Matthias Kadar

Matthias Kadar (born 1977), composer, was born in Paris of Hungarian-German parents. After a short study in economics, he decided to concentrate on music and composition.

Biography

Kadar studied with Christian Lauba in Bordeaux and later with Theo Loevendie at the conservatorium in Amsterdam. In his Oeuvre, there are about two hundred pieces for most instruments including a book for piano (Der Virtuos), a book of songs for baritone voice and piano based on poems in German, Hungarian and French, a small theater piece (Cyrano) and a Concerto for violin and orchestra (Aede). Most of his works have had public performances at different festivals all over the world. (Mahler festival in Budapest, Ireland, Japan, USA, Salzburger Festspiele, etc. .)

At the National Remembrance Ceremony of the 4th of May 2009 in the Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam in the presence of H.M. the Queen of the Netherlands, H.R.H the Prince of Orange, H.R.H. Princess Máxima, government officials and members of parliament, two compositions of his for women quire and tenor solo were performed: 'Is dit een mens' on a text by Primo Levi in the translation of Jan van der Haar and 'Navertellen' on a text by Wim de Bie. These compositions were commissioned by the 'Nationaal Comité 4 en 5 mei' of the Netherlands.

He has written works for the Budapest Festival Orchestra conducted by Iván Fischer, 'Stichting het 20ste eeuwse lied', the Leo Smit Ensemble, the Oh-Ton Ensemble (Germany), the Nieuw Ensemble, ‘Het Trio’, the Hexagon Ensemble, the Ricciotti Ensemble, the Nationaal youth choir of the Netherlands, the Nederlands Kamerkoor, for Harry Sparnaay, Annelie de Man, Arno Bornkamp, Masumi Nagasawa, Reinild Mees, Irene Maessen, Thomas Oliemans, Roger Braun, Ralph van Raat, Klárá Würtz, József Lendvay, Iván Fischer and Isidor Lateiner.

Works for solo instruments

‘Fou’ for tenor and soprano saxophone (1996)
‘Histoire d’ une fourmi, sa vie, ses rencontres…’ for clarinet (1996)
‘Polyprimates’ for flute (1996)
‘Pronto’ for piano (1997)
‘Mr. Parfum’ for violin (1997)
‘Centre Gronder De l’ Alto’ for alto violin (1997)
‘LF AN dit Ga’ for bass trombone (1997)
‘lf an dit. ..’ for bass trombone (1997)
‘Hum. ..us’ for alto saxophone (1997)
‘Ioma’ for soprano saxophone (1997)
‘Ouwar I’ for alto saxophone to be played with some improvisation (1997)
‘Ouwar II’ for alto saxophone to be played with some improvisation (1997)
‘Ouwar III’ for alto saxophone to be played with some improvisation (1997)
‘Poh’ for electric guitar (1997)
‘Ver de terre’ for alto violin (1997)
‘Monstre’ for bariton saxophone (1997)
‘Solemacotnahpelepocoppih en em soselsapessac et merignac ; te…cangirem !!Eh!..Hub!!?’ for alto saophone (1997)
‘Haha!’ for piano (1997)
‘Voyages’ for alto saxophone (1997)
‘XAP’ for bass clarinet and cello (1998)
‘Blowing up’ for bass clarinet (1998)
‘Soulage’ for alto recorder (1998)
‘L’arbre’ for pan flute (1998)
‘histoire d’ insectes’ for cembalo (1998)
‘ Les humeurs de Mr. K’ for piano (1998)
‘ Vivent les puces ???’, etude for saxophone alto solo (1998)
‘Le fleuve’ for saxophone alto (1998)
‘Chhhh-t’ for soprano saxophone (1999)
‘Iomaeleneiloc d’ vizlifan’ belonging to the‘d’ vizlifan suite’ a suite of 4 pieces for different instruments for piano (1999)
‘Π a-llume’ for piano (1999)
‘Ihrpsa’ for harp (1999)
‘a2viz’
‘Le KAJT’ for cello (2000)
‘D’ vizlitrip’ for bass clarinet (2000)
‘LV’L’ for bass trombone (2001)
‘Der Virtuos, ein Neujahrskozert’ a book for piano on drawings and text by Wilhelm Busch containing 7 pieces (2001) where each part can be played separately.
‘Une humeur de K.’ For Cembalo (2001)
‘O’ etude for alto saxophone (2001)
‘Chl’ for cello solo (2002)
‘S- Limericks-s’ for voice and cembalo (2002)
‘Riverside’s life, live’ for piano (2002)
‘Auror’ ‘ in 4 movements for organ (2004)
‘Promenade’ for piano (2005)
’57 pieces pou violon seul’ for violin (2005)
‘ Toi. ..Toi. ..k” for duduk (2006)
‘5 kis miniatures’ for Tarogoto/ Taragot (2006), 5 small pieces
‘Hauch’ for piano (2006)

