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Performer Information

Gyula Racz

Percussionist

Gyula Racz, born in 1942, is a musician, percussionist, and music educator of Hungarian origin, currently residing in Germany. He studied “Music Mediation/Concert Pedagogy” and earned his doctorate in 2015 at the University of Augsburg. His professional activities have been centered in Würzburg and Stuttgart. Racz has arranged pieces for mallet instruments (vibraphone, marimba, xylophone, and glockenspiel) from various classical composers, including Jacob van Eyck and Igor Stravinsky. He is also known for his publication “Das große Buch der Schlagzeugpraxis,” considered a standard work in the field​​.

Source: Wikipedia

Performances
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1
June 25, 1975
Friedrich-List-Halle
Reutlingen
Germany
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N/A
Dimitris Agrafiotis (conductor), Karl-Heinz Himstedt (percussion), Gyula Racz (percussion)
Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen - WPR (Schwäbisches Sinfonie-Orchester)
Paysages, Op. 36
Works
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Work Page
1
YSC78
Paysages

for percussion and orchestra

36

2222-4231, Solo Percussion I (Timpani, Tubular Bells, Marimba, Xylophone, Tam-Tam, Snare Drum, 3 Suspended Cymbals, 5 Temple Blocks, 2 Woodblocks, Cymbals, Tambourine), Solo Percussion II (Timpani, Glockenspiel, Vibraphone, 3 Gongs, 2 Bongos, 2 Timbales, 2 Congas, Triangle, Maracas, Claves), Percussion (Cymbals, Small Suspended Cymbal, Bass Drum), Strings

References
  1. Valia Christopoulou, Yorgos Sicilianos Catalogue of Works [Κατάλογος Έργων Γιώργου Σισιλιάνου] (Athens: Panas Music Papagrigoriou - Nakas, 2011) , 98
  2. Francis Guy, Yorgos Sicilianos - diapason a dialogue with Francis Guy [Γιωργος Σισιλιανος - διαπασων ενας διαλογος με τον Φρανσις Γκαϋ] (Cyprus: Cyprus Wine Museum, 2009) , 131-132
  3. Anastasios Rupert Arthur Mavroudis, Sicilianos, The Greek Modernist: Performing Selected Chamber Works and Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 51 (Athens: Benaki Museum, 2020) , 273
  4. Dimitris Agrafiotis, Theodore Antoniou, Tatsis Apostolidis, Valia Christopoulou, Giorgos Demertzis, Popi Eustratiadi, Byron Fidetzis, Gianni Ioannides, Apostolos Kostios, Giorgos Kouroupos, Katy Romanou, Yorgos Sicilianos, Michalis Stathopoulos, Nikos Synodinos, and Nikos B. Tsouchlos. Yorgos Sicilianos: In the Avant-Garde of Contemporary Music [Γιώργος Σισιλιανός - Ο συνθέτης στην πρωτοπορία της σύγχρονης μουσικής]. Edited by Valentini Tselika. (Athens: Benaki Museum, 2007) , 161
  5. “Gyula Rácz,” Wikipedia (German), accessed August 30, 2024, https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyula_Racz.