concert exhibiton by Cluster Project and graphic artist Jeno Levay (HU) features the complete first book of Reginald Smith Brindle's Guitarcosmos in a live performance among with videoinstallations inspired by contemporary music composed by Bence Hartl. This is the first complete live concert performance of Brindle's groundbreaking work. The event takes place on the 12th of February 2023 at the Bravia Hall in Budapest. VILLA-LOBOS DANCE HALL (VOL 2.)
The second installation of Villa-Lobos Dance Hall, a Yilssom-Hartl Production, is now online. The unique music video was made by modern dancer and visual artist Tomaas Yilssom. The 4th Prelude of Lobos was performed by Bence Hartl. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYtJxKMVL_8 SPECIAL MENTION AT COSTRUTTORI DI ARMONIE IN MILAN
Bence Hartl's composition Op. 3,14 for solo cello got a special mention award at the "Costruttori di Armonie" Composition Competition in Milan, Italy. Members of the jury: Giovanni Sollima (chairman), Nicola Baroni, Christian Bellisario, Giorgio Colombo Taccani, Carlo Galante. A NEW RECORDING BY TALLA ROUGE DUO
Talla Rouge Viola Duo recorded a movement of Bence Hartl's Try pisni, a work based on ukranian folk songs. This arrangement of the piece won the second prize last year (2021) on the Talla Rouge International Composition Competition. The recording is free to listen on SoundCloud. soundcloud.com/bencehartl/bence-hartl-try-pisni-iii-vyydi-vyydi-sonechko VATA V UKHO - COTTON TO THE EAR
A unique concertexhibition was performed by graphic artist Jeno Levay and the Cluster Project (Dora Cserenyec, Bence Hartl and David Lorincz) on two occasions in Hungary: on the 11th of February 2022 in Grand Cafe Szeged and on the 13th of February 2022 in FUGA Budapest. Jeno Levay's videoinstallation, that was inspired by the transcript of Tschaikowsky's Violin Concerto, was accompanied by live performances of contemporary russian guitar music: Dmitri Capyrin's Bagatelle was performed as an international premiere, Edison Denisov's Sonata was performed by Bence Hartl as a hungarian premiere, Sofia Gubaidulina's Toccata and Serenade was performed by Dora Cserenyec as a hungarian premiere and Bence Hartl's 'Vata v ukho' (Cotton to the Ear) was performed as an international premiere by Dora Cserenyec, David Lorincz and the composer himself. The edited stream of the performance can be rewatched online. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cl56MCxTyjA SPECIAL MENTION FOR 'TALVISOTA' BY BENCE HARTL AT THE 3RD SHOSTAKOVICH COMPETITION
Bence Hartl's piano trio 'Talvisota' was awarded a Special Mention at the 3rd International Dmitri Shostakovich Composition Competition in Lviv, Ukraine. Members of the jury were: Yuri Laniuk, Bohdana Froliyak, Ferdinando Nazzaro and Domenico Clapasson. The piece was performed by Natalia Martynova (piano), Peter Titiaiev (violin), Denys Lytvynenko (cello) and Roman Kreslenko (conducting). The first three awards were given to Andersen Viana, Franciszek Araskiewicz and Randall Snyder. The recording of the piano trio is available at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iB10h9NljwI MUSIC VIDEO OF BENCE HARTL'S VARIATIONS ON A THEME OF LISZT
Graphic artist Jeno Levay created a videoinstallation for Bence Hartl's award-winning composition Variations on a theme of Liszt. The graphic art video can be watched for free on YouTube. The piece was performed by hungarian gitarrist Dora Cserenyec and recorded by the Chamber Music Recording Studio (sound engineer: Sandor Arok). www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQdeNQL_xjI BENCE HARTL IS NOW A COMPOSER OF UNIVERSAL EDITION
Bence Hartl have become a member of the well-known music publisher house Universal Edition. Three of his award-winning scores are now published by UE and there are more to follow. www.universaledition.com/bence-hartl-7944 VILLA-LOBOS DANCE HALL
