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Dedicated works
Works dedicated to and premiered by Gábor Palotás
Csaba Zoltán MARJÁN: Lemuria – The Fallen Civilisation /marimba solo/
Premier: April 7, 2011, Kecskemét, Hungary
Pál RÓZSA: percussion.hu /marimba-vibraphone – one player/
Premier: November 16, 2011, Kecskemét, Hungary
Árpád SOLTI: Nakonxipán – Symphonic Poem /Percussion solo and symphony orchestra/
Premier: April 23, 2012, Kecskemét, Hungary
Árpád SOLTI: Cooltrain /Version for vibraphone and electronics/
Premier: March 19, 2013, Brussels, Belgium
Máté BALOGH: öi-(jj) /marimba solo/
Premier: April 16, 2013, Kecskemét, Hungary
Bálint BARÁTH: Canabasic /marimba solo/
Premier: August 7, 2013, Hódmezővásárhely, Hungary
Ákos NAGY: Wailing of Pendulum /marimba and electronics/
Premier: October 5, 2013, Dunaújváros, Hungary
Matthew COLEY: Pentagonal Arabesque /marimba solo/
Premier: April 1, 2014, Kecskemét, Hungary
Jillian WHITAKER: Ewoé /marimba solo/
Premier: August 4, 2014, Hódmezővásárhely, Hungary
Ákos NAGY: Ripples on the Ice of Enceladus /percussion solo and electronics/
Premier: October 25, 2014, Dunaújváros, Hungary
Máté BALOGH: Silenzio! /suspended cymbal solo/
Premier: October 25, 2014, Dunaújváros, Hungary
Bálint BARÁTH: S.H.to rhythm /percussion solo/
Premier: October 25, 2014, Dunaújváros, Hungary
András Gábor VIRÁGH: Metal Music (second version) /percussion solo/
Premier: June 5, 2015, Budapest, Hungary
Árpád SOLTI: P-Cock fun tas(t)y!-frOmmage á Co-die /marimba solo/
Premier: August 6, 2015, Hódmezővásárhely, Hungary
Balázs HORVÁTH: Bean /percussion solo/
Premier: March 5, 2016, Cedar Falls, IA, United States of America
Zsanett LISZKAI: metronome 80 /marimba solo/
Premier: May 26, 2016, Kecskemét, Hungary
Dávid MAGDA: Cat on marimba /marimba solo/
Premier: February 23, 2017, Kecskemét, Hungary
Eric LACY: Kimerülve sincs pihenés (No Rest for the Weary) /marimba solo/
Premier: 29 March, 2017, Pécs, Hungary
Sandy NORDAHL: Charlie the Tramp /marimba solo/
Premier: August 1, 2017, Hódmezővásárhely, Hungary
Gergely MATUZ: Song of the Cosmos /marimba solo/
Premier: November 14, 2017, Szeged, Hungary
Lajos HUSZÁR: Toccata /marimba solo/
Premier: October 9, 2018, Szeged, Hungary
Gergely GYŐRFFY: Pedrolino /marimba solo/
Premier: August 8, 2019, Hódmezővásárhely, Hungary
Balázs HORVÁTH: Surface Studies /marimba solo/
Premier: March 24, 2019, Budapest, Hungary
Bálint BARÁTH: Janus /marimba solo/
Premier: November 26, 2019, Kecskemét, Hungary
Bálint LACZKÓ: Silent Dance /marimba solo/
Premier: November 26, 2019, Kecskemét, Hungary
Árpád SOLTI: Decaf Coffee /marimba solo/
Premier: November 26, 2019, Kecskemét, Hungary
Levente KOVÁCS: Introduzione e Capriccio /marimba solo/
Premier: October 26, 2021, Kecskemét, Hungary
Árpád SOLTI: SnAir Suite /snare drum, piano/
Premier: August 2, 2022, Hódmezővásárhely, Hungary
Árpád Solti – piano, Gábor Palotás – snare drum
Bálint BARÁTH: PigmeLus /vibraphone/
Premier: April 11, 2024, Kecskemét, Hungary
Dávid MADGA: Hamadrüaszok /vibraphone/
Premier: April 11, 2024, Kecskemét, Hungary
Balázs HORVÁTH: Zweistimmig dreiteilig /vibraphone, melodica/
Premier: April 11, 2024, Kecskemét, Hungary
Sára IVÁN: Szunnyadó (Sleeper) /vibraphone/
Premier: April 11, 2024, Kecskemét, Hungary
Árpád SOLTI: A Broken Watch /vibraphone/
Premier: April 11, 2024, Kecskemét, Hungary
Works dedicated to Gábor Palotás and his student
Árpád SOLTI: En Garde! /Duo for one Snare drum/
Szabolcs JOÓ: Buzzing Dance /Snare drum solo/
Randy HOGANCAMP: Renisku /Percussion quartet/
Ákos NAGY: Canon fo(u)r translational form /percussion trio/
Works dedicated to and premiered by Iowa/Hungary Percussion Project
(Matthew Andreini – USA, Gábor Palotás – Hungary)
Csaba Zoltán MARJÁN: Musical Pictures
Premier: May 30, 2013, Kecskemét, Hungary
Miklós MAROS: Palimpsest
Premier: May 30, 2013, Kecskemét, Hungary
Gyula CSAPÓ: Adagietto
Premier: May 30, 2013, Kecskemét, Hungary
Sandy NORDAHL: Ce a Beg
Premier: May 30, 2013, Kecskemét, Hungary
Matthew COLEY: Maneuveresque
Premier: May 30, 2013, Kecskemét, Hungary
Jeffrey Dennis SMITH: All Systems Go
Premier: May 30, 2013, Kecskemét, Hungary
Brooke JOYCE: In Memoriam Eius /for soprano, female choir and 2 percussionists/
Premier: March 5, Cedar Falls, IA, United States of America
Máté SZIGETI: List of Orkney Islands In Alphabetical
Premier: March 5, Cedar Falls, IA, United States of America
Árpád SOLTI: Gloria /for female choir and 2 percussionists/
Premier: ???
