Lorant Hajdu

(b. 1937, Bucharest)Hungarian composer and pensionary piano and composition teacher.

Life

Lóránt Hajdu was born in Bucharest (Romania) to a hungarian family in 1937.In his early chidhood they moved to Budapest (Hungary).He studied piano with Clara Chitz and composition with István Szelényi at the Bartók Béla Conservatory in Budapest.He graduated at the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music in Budapest, where his teacher was Endre Szervánszky.In 1966 his first Concerto for Piano and Orchestra won the first prize of the [Queen Marie José International Competition] . He taught piano and composition at the Leó Weiner Conservatory until 2007.He is founder member of hungarian Society of Creative Musicians.

Works

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Works for piano:

Bagatells (1955)

Sonatina (1955)

Sonatina on a Hungarian Folksong (1962)

3 Etudes (1963)

3 Rondos (1963)

Toccata (1972)

Scherzo-capriccio (1972)

10 Little Piano Pieces (1972)

Consequences (1976)

2 Concertos for Piano and Orchestra (1966, 1972)

Serial-game Overture

15 Little Character Pieces

Hommage á D. Alberti

Spinning Top Valse

Four Little Picture-Etudes

Publishers of His Pieces

Editio Musica Budapest

Zinneberg Musikverlag