Works for duo

‘Chant ch’ant ‘ for two alto saxophones (1997)
‘Dubbel Π with ‘ hindt’ for bass clarinet and cembalo (1998)
‘Mal- entendu??’ for alto saxophone and cello (1998)
‘Faire mouche’ for guitar and cembalo (1998)
‘Note-assis’ for alto saxophone and computer animation, interaction with the public (1998)
‘Hans huckebein, der Unglucksrabe’ with text by Wilhelm Busch for Mezzo soprano and piano (1998)
‘A hindt’ for mandoline and guitar (1998)
‘Les aventures de Mr. Guy Tarre et Mr. Poelle’ for pan flute and guitar (1999)
‘Erunois d’ vizlifan’ belonging to the‘d’ vizlifan suite’ a suite of 4 pieces for different instruments for vibraphone and piano (1999)
‘Kadjar’ for Gamelan and Kadjar (1999)
‘Das grosse Lalula Reid’ for spoken voice and alto saxophone (1999)
‘Hatoui’ for 2 tenor saxophones (2000)
‘Lettre a unami’ for violin and alto saxophone (2000)
‘Kangourou Fantasie’ for flute, cello and piano (2001)
‘Ah, muses!’ for mandoline and guitar (2001)
‘O’ etude for alto saxophone (2001)
‘Etanos Niamay’ for alto violin and percussion (2002)
‘Ami d’ Ima’ for cello and piano (2002)
‘Levent’ for bass clarinet and organ (2002)
‘En passant’ for soprano saxophone and piano (2003)
’Liederbuchlein’ a book of songs with three cycles for bariton voice and piano and 1 cycle for mezzo- soprano voice, tenor voice and piano (2003)
‘6 deutsche Gedichte’ German cycle for bariton voice and piano containing * ‘Nachtlied’, * ‘Nahe des Geliebten’ by Goethe, * ‘Mein Jettchen’ by H. Von Kleist, * ‘vergiss mein nicht’ by Novalis’ and * ‘Todesfuge’ by Celan (2003)
‘Petofi Harom Vers’ Hungarian cycle for bariton voice and piano containing * ‘ma egy eve’, * ‘mit ettel fold’ and * ‘szeretlek kedvesem’ by Sándor Petőfi (2003)
‘Le dernier jour d’un condamne’ French cycle for baiton voice and piano with texts by V. Hugo from his novel with the same title and one poem * Silence’ (2003)
‘H. Heine, 4 Gedichte’ German cycle for mezzo- soprano voice, tenor voice and piano containing * ‘Liebste,’, * ‘Warum?’, * ‘Sie haben mich gequalet’ and * ‘Nacht lag auf meinen Augen’ by H. Heine (2003)
‘Fantome- Pensee a vous- Fantome’ for C- melody saxophone and piano (2003)
‘Dieu qui sourit’ (text: V. Hugo) for guitar and voice (2005)
‘Ecrit sur le tombeau d'un petit enfant’ (text: V. Hugo) for guitar and voice (2005)
‘A une femme' (text: V. Hugo) for guitar and voice (2005)
‘Oh! Quand je dors’ (text: V. Hugo) for guitar and voice (2005)
‘L' albatros’ (text: C. Beaudelaire) for guitar and voice (2007)
‘Les corbeaux’ (text: A. Rimbaud) for guitar and voice (2007)
‘Lopage’ for alto saxophone and piano (2007)
'Un poème' for harp and harp/voice (2007) in three parts with 'Allerseelen' (text: Hermann von Gilm zu Rosenegg) for harp and mezzo soprano (2007)
'dors' (text: M. Kadar) for guitar and voice (2008)
'szin vert' for tárogató and double bass (2008)
'szin bleu' for tárogató and double bass (2008)

