Aurél Holló

Department of Teacher Education

Percussion Teaching Methodology on Secondary Level

Academic degree, university position:

teaching practice mentor (Bartók Conservatory)

Born:

July 17. Mór

Studies:

2015-2017 Franz Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest / music mentor and trainer certification preparation

1984-1992 Franz Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest / classical percussion, composition

1980-1984 János Richter Conservatory, Győr / classical percussion, composition

Recordings:

As member of Amadinda Percussion Group:

2022 LEGACIES 10 / Tom-Tom Records TTCD 406

2022 JAMES WOOD: KHAMUSH (with RIAS Kammerchor, conducted by James Wood) / Sargasso SCD 28084

2019 PÁRHUZAMOK ÉS KONTRASZTOK - Muzsikás Ensemble & Amadinda Percussion Group / Fonó Budai Zeneház FA 441-2

2012 LEGACIES 9 / Hungaroton BR 00467

1999-2011 JOHN CAGE: COMPLETE WORKS FOR PERCUSSION (6 CD) / Hungaroton HCD 31844 - 31849

2004 AMADINDA & FRIENDS – live recordings / Hungaroton HCD 32294

2003 STEVE REICH: MUSIC FOR 18 MUSICIANS - live recording / Hungaroton HCD 32208

2002 THE LIGETI PROJECT III. / Teldec Classic 8573-87631-2

1998 LEGACIES 1 / Hungaroton HCD 31813

1992 ZÖRR – Locomotiv GT, Trio Stendhal & Amadinda Percussion Group / Hungaroton HCD 37669

as member of UMZE Chamber Ensemble:

2025 AURÉL HOLLÓ: BLUE NOTE RED NOTE / (conducted by Gergely Vajda) / Unisono Bt (digital release only)

2011 LIGETI AND KURTÁG AT CARNEGIE HALL (conducted by Péter Eötvös) / BMC Records BMC CD 162

2008 EÖTVÖS PÉTER: AZ ÁLMOK HÍDJÁN MENTEM ÁT (conducted by Péter Eötvös) / BMC CD 138

2003 EÖTVÖS PÉTER: INTERVALLES-INTÉRIEURS (conducted by Péter Eötvös) / BMC CD 092

1999 EÖTVÖS PÉTER: PSALM 151 / PSY / TRIANGEL (conducted by Peter Eötvös) / BIS Records BIS-CD-948

other recordings:

2025 STORIES FROM THE WEST SIDE / Gábor Juhász Trio & Aurél Holló / FONÓ Budai Zeneház FA-553-2

2020 „WHEN DOWN...” / Grencsó – Dukay – Holló – Kalafszky / HUNNIA Records HRCD2009

2019 TONIGHT LESLIE FODOR SWING UNIT / Renaco Bt

2018 ESSAYS – ESSZÉK / Grencsó – Dukay – Tickmayer – Holló / ADYTON Records & HUNNIA Records HRCD 1726

2012 BARTÓK: SONATA FOR TWO PIANOS AND PERCUSSION (with Valéria Szervánszky, Ronald Cavaye, Zoltán Rácz / Hungaroton BR 00447

2006 ALTAMIRA / Olgyay Gábor & Holló Aurél / HANGOK Kiadó

1998 ÁT A VÍZEN / Olgyay Gábor & Holló Aurél / HANGOK Kiadó

1988 STRAVINSKY: LES NOCES / HUNGAROTON SLPD, HCD 12989

Publications:

- (the) Amadinda-Presser New Year’s Eve memory book (as editor)

- publishing own compositions, classical and jazz music transcriptions

Orchestral memberships:

2000- UMZE Chamber Ensemble

1992-1999 Budapest Festival Orchestra

1991- Amadinda Percussion Group

1984-1991 Intermodulation Chamber Ensemble, Componensemble

Teaching experiences, visiting lectureships, master classes, lectures:

2025 Masterclass at Blair School of Music | Vanderbilt University, Nashville / percussion, chamber music (in frame of global scholar program)

2023 Taipei International Percussion Summer Camp / chamber music

2018- Liszt Academy of Music, music mentor and trainer certification preparation / creative music training

2018 Lecture at the conference organized by Chopin University of Music, Warsaw (“Amadinda and minimalism”)

2015 Masterclass at Escola Profissional de Música de Espinho / chamber music

2014- Percussion Summer Camp, Halásztelek / chamber music

2012 Teaching at University of Miskolc, Béla Bartók Faculty of Music / percussion, chamber music

2010-2011 Teaching at Franz Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest / chamber music

1996- Teaching at Bartók Conservatory Budapest / percussion, chamber music, new music projects

Masterclasses as member of Amadinda Percussion Group:

2017 Royal College of Music, London

Northwestern University Evanston, Eastman School of Music Rochester, Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, Radford University, USA

2012 Yale Summer School of Music, Norfolk

2012 Janáček Academy, Brno

1999 Senzoku Gakuen College of Music, Toho Gakuen College of Music, Nagoya College of Music, Japan

1998, 2002, 2003 International Bartók Seminar and Festival, Szombathely

Other activities:

In addition to his work as a performing artist and educator, he is also active as a composer and arranger. His compositions and arrangements written for the Amadinda Percussion Group are recognized worldwide. He enjoys performing popular music and jazz, appearing regularly at Gábor Presser’s concerts and with the Gábor Juhász Trio. He is a regular contributor to Gábor Olgyay’s theatrical and studio production, and he occasionally performs in trio formation with members of his family.

