CONCERT WORKS | Zygmund de Somogyi

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COMPOSITIONS

Below is a detailed list of selected compositions.

Click on a piece to find out more.

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Note: r denotes a recording is available to stream or listen to.

I JUST WANT TO LISTEN TO MUSIC

STAGE WORKS

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MONSTER

"punk-rock cabaret opera" for baritone and piano (2025). ~20'
Libretto by David Bottomley. Development supported by Guildhall Making It Fund 2025; R+D & recording December 2025.

URSA MINOR

opera for four voices and ensemble (2023-24). ~25' r
Libretto by Alexia Peniguel. Premiere at Guildhall Opera Makers, June 2024.

A Silent Mirror

opera scene for solo mezzo-soprano (2023). ~6'
Libretto by Alexia Peniguel. Workshop performance by Abbie Ward at Guildhall School of Music and Drama, December 2023.

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hikikomori!

chamber opera for four voices and piano (2021-22). ~70' r
Commissioned and premiered by Opera in Oborne, Dorset, April 2022.

ORCHESTRAL & LARGE ENSEMBLE

Overture to hikikomori!

for symphony orchestra (2024). ~3'
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GREDOS (Starship I)

cantata for soprano and large ensemble (2023). ~17' r
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Written for Composers Conference 2023; premiere July 2023 at Avaloch Farm, NH.

Close Your Eyes and Think About Someone You Love

for large saxophone and percussion ensemble (2021). ~5' r
2S.3A.2T.2B.1bass. 8perc.
Workshopped and performed by Thallein Ensemble, June 2021.

VOCAL AND SONG

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hope songs

song cycle for soprano and piano (2025-). ~25' (in development)
Poetry by hazyn forsythe. Development supported by small room arts; prem. March 2026 at small room arts, London.

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Laika: A Space Dog-yssey

monodrama/operetta for soprano and cello duet (2024). ~15'
Words by Ariella Como Stoian. Composed for the Guildhall Artists Junior Fellowship, prem. December 2024, Peckham, London.

Gilded

song cycle for soprano and ensemble (2024). sax.vln.pno.vla.vc. ~10' r
Words by Sara Clifford. Commissioned by Composers Conference; Susan Horvath CMW. Prem. July 2024, Avaloch Farm, NH.

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Purple Is the Colour of Sheer Noise

for soprano + digital ensemble: mandolin, tenor sax, vibraphone, cello, bass trombone (2020). ~1' r
Performed by virtual Thallein Ensemble.

CHAMBER ENSEMBLE

String Quartet, No. 3: JOYRIDE

for string quartet (2025). ~15'
Commissioned by the Jasmine Quartet: premiere in London, spring 2026 (date TBA).

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IN THE EVENT THAT YOU STAY

aka Trio for flute, cello, and piano, No. 1.

for flute, cello, piano (2025). ~24' r
Commissioned by the Royal Philharmonic Society as part of its 2025 Composers Programme; prem Wigmore Hall, Apr. 2025.

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Harp and String Quartet

aka an itch in the shape of a memory. for harp and string quartet (2024-25). ~8'
Composed for "Smelly Music" as part of the Guildhall Artists Junior Fellowship; premiere in London, Feb. 2025.

false vacuum songs

for clarinet, guitar, double bass, and percussion (2024). ~7' r
Written for àktapha's International Composition Workshop; premiere by àktapha in Athens, Greece, Sep. 2024.

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A LIGHTHOUSE FEVERDREAM

for piano trio and narrator (2023). ~8' r
Written for Salastina's Promising Composers Programme 2022-23; online premiere by Salastina, Nov. 2023.

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with love, from your ghost's ghosts

for flute, bassoon, improvising piano, electronics and visuals (2023). ~10'
Commissioned by Arc Project, premiered at Arc Project's ReLaunch concert, York, February 2023.

The refractions we used to know

for percussion quintet (2022). ~8' r
Workshopped and performed by
Art Percussion Ensemble as part of Taverna Maderna Composing Nature masterclass, premiered in Lavarone, Italy, Sep. 2022.

THE REEL

live film score for pierrot ensemble (2022). afl.bcl.pno.vln.vc.perc. ~8' r
Commissioned by Access Contemporary Music Chicago, premiered at Sound of Silent Film Festival 2022.

Piano Trio, No. 2:
Starsystems

four movements for piano trio (2022). ~25'
Written for the Semenov Piano Trio.

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Haze (or: a forest on Pluto)

for piano trio (2021). ~6' r
Workshopped and premiered by the Fidelio Trio, April 2021.
Prizewinner of UiTM Tunku Zain Piano Trio Competition, Kuala Lumpur (MY).

