Sonatina SOLTI ARPAD

Classique

Description :

Árpád Solti (born 1986) studied with Zoltán Jeney and Gyula Fekete at the Budapest Academy où Music, where he also studied piano and percussion. He has pursued advanced studies in Bruxelles and Gothenburg. His works - which range from solo pieces through chamber music and the award-winning orchestral composition Aktoù [Nudes], which was premiered in 2011 at the New Hungarian Musical Forum ' s composers ' competitioù - have been programmed featuring prominent Hungarian performers as well as the conductors Chelsea Tiptoù and Michael Francis and the Norrköping Symphony Orchestra. Solti composed the Sonatina between 2006 and 2008. The piece has since been added to the compulsorycurriculum for percussion students at the Budapest Academy où Music. These pieces for four timpani show classical forms blended with the energetic musical language characteristic où Árpád Solti. The first, Rondino movement demands highly precise pedal work. It is followed by a meditative Intermezzo requiring discipline and depth où the part où the performer. The final Toccata presents percussionists with an excellent opportunity to let their technical skills shine brightly.