Memberships:

2009- Nemzeti Zenede Foundation / board member

Major concerts:

2025 MVM Dome, Budapest - Presser Gábor „A 403. billentyű”

2024    BMC, Budapest - „Dead Elvis, Frankenstein!!” / as soloist with UMZE Chamber Ensemble, conducted by Gegely Vajda
2024    Göd - „A Holló család koncertje” / with Judit Szabó, József Balog, Zoltán Fejérvári and Mátyás Holló
2023    University of Johannesburg - ISCM Festival / UMZE Chamber Ensemble, conducted by Gegely Vajda
2023    Budapest Jazz Club - „Barney Kessel 100” / with Gábor Juhász Trio
2023    László Papp Arena, Budapest - Presser Gábor „még 1+1 koncert”
2023    BMC, Budapest - „Adventures with Ligeti” / as member of UMZE Chamber Ensemble, conducted by Gegely Vajda
2023    BMC, Budapest - Holló Aurél: blue note, red note – a concerto (world premiere) / as soloist with UMZE Chamber Ensemble, conducted by Gegely Vajda

As member of Amadinda Percussion Group between 1991 and 2022 he performed at venues including such Philharmonie Berlin, Wiener Konzerthaus, Royal Albert Hall, National Concert Hall (Taipei), Meyerson Symphony Center (Dallas) and the Carnegie Hall.

Some highlights from these events:

2017 Philharmonie Berlin - „Klang der Stille” / with RIAS Kammerchor, conducted by James Wood

2014    Indianapolis, PASIC - “Amadinda 30”
2009    Palace of Arts, Budapest - Steve Reich: Mallet Quartet (world premiere)
2005    Liszt Academy, Budapest - Bob Becker and Amadinda
2000    Arsenal de Metz - György Ligeti-Sándor Weöres: With pipes, drums, fiddles (world premiere) / with Katalin Károlyi
1992    Old Sōgakudō Concert Hall, Tokio - John Cage: FOUR4 (world premiere)

2006–2014 as member of UMZE Chamber Ensemble – concert series „Hommage à Ligeti”

As a chamber musician co-operations with renowned artist like

Zoltán Kocsis, Jean-Efflamme Bavouzet, Edit Klukon, Dezső Ránki, Tabea Zimmermann, Kirill Gerstein, Renaud Capuçon, Clemens Hagen, Zoltán Fejérvári, József Balogh, András Schiff, Dénes Várjon, Bruno Canino and Gergely Ittzés

Compositions

blue note, red note - a concerto / for percussion solo and ensemble (2023)

Dance of the Cicadas - for percussion trio (2021)

Our Beloved Masters / beFORe JOHN¹ - for percussion and orchestra (2018) co-composed with Zoltán Váczi

Cricket Tala - for percussion solo with live electronics (2017)

Fast Lane - for percussion duo (2016)

Icar - for cello, vibes and harp (2013)

Viola Express - for viola solo and percussion quartet (2011)

Gamelan-bound / beFORe JOHN² - for percussion sextet (2008)

HEADS or TAILS? / beFORe JOHN⁴ – for ensemble (2000) co-composed with Zoltán Váczi

Born Under the Sign of Cancer – for piano, or Fender-piano (1990)

for percussion quartet:

street band (2024)

José / beFORe JOHN⁵ (2000)

Traditions I-II. / beFORe JOHN⁷ (1998) co-composed with Zoltán Váczi

39 - the Dream of the Manichaeian / beFORe JOHN³ (1997)

Zen Gardens (1993)

Awards and honors (évszám, díj neve):

(as teacher)

2021 ARTISJUS Prize in music education category (given by Society ARTISJUS Hungarian Bureau for the Protection of Authors' Rights)

(as member of Amadinda Percussion Group)

2013 Prima Prize (in Hungarian Music Art category)

2008 Béla Bartók - Ditta Pásztory Prize

2006 Pro Urbe Budapest Prize

2004 Kossuth Prize by the Hungarian Goverment

2001 Hungaroton Prize

1997 Order of Merit of the Hungarian Republic

Website:

www.amadinda.com

Contact:

hollo.aurel.endre[at]konzi.hu