A unique collaboration between dancer Reka Solymosi-Tege, choreographer and experimental artist Tomaas Yilssom and classical guitarist Bence Hartl premieres on the 1st of April online on different platforms. Stay tuned! www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfKl42hm_Ec BENCE HARTL WINS THE 2021 MIAMI GUITART FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL COMPOSITION COMPETITION
Works have been submitted from 22 different countries to the 2021 Miami International GuitART Festival Composition Competition. After long and thorough delibarations, the judges (Orlando Jacinto Garcia, Carlos Rafael Rivera, Jacob Sudol) announced the winner as follows: Winner: Bence Hartl (Hungary) Composition: Variations on a theme of Liszt Honorable mention: Mauro Godoy Villalobos (Sweden) Composition: Crepusculo The winning composition was performed by Dora Cserenyec and recorded by Sandor Arok in 2020 and will be played on the Festival by Fabio Adour. Recordings of the winning compositions can be heard on the website of the festival. migf.fiu.edu/2021/composition-competition/ Concert of Fabio Adour: www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1UV-oLnX0A PREMIER OF TRY PISNI BY BENCE HARTL
Bence Hartl's Try Pisni for violin duo premieres on 10th March 2021 at the III. Festival of Young Composers in Szeged, Hungary. The piece will be performed by Zita Giriti and Viktoria Horvath-Toth. The concert includes contemporary pieces by other composers as well (Peter Tornyai, Mate Szigeti, Virag Anna Virag, etc.) and will be online available at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0k25FEOoZU www.facebook.com/events/2464203123889329 TRANSPARENT SOUND
The Transparent Sound New Music Festival (Budapest) is happening now - also online. Bence Hartl took part in two segments of the 2021-edition of the contemporary music festival: an online sonic memory game features noises by composers and a collection of music videos (MUVID-19) shows how composers and sound artists audiovisually reflect on the current situation. Check out the website of the festival and the following links: atlatszohang.hu/en/2021/01/12/sonic-memory/ vimeo.com/showcase/muvid19 atlatszohang.hu/en/home-3/ BENCE HARTL IN THE FINAL ROUND OF THE 1ST CHALKI INTERNATIONAL COMPOSITION COMPETITION
Bence Hartl's piece for solo violin Scherzino Diminuito got into the final round of the 1st Chalki International Composition Competition in Greece. The eight finalists were chosen from 113 composers worldwide. The final concert and results of the competition take place on the 27th of August 2020 on the island of Chalki, Greece. The piece was originally comissioned, performed and recorded by hungarian virtuoso Edua Zadory on his CD Heavy. More infos about the competition at: chalkicompetition.wixsite.com/website TROIS GYMNOPEDIES NOW AVAILABLE AT BERGMANN EDITION
Erik Satie's Trois Gymnopedies have been arranged for flute or Bb-clarinet and guitar by Bence Hartl and published by Bergmann Edition (DK) as a downloadable PDF or a print-on-demand. The beautiful cover graphic was made again by Bence Hartl's longtime visual artist collaborator Jeno Levay (HU). Scores available at: bergmann-edition.com/products/satie-trois-gymnopedies BENCE HARTL WINS SECOND PRIZE AT THE FIFTH INTERNATIONAL EDISON DENISOV COMPETITION
Bence Hartl's piece 'Fi' for clarinet and piano won 2nd prize at the Fifth International Edison Denisov Competition. (Chairman of jury: Hervé Désarbre, members of jury: Victor Ekimovsky, Yuri Kasparov, Alexei Nadzharov and Vladimir Gorlinsky.) The piece will be premiered by Evgeni Barkhatov (clarinet) and Natalia Cherkasova (piano) on the 19th December in Tomsk, Russia. It just feels great! More infos at: http://tmk.tomsk.ru/ |