Balázs Rumy. clarinetist

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1 Biography! Recognized for his inspired performances and beautiful tone, Hungarian musician Balázs Rumy (pronounced Ba-laash Roomy) has served as principal of both the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra in Vienna, Austria and the Verbier Festival Orchestra in Switzerland. He has performed with these orchestras in many of the best concert halls in Europe, including Amsterdam s Concertgebouw, Vienna s Musikverein and Milan s La Scala. An accomplished chamber musician, Mr. Rumy has performed in chamber music concerts throughout Germany, France, Austria, Switzerland and Hungary, and has played in several international music festivals, including Spain s Santander International Festival, Germany s Collegium Musicum in Pommersfelden and Hungary s Budapest Autumn Festival. A prizewinner of numerous international competitions, including the 62nd Geneva Competition (2007 Concours de Geneve), the 2009 Carl Nielsen International Competition (Denmark) and the 2010 Giuseppe Tassis Competition (Italy), he participated (through invitation) in the annual conference of the International Clarinet Association in both Japan and in the United States, for three consecutive years. $ Mr. Rumy s season includes six appearances in New York City. Of his September 25 performance with the New Juilliard Ensemble of Carmen Moore s Concerto for Ornette, Steve Smith of The New York Times wrote, Within the ensemble, another saxophonist, Balazs Rumy, played sweetly in written material; one gorgeous passage that paired Mr. Rumy with Lauren Williams on English horn suggested what could have been the homegrown American sound Dvorak imagined. Also of note is Balazs s collaboration with pianist Allegra Chapman, violinist Justyna Jara and cellist Avery Waite in five consecutive performances (December 14-18, 2011) of choreographer Pam Tanowitz s piece (featuring Charles Wuorinen s Fortune), opening the Juilliard Dance Division s season in the Peter Jay Sharp Theater. Mr. Rumy presents two solo recitals at Juilliard: December 7 at the Willson Theater, and April 25, 2012 at Paul Hall. He ushers in the New Year with a performance at Juilliard s Chamberfest on January 21. February 8 he performs in an afternoon concert with other Artist Diploma students violinist Itamar Zorman, pianist Jie Yuan and double bassist Rémi Yulzari in Alice Tully Hall. Other U.S. engagements include concerts on November 16 and 17, 2011, in Iowa city with pianist Liza Stepanova and cellist Michael Katz. Recent performances include Stive Reich s Music for 18 Musicians with Axiom and Mozart s Quintet with Angela Hewitt in the Verbier Festival, Switzerland. In November, 2010, Mr. Rumy traveled to Japan as a SYLFF Fellow to play Mozart s Kegelstatt Trio at the Ritsumeikau Asia Pacific University in Beppu City, presented by the Tokyo Foundation, with pianist Rachel Kudo and violist Luke Fleming. $ In addition to his competition honors, Balázs Rumy is the recipient of several scholarships, including a Juilliard scholarship, a Loránd Eötvös Scholarship from the Hungarian Government, a Gustav Mahler Orchestra Academy Scholarship, a Scholarship from the Swiss Government and a Róbert Kovács Scholarship (Budapest, Hungary). Most recently he was awarded (September 2011) Juilliard s MAP and IMP Fellowships. He will teach clarinet both in individual and group lessons at Juilliard and at New York City s Public School 46 throughout the school year. $ Mr. Rumy was born in Székesféhervár (pronounced say-cash-fe-hear-var), Hungary in 1983, and studied piano before turning to the clarinet. He holds Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees from the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest and a Masters degree in performance from the Conservatory of Geneva, Switzerland. His main professors were Béla Kovács, Thomas Friedli, Romain Guyot and Jean-Michel Bertelli. Additional studies have been at the Tibor Varga Academy in Sion, Switzerland and master classes with Charles Neidich in Weimar, Germany. Fluent in both Hungarian and English, Mr. Rumy moved to New York City in fall 2010 as one of only two artists accepted that year into the prestigious Artist Diploma program at The Juilliard School, where he continues his musical studies under the guidance of Charles Neidich while pursuing his musical career. When his schedule permits, Mr. Rumy indulges in his hobbies: traveling, cooking, photographing and playing the bass clarinet and the saxophone.

