He began his career as one of the most important creators of the experimental art movement in Hungary. The majority of his works were written for classical instruments and ensembles, but some feature special sound sources such as a prepared piano, clay bells or even steam engines. For him deliberately created noise organized into rhythmic form is the same kind of musical element as a specific note, therefore he likes to make use of percussion instruments in his works. He is of the opinion that there are countless ways of working out every musical idea, and the composer can choose to write a work in a form in which he leaves the realization of the processes to the performer, or precisely determines its every moment. In the latter case, however, the work written down is only one possible form of the musical idea, therefore it is a regularly recurring phenomenon in his œuvre up to now, that several musical ideas turn up in a number of different compositions. More here.

We salute László Sáry with the recording of his Slow and Brisk for solo cimbalom. (Ildikó Vékony, BMC Records, 2003)

(news cover photo by Andrea Felvégi)