Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Attila Pacsay (born October 30, 1970) is a Hungarian composer who is particularly known for his music written for films, television, and the theatre. His compositions encompass a wide variety of music from chamber music and symphonic works to jazz pieces and contemporary music.He began his musical studies in piano, trumpet, and trombone at age 7. A few years later, he started preparing for a career as composer. His compositions were performed by his own band. At age 14, he was accepted in the composition class of László Draskóczy and Attila Reményi at the János Richter Conservatory in the city of Győr. He received his college degree in composition at the Budapest Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music, where he studied in the class of Emil Petrovics.After graduation, Mr. Pacsay began working as freelancer. Initially, he composed music for television and radio programs, and, in 1997, he met his childhood musician friend the director Géza M. Tóth, who was searching for a composer for his animated films. Their collaboration resulted in hundreds of short animated television ID-s and several animated short films.During these years, besides film scores, Mr. Pacsay composed music for theater and prepared symphonic music arrangements.Pacsay has collaborated on films with such notable directors as Ferenc Rofusz, Ferenc Cako, and Géza M. Tóth. For his work on the film Ergo he won the award for Best Sound Design at the Animanima International Animation Festival in 2008, the prize for Best Film Score at the Kecskemet Animation Film Festival (KAFF) in 2009, the award for Best Film Music at the Asolo Art Film Festival in 2010 and Best Sound Design Award at the ANIFEST ROZAFA 2010, Albania. For the music and sound design of Geza M. Toth's short feature film Mama he won \"The Leo\" Best Music Award at the 23rd Braunschweig Film Festival in 2009, and he was awarded a KAFF prize for Best Music in 2011 for his work on Sophie Tari's Szofita Land. He also notably wrote the music for the computer animated short film Maestro which was nominated for Best Animated Short Film during the 79th Academy Awards in 2007.Besides his work as film composer, Mr. Pacsay is constantly present at other areas of the music scene. For example, his classical orchestrations are on the repertoire of, among others, the Mendelssohn Chamber Orchestra of the city of Veszprém. In the lighter genres, Mr. Pacsay is known as the permanent orchestrator for Tibor Tátrai.Since 2001 he has served on the faculty of the Media Institute at Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design in Budapest."@en }
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- Attila_Pacsay abstract "Attila Pacsay (born October 30, 1970) is a Hungarian composer who is particularly known for his music written for films, television, and the theatre. His compositions encompass a wide variety of music from chamber music and symphonic works to jazz pieces and contemporary music.He began his musical studies in piano, trumpet, and trombone at age 7. A few years later, he started preparing for a career as composer. His compositions were performed by his own band. At age 14, he was accepted in the composition class of László Draskóczy and Attila Reményi at the János Richter Conservatory in the city of Győr. He received his college degree in composition at the Budapest Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music, where he studied in the class of Emil Petrovics.After graduation, Mr. Pacsay began working as freelancer. Initially, he composed music for television and radio programs, and, in 1997, he met his childhood musician friend the director Géza M. Tóth, who was searching for a composer for his animated films. Their collaboration resulted in hundreds of short animated television ID-s and several animated short films.During these years, besides film scores, Mr. Pacsay composed music for theater and prepared symphonic music arrangements.Pacsay has collaborated on films with such notable directors as Ferenc Rofusz, Ferenc Cako, and Géza M. Tóth. For his work on the film Ergo he won the award for Best Sound Design at the Animanima International Animation Festival in 2008, the prize for Best Film Score at the Kecskemet Animation Film Festival (KAFF) in 2009, the award for Best Film Music at the Asolo Art Film Festival in 2010 and Best Sound Design Award at the ANIFEST ROZAFA 2010, Albania. For the music and sound design of Geza M. Toth's short feature film Mama he won \"The Leo\" Best Music Award at the 23rd Braunschweig Film Festival in 2009, and he was awarded a KAFF prize for Best Music in 2011 for his work on Sophie Tari's Szofita Land. He also notably wrote the music for the computer animated short film Maestro which was nominated for Best Animated Short Film during the 79th Academy Awards in 2007.Besides his work as film composer, Mr. Pacsay is constantly present at other areas of the music scene. For example, his classical orchestrations are on the repertoire of, among others, the Mendelssohn Chamber Orchestra of the city of Veszprém. In the lighter genres, Mr. Pacsay is known as the permanent orchestrator for Tibor Tátrai.Since 2001 he has served on the faculty of the Media Institute at Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design in Budapest.".