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Altschmerz: a salient scene reflected

aka String Quartet, No. 2 in 31-TET.

for string quartet (2021). ~13' r
Workshopped by Quatuor Bozzini in Montreal, CA, February 2021.

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there's a stain on my jacket i hope never washes out

for digital ensemble: violin, accordion, ronroco (2021). ~8' r
in collaboration with Tilly Langford and William Barnardo for Arc Project: Digital Ensembles.

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a lone lantern flickers in deep space

for percussion trio: vibraphone, almglocken, tam-tam, thunder sheet (2020). ~1' r
Performed by Tresonant at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire (2020) & Maia Foley at the University of Maryland (2023).

Lamplight

for modified pierrot ensemble (2020). ~8'
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SOLOS AND DUOS

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pattern screamers (i want to break free)

for bass clarinet and unpitched percussion (2025). ~12'
Written for Dafni Mengou and Yiannis Psarakis of àktapha: premiere in Athens, Greece, January 2026.

music for the quarter-life crisis (synth étude)

for voice, piano and synthesizer: solo performer (2025). ~5'
Commissioned by the Royal Philharmonic Society as part of its 2025 Composers Programme; prem. Wigmore Hall, Apr. 2025.

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imsotired (:

for amplified flute and electronics (2023). ~4' r
Commissioned by Lydia Walquist for the Royal Academy of Music's Students Create Festival; premiere January 2024, London.

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SEE YOU IN THE STARS

for theremin and harp (2023). ~9' r
Commissioned by Guildhall New Music Society; premiere at NMS Canon Event, December 2023, Peckham, London.

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ka-weɪ-mee-nɑː

for flute and cello (2023/24). ~6' r
Written for the KOE Duo as part of the Composers Conference CPI Collaborations. Premiere August 2023 at Avaloch Farm, NH; second performance 2024 New York City.

Taboo

for solo cello (2022). ~6' r
Commissioned by Ben Tarlton.
London premiere by Ben Tarlton as part of Thames Concerts, Surbiton, December 2022.

PIXELHEAD

for violin and harpsichord (2022). ~6'30" r
Written for Fenella Humphreys and Mahan Esfahani as part of Cheltenham Composer Academy, premiere at Cheltenham Music Festival in July 2022.

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PAGEVAMPIRE (this house explores loneliness as ephemera)

for two electric guitars (2022). ~10' r
Written for and performed by Alkis Nicolaides as part of Contemporary Music Lab Cyprus 2022. Premiered in Nicosia, May 2022.

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WHISPERMOON

for solo violin (2021/24). ~4'30"
Sketches workshopped by Vera Martínez Mehner at Festival Mixtur, Barcelona (ES), October 2021.

Score revised in 2024.

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Nocturne for cello and piano

for cello and piano (2021). ~7' r
Written for Fatou Sourang and Egor Semenov.
Premiered by Crossing Borders Music in Chicago (US), June 2022.

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Viridian

for guitar and ronroco duo (2021). ~24' r
Collaboration with guitarist Oli Kinsella. Commissioned by and premiered at CODA Festival, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, June 2021.

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Four Studies on the Subject of OMORI

for solo double bass (2021). ~4' r
Workshopped and performed by James Banner, April 2021.

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Moondancing

for solo percussion: vibraphone & crotales (2020). ~3'30" r
Premiered by Nick Cowling of Tresonant, Dec. 2020; second performance at MGMC, Michigan (US), Apr. 2

PIANO SOLO

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a hebridean gull crashes from an aerial tower

for solo piano, with e-bow & plectrum (2022). ~7' r
Written for Psappha's Composing For Piano scheme 2021-22. Premiere by Benjamin Powell in Manchester, September 2022.

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barcelona song

for solo piano (2021). ~4'
Written for Aitana Aviles.

Portrait and a Dream: Concealing

for solo piano (2021). ~6' r
Performed by Fatou Sourang at CODA Festival, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, June 2021.

OPEN INSTRUMENTATION

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for ariella

for SATB or four+ voices (2021). ~6'
Written for ariella como stoian.

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there's a stain on my jacket i hope never washes out

for solo performer and electronics (2021). ~10' r
Premiered by Seán Clancy at CODA Festival, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, June 2021.

ELECTROUACOUSTIC & SOUND ART

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A MIND CRASHES INTO THE SUN

electroacoustic album (2020-21). ~38' r
Live premieres at CODA Festival 2020 and #birminghamnewmusic2021,
Full studio release in December 2021.

XENTROPY

electroacoustic (2017). ~12' r

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ramblings of a cold universe

electroacoustic (2017). ~3' r
Created using Scala and voice generation. Text by Bill Safire.

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a study in turbulence

electroacoustic (2017). ~9' r

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