Robert Gulya, born in 1973, was educated at Béla-Bártok-Conservatory and Franz-Liszt-Academy in his home town Budapest (Hungary). Afterwards he studied at the University of Music in Vienna (Austria) and attended a Film Scoring Advanced Program at the University of Southern California (USA).
Many works by Robert Gulya were performed all over the world by renowned musicians, among others Béla Drahos (flute, conductor), János Kovács (conductor), Johanna Beisteiner (guitar), Otto Sauter (trumpet), Roland Szentpáli (tuba), Brass in Five (brass quintet), the Budapest Symphony Orchestra and the Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra. Moreover, he worked with famous film directors and producers, such as Matthew Marconi, Matt Levin, Tamás Sas, Christopher Farley, Balazs Hatvani, Gergely Fonyo, Dennis Ward, Dominick Domingo, Zsolt Bernáth, Emil Novák and Attila Égerházi.
Robert Gulya was awarded several prizes: Best Score Feature for the movie Atom Nine Adventures at the international AOF Filmfestival (USA 2008), Albert Szirmai-Prize (Budapest 1996), Prix Mercure at the International Summer Academy Prague-Vienna-Budapest (1995) and others. His works are published by Éditions BIM (Switzerland).
Works for Guitar:
Concert for guitar and orchestra:
World premiere: 24/10/2009 at the Hubay Concert Hall, Budapest; performers: Johanna Beisteiner, Budapest Symphony Orchestra; conductor: Béla Drahos
Filmed live and published on DVD by Gramy Records
The Milonguero and the Muse (Tango):
- First version: guitar and string orchestra; music to the video clip of the same name (2008)
Actors: Johanna Beisteiner, Rafael Ramirez; Budapest Symphony Orchestra; conductor: Géza Török
- Second version: flute, guitar and string orchestra; world premiere on 24/10/2009 at Hubay Concert Hall (Budapest), performers: Béla Drahos, Johanna Beisteiner, Budapest Symphony Orchestra
Both versions are published on DVD by GRAMY Records.
Capriccio for guitar and piano:
World premiere: 30/04/2006 at Teatro della Concordia (Italy)
Performers: Johanna Beisteiner, Wanda Mazalin; published on CD by Gramy Records
Fairy Dance for guitar solo:
World premiere: 08/01/2000 at Bernardi Hall, Wiener Neustadt (Austria)
Performer: Johanna Beisteiner; published on CD by Gramy Records
Night sky Preludes for guitar solo:
World premiere: 30/04/2007 at Teatro della Concordia (Italy)
Performer: Johanna Beisteiner
Waltz for guitar solo:
World premiere: 12/06/2010, St. Johannes–Nepomuk Chapel (Vienna, Austria), at the festival “We are Vienna”
Performer: Johanna Beisteiner
Works for other instruments:
Concert for piano and orchestra No. 1:
World premiere: 1997 during the Gala Concert of the international composers’ competition In Memoriam Zoltán Kodály, Great Hall of Franz Liszt Academy, Budapest; performers: László Sáran, Budapest Symphony Orchestra, conductor: János Kovács; published on CD by Kodály Institute Budapest, BR 0156
Concert for tuba and orchestra:
World premiere: February 2000 at Gdańsk (Poland); performers: Roland Szentpáli, Gdańsk Philharmonic Orchestra
Moods for Brass Quintet:
World premiere: 2005. Budapest. Performers (among others): Ewald Quintet, Brass in Five
Burlesque for tuba and piano:
World premiere: 1995 at the International Summer Academy Prague-Vienna-Budapest
Performers: Roland Szentpáli, Robert Gulya
Dolphin's voice for piano:
World premiere: 2001, Fészek Arts Club, Budapest
Robert Gulya, piano
Memory of a lost world - a tale of the legendary Atlantis for orchestra and choir (early work):
World premiere: 1996 in Budapest, Great Hall of Franz Liszt Academy, Budapest; performers: 8 + 8 Choir, Budapest Symphony Orchestra, conductor: Zsolt Hamar
Mass (early work):
World premiere: 1992 Great Hall of Franz Liszt Academy, Budapest
Film Scores, inter alia:
Truce (USA 2004, director: Matthew Marconi)
The Boy Who Cried (USA 2005, director: Matt Levin)
S.O.S. Love! (HU 2007, director: Tamás Sas)
Atom Nine Adventures (USA 2007, director: Christopher Farley)
9 and a half dates (HU 2007, director: Tamás Sas)
Themoleris (HU 2007, director: Balazs Hatvani)
Bamboo Shark (USA 2008; director: Dennis Ward)
Outpost (USA 2008; director: Dominick Domingo)
Made in Hungaria (HU 2008, director: Gergely Fonyo)
Illusions (HU 2009, director: Zsolt Bernáth)
Night of Singles (HU 2010, director: Tamás Sas)
Truly Father (HU 2010, director: Emil Novák)
External Links:
Official website: www.robertgulya.com , www.rgmusic.hu
Interscore Film Music Productions: www.interscore.hu
Editions BIM: www.editions-bim.com
Interview of Robert Gulya about his Concert for guitar and orchestra (Hungarian):
Muzsika, August 2004
Interview of Robert Gulya about his Concert for piano and orchestra No. 1 (Hungarian)
Muzsika, 08/2000
Concert for piano and Orchestra No. 1 
CD information
The Russian guitarist and composer Eduard Shafransky was born on October 16, 1937 in the Siberian town Krasnoyarsk. In his childhood he played the clarinet in a brass band and received his first guitar lessons from a neighbour. In1961 Shafransky began his studies at the Tchaikovsky Music College in Sverdlovs (today Ekaterinburg) in the class of the guitarist D. D. Kochnev and took his finals after only four years. In the 80 Eduard Shafransky applied himself to the lute and founded the ensemble for old music Renaissance, which consisted of renowned musicians such as V. Milstein (viola d’amore), E. Gorsalchik (recorder), V. Malinovsky (violoncello), V. Tokarev (flute) and V. Yarkov (violoncello). Sometimes played in this ensemble also soloists of the Sverdlovsk Opera House, S. Salisnyak and G. Shulgina, as well as a soloist of the Saint Petersburg’s Mariinsky Theatre, O. Kondina. Moreover, Shafransky founded the festival Evenings of April, which was successfully organized in Ekaterinburg over 13 years. In the last years of his life Shafransky devoted himself more to the guitar and composed several pieces for this instrument. In March 2002, during a concert at Dom Actyora in Ekaterinburg, he met the Austrian guitarist Johanna Beisteiner, who since then plays his music. Eduard Shafransky died on December 18, 2005.
Works for guitar solo, given the first performance by Johanna Beisteiner:
Reflections on a painting by Caravaggio – The lutenist:
World premiere: 29/10/2007, Dom Actyora, Ekaterinburg (Russia)
Music for the video clip Caravaggio oggi, interpreted by Johanna Beisteiner and published on DVD by Gramy Records
Night in Granada:
World premiere: 29/10/2007, Dom Actyora, Ekaterinburg (Russia)
Requiem for guitar solo:
World premiere: 24/09/2004, Saint Blasien Church, Paudorf (Austria)
Old quarters of Alanya:
World premiere: 18/05/2009, Festival Bravo, Dom Actyora, Ekaterinburg (Russia)
Songs of breakers:
World premiere: 18/05/2009, Festival Bravo, Dom Actyora, Ekaterinburg (Russia)
