Levente Gyöngyösi

Levente Gyöngyösi (born 1975, Cluj-Napoca, Romania) is a Romanian-born Hungarian composer. He moved to Hungary in 1989, when he was 14.

Levente Gyöngyösi
Image: László Horváth
Background information
Born	1975 (age 48–49) Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Occupation(s)	Composer, Film composer

Works, editions and recordings

• Opera A gólyakalifa (The Stork Caliph) after the novel of Mihály Babits. Hungarian State Opera, May 2005.
• Assumpta est Maria for mixed choirs
• Két keserû népdal ("two bitter folksongs") for mixed choir
• Salve Regina for soprano solo, female choir and two instruments
• Vanitatum vanitas for female chorus (2001)
• Missa Lux et Origo for female choirs (2004)
• Verkündigung ("Annunciation"), symphonic cycle in five movements (2003)
• oratorio Canticle of the Sun, Budapest Spring Festival (2004)
• Te lucis ante terminum
• Confitemini Domino for female choirs
• Dixit in corde suo for mixed choir and drum (2012)
• Concerto for Piccolo and Orchestra. Composed for, premiered, and recorded by Peter Verhoyen (2022)

• He also wrote 4 symphonies – the 3rd Symphony with soprano solo is named Birth; the 4th Symphony is named Az Illés szekerén ("On Elijah's Chariot", after a poem by Endre Ady) – and a Sinfonia Concertante for percussion group and orchestra.