Works for trio

‘Setanos’ for alto saxophone, alto violin and piano (1996)
‘E...eve. ..e. ..reve’ for flute, bass clarinet and piano (1997)
‘Iemarkons. ..iemarkons’ for bass recorder, bass and marimba (1999)
‘D-bout’ for bass clarinet, marimba and piano (1999)
‘Iomaesagnoitat d’ vizlifan’ belonging to the‘d’ vizlifan suite’ a suite of 4 pieces for different instruments for flute, alto saxophone and piano (1999)
‘Pan-C de K.’ for alto flute, alto violin and harp (2001)
‘De Teltsebeam’ for voice or tape, C-melody and soprano saxophone, piano on poems called * ‘de Fiter-iter’,* ‘twa roazen’, * ‘Luzeleafde’, * ‘Widsesankje van in flie’ and * ‘De bezem en de boender’ by Diet Huber (2005). Each piece can be played separately.
'Halsaora' for clarinet, cello and piano (2007)

Works for quartet

‘Ataccot pour les nerveux’ for saxophone quartet (1997)
‘ Respiration sous l’ eau’ for recorder quartet (1997)
‘C’est a nos deux os’ for alto saxophone, two bass recorders and piano (1997)
‘Quatuor a cordes’ for string quartet (1998)
‘Versans’ for clarinet, violin, cello and piano in 5 movements (2004)

