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Tibor Szemző

NTS aired an episode dedicated to the music of Tibor Szemző on 20 August 2018. Tibor Szemző has been played on NTS over 60 times, featured on 52 episodes and was first played on 25 January 2015.

Tibor Szemző (born 1955, Budapest, Hungary) is a Hungarian composer, performer and media artist. Szemző was born in Budapest in 1955. He began his musical studies at the Kodály method school at the age of six and graduated from the Hungarian Academy of Music. Szemzö formed his own trio (later a quartet), and in 1979 he founded the minimalist ensemble Group 180 (1978–1990). It was a profoundly influential ensemble, renowned for its performances of Hungarian minimalism; it also performed works by John Cage and Steve Reich. Embarking on a solo career in 1983, Szemzö began integrating spoken word and visual elements into projects and in 1987 he issued his first solo recording, Snapshot from the Island. The downfall of Hungary's communist rule allowed him to began collaborating with various artists throughout Europe and beyond, and in 1998 Szemzö also formed a new chamber ensemble, the Gordian Knot. Other notable works include Ain't Nothing But a Little Bit of Music for Moving Pictures (the score to a collection of black-and-white home movies compiled by friend Péter Forgács), The Conscience and the musical piece, entitled Tractatus (a narrative-based chamber compositions) inspired by Ludwig Wittgenstein's Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus.

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Tibor Szemző

NTS aired an episode dedicated to the music of Tibor Szemző on 20 August 2018. Tibor Szemző has been played on NTS over 60 times, featured on 52 episodes and was first played on 25 January 2015.

Tibor Szemző (born 1955, Budapest, Hungary) is a Hungarian composer, performer and media artist. Szemző was born in Budapest in 1955. He began his musical studies at the Kodály method school at the age of six and graduated from the Hungarian Academy of Music. Szemzö formed his own trio (later a quartet), and in 1979 he founded the minimalist ensemble Group 180 (1978–1990). It was a profoundly influential ensemble, renowned for its performances of Hungarian minimalism; it also performed works by John Cage and Steve Reich. Embarking on a solo career in 1983, Szemzö began integrating spoken word and visual elements into projects and in 1987 he issued his first solo recording, Snapshot from the Island. The downfall of Hungary's communist rule allowed him to began collaborating with various artists throughout Europe and beyond, and in 1998 Szemzö also formed a new chamber ensemble, the Gordian Knot. Other notable works include Ain't Nothing But a Little Bit of Music for Moving Pictures (the score to a collection of black-and-white home movies compiled by friend Péter Forgács), The Conscience and the musical piece, entitled Tractatus (a narrative-based chamber compositions) inspired by Ludwig Wittgenstein's Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus.

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Let's Go Out And Dance
Tibor Szemző
Leo Records1987
Snapshot From The Island
Tibor Szemző
Leo Records1987
Without Adolf (For A Peyotist)
Tibor Szemző
Hungaropop1989
Gaza Strip
Tibor Szemző
Hungaropop1989
The Easy One
Tibor Szemző, The Gordian Knot
Leo Records, Bahia1998
Sub-Carpathia
Tibor Szemző
Erdenklang1991
Eckermann Álmai (The Dreams Of Eckermann)
Másik János, Szemző Tibor
Budapest Film, Hunnia Fimstúdió Vállalat1990
Tractatus
Tibor Szemző
Leo Records, Bahia Music1995
Felhős Idők (Cloudy Weather)
Másik János, Szemző Tibor
Budapest Film, Hunnia Fimstúdió Vállalat1990
Syrius B
Szemzó Tibor, Hamvas Béla, Gordiusi Čomó, The Gordian Knot Company
Not On Label (Tibor Szemző Self-released)2000

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