2 EDUCATION The Juilliard School, Artist Diploma, 2012 Conservatory of Geneva, Master of Music in Performance, 2009 Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music, Hungary, Master of Music in Performance, 2006 PRINCIPAL TEACHERS Private Instructors: Charles Neidich, Romain Guyot, Jean-Michel Bertelli, Thomas Friedli, Béla Kovács Coaches: Anthony McGill, Jim Ognibene, Benoit Willmann, Antoine Marguier Masterclasses: Karl-Heinz Steffens, György Kurtág, Manfred Klein, Hans Pfeiffer, Richard Stoltzman PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE AS SOLOIST WITH ORCHESTRA Odense Symphony Orchestra, Nielsen Concerto, Mozart Concerto Orchestra Vallecamonica, Weber Concerto No.1 Geneva Conservatory Orchestra, Mozart Concerto Budapest Youth Orchestra, Weber Concerto No.1 SOLO RECITAL Recital at Juilliard s Willson Theater and Paul Hall, New York Recital with pianist Deborah Lee, Geneva, Switzerland Recitals at The Geneva Conservatory, Switzerland Recital with cimbalom player Beáta Móri, Geneva, Switzerland Solo Recitals at the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest, Hungary Recital with pianist Balázs Fülei, Budapest, Hungary CHAMBER MUSIC RECITAL Recital with pianist Alexandra Joan and cellist Julia MacLaine, Watertown and Elmira, NY Recital with pianist Tanya Gabrielian and cellist Sauenn Thorsteinsdottir, New York City, Alice Tully Hall Recital with pianist Deborah Lee and violist Veit B. Hertenstein, Geneva, Switzerland Recital with pianist Balázs Fülei and cellist István Várdai, Budapest, Hungary SUMMER FESTIVALS Verbier Festival, Switzerland, 2010, 2011 Weimarer Masterclasse, Germany, 2009 Collegium Musicum Festival, Pommersfelden, Germany, 2007, 2008 Santander Music Festival, Spain, 2005 Tibor Varga Academy, Sion, Switzerland, 2004, 2007 Conference of the International Clarinet Association, Japan, USA, 2004, 2005, 2006 ORCHESTRAL Verbier Festival Orchestra, first clarinet, rotation, 2010 Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra, first clarinet, rotation, 2009 Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, substitute second clarinet, 2009 Sinfonietta de Lausanne, first clarinet, Geneva Conservatory Orchestra, first clarinet, rotation, Pommersfelden Festival Orchestra, first clarinet, Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, second clarinet, 2006 Voce d Amore Clarinet Choir, concert master, Santander Festival Orchesta, second clarinet, 2005 Budapest Youth Orchestra, first clarinet, RADIO BROADCASTS & RECORDINGS Featured on dvd Live from Musikverein with Franz Welser Möst, 2010 Featured on disc Bartók and Hindemith Viola Concertos with Nobuko Imai, Panclassics, 2009 Featured on disc Till Now, Hungaroton, 2005 Featured on Hungarian Bartók radio program Conversations, 2005 Continued on back side...

3 TEACHING EXPERIENCE Private students The Juilliard School, MAP and IMP Fellowships, clarinet teacher, Finger Power Music, Edgewater, NJ, clarinet and piano teacher Studio Kodály, Geneva, Switzerland, solfeggio substitute teacher, Aiglon College, Chesieres, Switzerland, clarinet and saxophone teacher, Masterclass in Brussels, 2009 Viva Music School, Budapest, Hungary, clarinet and recorder teacher, COMPETITIONS Third Prize, 4th Giuseppe Tassis Competition, Pradalunga, Italy, 2010 Fourth Prize, 4th Carl Nielsen Competition, Odense, Denmark, 2009 First Prize, Giacomo Mensi Competition, Breno, Italy, 2007 Dr.Glatt Special Prize, 62nd Geneva Competition, Switzerland, 2007 Third Prize, Marco Fiorindo Competition, Nichelino, Italy, 2006 Second Prize, 3rd Clarinet Competition, Carlino, Italy, 2005 SCHOLARSHIPS & AWARDS IMP and MAP Fellowships, Juilliard, SYLFF Fellowship, Juilliard, Eötvös Scholarship from the Hungarian Government, Scholarship from the Swiss Government, Róbert Kovács Scholarship, Budapest, Hungary, 2005 # SPECIAL INTERESTS: Traveling, Cooking, Languages: fluent written and spoken Hungarian, English and French, Playing the bass clarinet and the saxophone REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST

4 Repertoire Clarinet unaccompanied Berio, L. - Sequenza IXa Cage, J. - Sonata Carter, E. - Gra Donatoni, F. - Clair Fröst, M. - Ala humana Husa, K. - Three studies Kovács, B. - Hommages Koch, J. - Arabesque Láng, I. - Monodia Legány, D. - Szonatina Lendvay, K. - Tiszteletem, Mr. Goodman! (Respectfully yours, Mr. Goodman!) Martino, D. - A Set for Clarinet Oláh, T. - Szonáta Rózsa, M. - Sonatina for Clarinet Solo op. 27 Sári, J. - Stati Smith, W. O. - Five Pieces for Clarinet Alone Stravinsky, I. - Three Pieces for Clarinet Solo Sutermeister, H. - Capriccio for Solo Clarinet in A Vajda, G. - Light-Shadow Trembling Widmann, J. - Fantasia Concertos and pieces with orchestra Copland, A. - Concerto for Clarinet and String Orchestra Debussy, C. - Première Rhapsodie for Clarinet and Orchestra Krommer, F. - Concerto in Es op. 36 Hajdu, M. - Capriccio all Ungharese Lutoslawsky, W. - Dance Preludes Mendelssohn, F.-B. - Konzertstück in d-moll für Klarinette und Basset-horn Molter, J. M. - Concerto in D major for clarinet Mozart, W. A. - Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra in A Major, K. 622 Nielsen, C. - Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra, Op. 57 Ravel, M. - Piece en forme de habanera Rimsky-Korsakov, N. - Concerto for clarinet Rossini, G. - Introduction, Theme and Variations Spohr, L. - Concerto No. 1 in C minor op.26 for Clarinet and Orchestra Spohr, L. - Concerto No. 2 in Eb Major op.57 for Clarinet and Orchestra Stamitz, J. - Concerto in Bb Major for Clarinet and Orchestra Stamitz, C. - Concerto No. 3 in Bb Major for Clarinet and Orchestra Szervánszky, E. - Szerenád Tomasi, H. - Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra Weber, C. M. von - Concertino in Eb Major op. 26 for Clarinet and Orchestra Weber, C. M. von - Concerto No. 1 in F minor, Op. 73 for Clarinet and Orchestra Weber, C. M. von - Concerto No. 2 in Eb Major, Op. 74 for Clarinet and Orchestra Weiner, L. - Ballada Clarinet with piano accompaniment Arnold, M. - Sonatine Barat, J. - Fantasie romantique Bartók, B. - 3 Folksongs from Csík county Berg, A. - Four Pieces for Clarinet and op. 5 Bernstein, L. - Sonata for Clarinet and Bozza, E. - Bucolique Brahms, J. - Sonata in Eb Major op. 120 No. 2 Brahms, J. - Sonata in F minor op. 120 No. 1 Cahuzac, L. - Cantilene Cavallini, E. - Adagio and Tarantella Chausson, E. - Andante et Allegro Copland, A. - Sonata for Clarinet and Filas J. - Little Slovak Rhapsodie Fitkin, G. - Gate Francaix, J. - Theme et variatons Gade, N. - Fantasiestücke Giampieri, A. - Carnival of Venice Hindemith, P. - Sonata for Clarinet and Horovitz, J. - Sonatina for Clarinet and Kókai, R. - 4 Magyar Tánc - 4 Hungarian Dances Lefebvre, Ch. - Fantasie-Caprice Lobanov, W. - Sonata for clarinet and piano op.45 Martinu, B. - Sonatina for Clarinet and Messager, A. - Solo de Concours for Clarinet and Milhaud, D. - Duo Concertant for Clarinet and Muczynski, R. - Time Pieces for Clarinet and Pierné, G. - Canzonetta op. 19 Poulenc, F. - Sonata for Clarinet and Rabaud, H. - Solo de Concours for Clarinet and Rossini, G. - Introduction, Theme, and Variations Rota, N. - Sonatina Saint-Saens, C. - Sonata for Clarinet and, Op. 167 Schumann, R. - Drei Romanzen Schumann, R. - Sonate in a-moll für Geige Schumann, R. - Fantasienstücke op. 73 Stanford, C. V. - Sonata for clarinet and piano Verdi-Bassi - Rigoletto-Fantasia Weber, C. M. - Grand Duo Concertante op. 48 for Clarinet and Weber, C. M. - Introduction, Theme and Variations for Clarinet and Weber, C. M. - Variations op. 33 for Clarinet and Weiner, L. - Ballada for clarinet and piano Weiner, L. - Peregi verbunk Widor, Ch-M. - Introduction et Rondo op. 72 Continued on back side...

