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.

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.