GYŐRFFY Gergely: La Capricciosa
Premier: ???
GYŐRFFY Gergely: Illusion
Premier: July 3, 2018, Kecskemét, Hungary
Ben HIPPEN: Eye to Eye/Szemtől szemben
Premier: June 30, 2018, Halásztelek, Hungary
Derek DREIER: Snap Crackle
Premier: June 30, 2018, Halásztelek, Hungary
Works dedicated to and premiered by Gábor Palotás (marimba) and Bálint Baráth (piano)
(Project “Marimbiano”)
Máté BALOGH: GW150914
Premier: September 17, 2016, Budapest, Hungary
Péter TORNYAI: Silence of Dripstone
Premier: September 17, 2016, Budapest, Hungary
Balázs HORVÁTH: (untitled)
Premier: November 22, 2017, Szombathely, Hungary
Sandy NORDAHL: Hammerland
Premier: ???
Works dedicated to and premiered by Gábor Palotás (percussion) and Ákos Dratsay (flute)
Marcell BENCSIK: Mouvements for Flute and Percussion
Premier: July 26, 2014, Kecskemét, Hungary
Bence PINTÉR: Friday Dialogues (for Flute and Percussion)
Premier: July 26, 2014, Kecskemét, Hungary
Works dedicated to and premiered by Gábor Palotas (percussion) and Eszter Tóth (saxophone)
Csaba TŰZKŐ: Three Moldavian Dance Melodies
Premier: February 6, 2020, Kecskemét, Hungary
Eric LACY: Solidarity
Premier: May 13, 2022, Kecskemét, Hungary
Gergely GYŐRFFY: Saxophone-Marimba Double Concerto /alto saxophone, marimba, chamber orchestra/
Premier: September 10, Budapest, Hungary
Eszter Palotás-Tóth – alto saxophone, Gábor Palotás – marimba, Fonte Chamber Ensemble, conductor: Bernadett Vida
Works dedicated to and premiered by Gábor Palotás (percussion) and Ákos Dratsay and Bea Berényi (flute)
Bánk SÁRY: Galanty show
Premier: January 20, 2011, Kecskemét, Hungary
Lajos HUSZÁR: Momenti Umani
Premier: November 14, 2017, Szeged, Hungary
Unfinished works dedicated to Gábor Palotás
Árpád SOLTI: Sonata /Timpani solo/
Other premieres
John Marlow RHYS: Bartok’s Umbrella /piano and 2 percussionists/
Premier: 2 June 2006, Budapest, Hungary
Judit Váradi – piano, István Szabó and Gábor Palotás – percussion
RÓZSA Pál: „Hang-szín-kép” /percussion ensemble/
Premier: 18 November 2007, Sonus Percussion Ensemble
Csaba Zoltán MARJÁN: Niflheim /marimba solo/
Premier: 25 November 2009, Kecskemét, Hungary
Árpád BALÁZS: Rhapsody /Version for marimba and wind band/
Premier: 3 June 2018, Symphonic Band of Kiskunfelegyhaza, conductor: László Tóth
Bercel ZÁVOGYÁN: Pendulum /vibraphone solo/
Premier: 2 October 2020, Budapest, Hungary
Márton CSATÓ: Rhythm Cocktail 2020 /djembe solo/
Premier: 2 October 2020, Budapest, Hungary
Bálint MÁTÉ: Váltott 8-adok (Alternating 8-ths) /marimba solo/
Premier: 2 October 2020, Budapest, Hungary
Szabolcs NYÁRI: Tengeri csata (Sea fight) /violin, piano, marimba/
Premier: 2 October 2020, Budapest, Hungary
Éva Osztrosits – violin, Henrik Szőcs – piano, Gábor Palotás – marimba
Bálint BARÁTH: Vaporisation /2 cellos, electronics, percussion/
Premier: 14 October 2021, Budapest, Hungary
Janka Balogh-Jámbor – cello, Judit Szabó – cello, Andrea Szigetvári – electronics, Gábor Palotás – perc.
Árpád SOLTI: T-REXpress tRAIN /snare drum, piano/
Premier: 1 December 2021, Kecskemét, Hungary
László Gerhát – piano, Gábor Palotás – snare drum
Gergely GYŐRFFY: Violin-Marimba Double Concerto /violin, marimba, chamber orchestra/
Premier: 3 December 2021, Budapest, Hungary
Gergely Győrffy – violin, Gábor Palotás – marimba, Fonte Chamber Ensemble, conductor: László Kaczor
Dávid MAGDA: Song Cycle on the Poems of Miklós Radnóti /soprano, marimba/
Premier: 15 October 2022, Kecskemét, Hungary
Mariann Mudrák – soprano, Gábor Palotás – marimba
Luigi MORLEO: Art No War 3 /marimba solo/
Premier: 25 June, 2023, Halásztelek, Hungary
Árpád SOLTI: PaSo Doble /snare drum, timpani or tom-toms/
Premier: 21 July 2023, Boras, Sweden
Árpád Solti – timpani, Gábor Palotás – snare drum
Works written for Symphonic Band of Kiskunfélegyháza