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Concerto for flute and orchestra
Emil Petrovics: Concerto for flute and orchestra was written in 1957. The concerto is dedicated to the renowned Hungarian flutist Lóránt Kovács, who premiered it in 1858 in Budapest. The concerto is structured in three movements and is characterized by a blend of neoclassical clarity and Hungarian rhythmic vitality.
In 1957, Petrovics just completed his studies at the Liszt Academy of Music under Ferenc Farkas and János Viski. The Flute Concerto was one of his first major "post-student" successes.
This was the immediate aftermath of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution. Like many artists in Budapest, Petrovics was navigating a landscape of shifting cultural policies. His music from this era sought a balance between "socialist realist" accessibility and the modernism he would later explore in works like his opera C'est la guerre.
The same year, Petrovics married his first wife, Judit Szentoléri. That same year, he learned of the death of his father, from whom he had been estranged and only briefly reunited with in 1956.
Emil Petrovics (conductor), Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, 1989, Hungaroton / József Gregor
1. Moderato - Molto tranquillo
Emil Petrovics (conductor), Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, 1989, Hungaroton / József Gregor
2. Andante
Emil Petrovics (conductor), Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, 1989, Hungaroton / József Gregor
3. Allegro
Emil Petrovics (1930–2011) was a prominent Hungarian composer of Serbian origin. Born in Nagybecskerek (now Zrenjanin, Serbia), he was raised in a region historically characterized by its diverse cultural influences.
Following the German occupation of Yugoslavia and the subsequent annexation of Vojvodina during World War II, his family moved to Budapest
in 1941. He began his formal music studies in Budapest under Rezső Sugár
and gained practical experience in the early 1950s by leading the factory orchestra of the Budapest Szikra Printing House. Then he continued his studies at the Liszt Academy of Music. There he studied composition under some of Hungary's most influential teachers, including Ferenc Farkas, Ferenc Szabó, and János Viski. In 1960, he co-founded Hungary's first musical theater, the Petőfi Theatre.
His breakthrough came with the one-act opera C'est la guerre (1961), which achieved international acclaim and established his reputation across Europe.
Emil Petrovics’s compositional style is defined by a "dramaturgical" approach to music, where melody and structure are dictated by a work's emotional or narrative core. He often used to say: "Rather than find out, you have to find. You have to find the tones... this will be determined by your biological makeup".