5 Weber, C. M. - Introduction, Theme and Variations for Clarinet and Weber, C. M. - Variations op. 33 for Clarinet and Weiner, L. - Ballada for clarinet and piano Weiner, L. - Peregi verbunk Widor, Ch-M. - Introduction et Rondo op. 72 Yun, I. - Riul Woodwind Duets Beethoven, L. van - Clarinet Bassoon Duets Carter, E. - Hiyoku Király, L. - Hungarian folksongs Poulenc, F. - Sonata for two clarinets Poulenc, F. - Sonata for clarinet and bassoon Smith, W. O. - Jazz set for two clarinets Clarinet and percussion Shapey, R. - Inventions Clarinet and contrabass Gould, M. - Benny s Gig Two clarinets and piano Krommer, F. - Concerto in Es for 2 clarinets op. 35 Mendelssohn, F. - Concert piece No 2. op. 114 for clarinet and basset horn Ponchielli, A. - Il convegno (2 clarinets) Clarinet, bassoon and piano Glinka, M. - Trio Pathetique Villa-Lobos, H. - Fantasia-concertante Clarinet, violin and piano Bartók, B. - Contrasts Stravinsky, I. - Suite form the Soldier s Tale Clarinet, viola and piano Bruch, M. - 8 pieces op. 83 Kurtág, Gy. - Hommage a R. Sch. op. 15/d Kurtág, Gy. - Tre Pezzi/Tre altre pezzi Mozart, W. A. - Trio in Eb Major K. 498 Kegelstatt Schumann, R. - Märchenerzählungen op. 132 Two clarinets and bassoon Mozart, W. A. - 5 Divertimenti Flute, clarinet, horn and piano Karg-Elert, S. - Jugend Clarinet, violin, cello and piano Messiaen, O. - Quartet for the End of Time Clarinet, flute, cello and cimbalom Horváth, M. L. - Mária-énekek Woodwind quartet and piano Beethoven, L. van - Quintet op. 16 in Eb Mozart, W. A. - Quintet in Eb K.452 Woodwind quintet Barber, S. - Summer Music op. 31 Farkas, F. - Hungarian Dances Francaix, J. - Quintet Hindemith, P. - Quintet Op. 24 Kleine Kammermusik Ibert, J. - Trois Pieces Breves Ligeti, Gy. - 6 Bagatelles Nielsen, C. - Quintet op. 43 Schocker, G. - Chorinho Clarinet and string quartet Brahms, J. - Quintet in B minor op. 115 Mozart, W. A. - Quintet in A Major K. 581 Spohr, L. - Fantasy on a Theme by Danzi op. 81 Weber, C. M. von - Quintet in Bb Major op. 34 Woodwind quintet and piano Poulenc, F. - Sextet More than 6 instruments Beethoven - Septet in Eb op. 20 Dvorak - Serenade in D minor op. 44 Mozart - Serenade No. 10 in Bb Major K. 361 (Grand Partita) Stravinsky - L'Histoire du soldat Clarinet, cello and piano Beethoven, L. van - Trio in Bb Major op. 11 Gassenhauer Brahms - Trio in A minor op. 114 Muczynksi, R. - Fantasy Trio Zemlinsky, A. - Trio in d-moll op. 3 Clarinet, voice and piano Schubert - Der Hirt auf dem Felsen D. 965

6 Sample recital programs Program 1-20th century East European clarinet music inspired by folklore and folksongs! György Orbán - Sonata Concertante 15'! Mieczyslav Weinberg - Sonata 15! Leó Weiner - Ballada 10'! Bohuslav Martinů - Sonatina 10'! Juraj Filas - Little Slovak Rhapsody 10'! Witold Lutosławski - Dance preludes 8'! Rezső Kókai - Four Hungarian Dances 10' Program II - Four nations, four sonatas! Poulenc - Sonata '15 / Saint-Saens - Sonata '15! Brahms - Sonata in Es-dur op.120 No.2 25' / Sonata in f-minor op.120 No.1 30! Lobanow - Sonata 20' / Stanford - Sonata 15'! Bernstein - Sonata '15 / Donald Martino - Sonata 20 Program III - The American Clarinet! John Cage - Sonata 5'! Aaron Copland - Sonata 15'! Elliott Carter - Gra 5'! Leonard Bernstein - Sonata 15' / Donald Martino - Sonata 20! Donald Martino - A set for clarinet 10'! William O. Smith - Five pieces for clarinet 8'! Robert Muczynski - Time pieces 10'! George Gershwin - Three preludes 8' (arr.) Program IV - Minimalism and pop fusion! Leonard Bernstein - Sonata 15! John Cage - Solo for clarinet 5-10! Steve Reich - New York Counterpoint 11!!! Graham Fitkin - Gate 7! Takashi Yoshimatsu - Fuzzy Bird Sonata 15! Paul Schoenfield - 4 souvenirs 15

7 Balázs Rumy Photos: Klaus Enrique Gerdes Each picture is available in jpeg format upon request. The Juilliard School Box 444, 60 Lincoln Center Plaza, NY, NY, 10023