Works for ensemble

‘Of mice and men’ for I: soprano saxophone, horn in f, trombone, electric guitar, II:2 piccolo flutes, trompet, tuba, percussion, piano, III:bariton saxophone, horn in F, trombone, bass guitar (1996)
‘Le petit prince’ for string octet (1997)
‘Ratquiem pour des insectes’ for 5 strings and 5 saxophones (1997)
‘De sacre types’ for flute, hobo, bass clarinet, mandoline, guitar, harp, piano, percussion, violin, alto violin, cello and bass.(1998)
‘Ferelnoix d’ vizlifan’ belonging to the‘d’ vizlifan suite’ a suite of 4 pieces for different instruments for Flute, hobo, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon, 2 horns in F, bass trombone, harp, piano, percussion, tenor saxophone, 2 violins, alto violin, cello, bass (1999)
‘d’ vizlifan suite’ a suite of 4 pieces for different instruments for Flute, hobo, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon, 2 horns in F, bass trombone, harp, piano, percussion, tenor saxophone, 2 violins, alto violin, cello, bass (1999)
‘Histoires courtes’ for tenor recorder, bass clarinet, alto saxophone, accordion, harp, guitar, bass (2000)
‘Translifan’ for saxophone ensemble (2 sopranos, 3 altos, 4 tenors, 2 baritons and 1 bass) and piano (2000)
‘Poemes de Ronsard’ in three movements on a text by Pierre de Ronsard containing * ‘mignonne, allons voir. ..’ and * ‘Je n’ai plus que les os’ (2000)
‘Cyrano’, last act of the theater piece by Edmond Rostand titled ‘Cyrano de Bergerac’ for soprano voice, baritone voice, C Melody saxophone, violin, alto violin, cello and piano. (2001)
‘Dieu qui sourit’ on a poem by Victor Hugo for spoken voice, flute, mandoline, guitar and harp (2001)
‘Oh! quand je dors’ on a poem by Victor Hugo for spoken voice, flute, mandoline, guitar and harp (2001)
‘autre guitare’ on a poem by Victor Hugo for spoken voice, flute, mandoline, guitar and harp (2001)
‘Chant de poisson’ in three movements for flute, clarinet, basset horn, bassoon, horn in F and piano (2003)
‘Vandaag een jaar geleden’ for soprano, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, percussion, piano on text by Sándor Petőfi translated into Dutch by S. Baracs (2004)
‘Aan het eind september’ for soprano, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, percussion, piano on text by Sándor Petőfi translated into Dutch by S. Baracs (2004)
‘De sterrenhemel’ for soprano, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, percussion, piano on text by Sándor Petőfi translated into Dutch by S. Baracs (2004)
‘De eekhoorn en zijn vrienden. De olifant, de paradijsvogel, de waterjuffer’for spoken voice, alto saxophone, violin, piano and percussion (2004)
‘Goethe Rilke Celan, 5+1 Gedichten’ for youth girl chor in 6 movements with * ‘ Wandrers Nachlied’, * ‘Der Zauberlehrling’and * ‘Meeresstille’ by Goethe, * ‘Maitag’ by Rilke, * ‘Wandrers Nachtlied’ by Goethe, * ’der Tod’ by Celan (2005)
‘Encore et toujours’ on the texts of the ”correspondance 1951-1970” by Paul Celan and Gisele Celan Lestrange (editions du seuil) for soprano voice, clarinet, violin, cello and piano (2006)
‘L' oeil’ for string quintet (2007)
‘Plume’ for string quintet(2007)
‘L' albatros’ (text: C. Beaudelaire) for string quintet and voice (2007)
‘Les corbeaux’ (text: A. Rimbaud) for string quintet and voice (2007)
'poèmes de Paul Celan'for the Nederlands Kamerkoor (2007)
'Spät und tief' by Paul Celan'for the Nederlands Kamerkoor (2007)
'Corona' by Paul Celan'for the Nederlands Kamerkoor (2007)
'Sprich auch du' by Paul Celan'for the Nederlands Kamerkoor for tenor solo(2007)
'Stimmen' by Paul Celan'for the Nederlands Kamerkoor (2007)
'Tenebrae' by Paul Celan'for the Nederlands Kamerkoor (2007)
'Blume' by Paul Celan'for the Nederlands Kamerkoor (2007)
'Ein Holzstern' by Paul Celan'for the Nederlands Kamerkoor for bass solo(2007)
'Stehen' by Paul Celan'for the Nederlands Kamerkoor (2007)
'Es wird' by Paul Celan'for the Nederlands Kamerkoor (2007)
'Der Tod' by Paul Celan'for the Nederlands Kamerkoor (2009)
'Is dit een mens' by Primo Levi for women choir and tenor solo (2009)
'Navertellen' by Wim de Bie for women choir and tenor solo (2009)

Works for orchestra

‘Brut’ for Orchestra (1998)
‘Rrrh. ..’ for orchestra (1998)
‘Shhht’ for orchestra
‘AEDE’ for violin and orchestra (2001)
‘le vol en D’ for flute orchestra (2001)
‘Merimes’ for Tarogato, string orchestra and vibraphone (2006)
‘Rêve’ for Tarogato and string orchestra (2007)

Stage work

'Konijn en Maan' (rabbit and moon) for flute, saxophones and tárogató (2008)

Upcoming projects

a concerto for cello for Peter Szabó, first cello of the Budapest Festival Orchestra
a composition for piano and cello for Peter Szabó
a piano solo for the fortepiano made by Gijsbregt Wilderom in Amsterdam
a piece for children choir for the Dutch national children choir
a composition for tenor and baroque ensemble for Marcel Beekman

External links

Webpage of Matthias Kadar