KENTAUR /Laszlo Erkel/ Set and costume designer, Painter, Musician He studied painting at the Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts at the Faculty of Painting and had master class at the Faculty of Mural painting. Since the end of the 80’s his paintings regularly appear on solo and group exhibitions. As a multimedia artist, Kentaur had interest on different fields of art from his early ages. As a he was born in a family, which ancestor was the famous composer, Ferenc Erkel, who established the national opera in Hungary, he has studied classical music for 9 years. Parallel to his fine art studies, he became the solo singer and song writer of a new wave music group and later - as a solo singer – he recorded several rock albums in 1989 (New World), 1996 (Someone from the Lost City) and 2005 (Urban Stigma). In his concerts he created a stage production, in which theatre, choreography, multimedia and creative art had parallel role with music. His concerts and video clips were designed and directed by himself. He started his theatre career as a graphic designer, later becoming a set and costume designer. Since 1990 he worked for all major Hungarian prosaic theatres as well as for musical, opera (FAUST, TURANDOT, AIDA etc.), ballet (SNOW WHITE – Budapest, Tallin, COPPELIA – Wiener Staatsoper, NUTCRACER – Budapest etc.), television and movie productions. He was the first stage designer in Hungary, who used interactive, live video techniques on stage. He is remarkable praised for his visual designs made for Shakespeare-performances (MACBETH, HAMLET, AS YOU LIKE IT) and musicals (PRODUCERS, JOSEPH, WEST SIDE STORY, PETER PAN, FOOTLOOSE, CHICAGO, CABARET etc.). His international theatre designer career has begun in 1995 when the famous British producer, CAMERON MACKINTOSH appointed him to redesign his world success musical productions: MISS SAIGON, PHANTOM of the OPERA, OLIVER and MARTIN GUERRE. Since than he has worked all over Europe and overseas as well (Britain, Austria, Slovakia, Czeh Republic, Romania, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Estonia, Australia, Japan, Philippines, New York). He debuted on the LONDON WEST END with RENT in 2002 in Prince of Wales Theatre. He is the permanent set designer of the Hungarian non-replica productions of ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER’s musicals. He was the first set designer on the world, who was appointed to redesign PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (2003) and THE BEAUTIFUL GAME (2005) for their Budapest productions. In 2006, as the set and costume designer of ROMAN POLANSKI’s TANZ DER VAMPIRE in Budapest (PS Production), he created a new magical realistic, picturesque visual design for that cult musical. His stage visions were acknowledged by several theatre awards. In 2007 he was granted a Jászai Price from the Hungarian State for his oeuvre in theatre art. See more information on www.kentaur.hu Major theatre works: Musicals, operettas Bernstein - WEST-SIDE STORY– Vígtheater 1992 Loewe - MY FAIR LADY – Jokai Theater Bekescsaba Hungary 1993 Várkonyi - ROCKODUSSEIA – Rock & Musical Theater, Budapest Operetta Theater 1994 Várkonyi - DORIAN GRAY– Budapest Rock & Musical Theater 1995, London Bloomsbury Theatre 1996 Dés SOMEWHERE IN EUROPE – Budapest Operetta Theater 1995 Styne - SOME LIKE IT HOT – Budapest Operetta Theater 1995 Labiche - ITALIAN STRAW HAT– Vígtheater 1997 Webber - PHANTOM OF THE OPERA – UK Tour ‘98 Bart OLIVER – US Tour ’99 Boublil - Schönberg - MARTIN GUERRE UK Tour ’99 Kalmár - DE JA VU REVUE – Moulin Rouge Budapest – Hungary 2000 Boublil - Schönberg - MISS SAIGON – Szeged Open Air Theater, Budapest Operetta Theater 1994 - Ostre Gaswerk Theater - Copenhagen 1996, - Göta Lejon Theater – Stockholm 1998 - Phillipines National Theater – Manila 2000 - National Theatre – Győr – Hungary 2004 Larson - RENT – Haymarket Theater Leicester UK 2001 UK Tour 2001 - Prince of Wales Theatre - London, West End 2002 Leigh – Charlap – Styne - PETER PAN – Haymarket Theater - Leicester UK 2001, UK Tour 2001 Fényes- Békeffi- G.Dénes - THE DOG NAMED MR BOZZI – Budapest Operetta Theater 2001 Kander – Ebb- CABARET – Budapest Operetta Theater 2002 Webber - THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA – Madách Theatre Budapest 2003 Simon - Coleman - Fields SWEET CHARITY – Budapest Operetta Theater 2003 Pitchford – Bobbie – Snow: FOOTLOOSE – Theatre Royal Plymouth and UK Tour 2004 Webber - JOSEPH – Csokonai Theatre, Debrecen 2004 - Madách Tehatre Budapest 2008 Elton – Bródy – Webber: THE BEAUTIFUL GAME – Madách Theatre Budapest 2005 Brooks- Meehan - The PRODUCERS - Madách Theatre Budapest 2006 Kander- Ebb – Fosse - CHICAGO - National Theatre Győr 2007 Kálmán Imre: GRAFIN MARICA – Szeged Open Air Theater 2007 Steinman- Kunze : TANZ DER VAMPIRE – Magyar Theatre Budapest - PS Production 2007 - Ronacher Theater Vienna – Vereinigte Bühnen Wien 2009 - Stadsschowburg Antwerp – Musical van Vlaanderen 2010 B. Andersson-Tim Rice-B. Ulvaeus: CHESS – Open Air Theatre Margaret Island, Budapest - PS Production 2007
Boublil - Schönberg - LES MISERABLES – Katona József Theatre Kecskemét 2010 Operas Puccini - MADAME BUTTERFLY – Szeged National Opera 1994 - Hungarian State Opera 1994 - Japan 2000 Puccini - GIANNI SCICCHI – Hungarian State Opera 1997 Gounod - FAUST- Hungarian State Opera – Erkel Opera 1996 - Szeged National Opera, 2002 Gounod - ROMEO AND JULIET- Hungarian State Opera – Erkel Opera 2001 Verdi - ATTILA - Budapest, Margit Island Open Air Theatre, Csokonai Theatre, Debrecen 2004 Péter Eötvös - LE BALCON - Budapest, MÜPA 2005 Bartók - BLUEBEARDS CASTLE - Csokonai Theater, Debrecen 2005 Verdi - AIDA - Bergen Open Air Theatre – Norway 2005 Puccini: TURANDOT –National Theatre Győr 2006 Berlioz: The DAMNATION of FAUST – National Theatre Szeged 2009 Verdi: MASCEN BALL – National Theatre Szeged 2010 Ballets MOCCA /3 Contemporary Ballet – Hungarian State Opera 1999 Marko: JIDDISHE MAME Castle Theatre Budapest 2004 Kocsák - Harangozó – SNOW WHITE – Hungarian State Opera, 2004 - Estonian National Opera Tallin 2008 Delibes – COPPELIA – 2006 Wiener Staatsoper - Austria Csajkovszkij: NUSSCRACER – Thália Theatre Budapest 2006 Lázár - Sárközi: BUG’S TAIL – Thália Theatre Budapest 2006 4 for 1- Sárközi: PETER PAN AND THE FOUND BOYS – MÜPA Budapest 2007 Juronics: The SLEEPING BEAUTY – Contemporary Ballet Szeged 2009 Prose Büchner LEONCE AND LENA – Budapest Chamber Theater 1991 Kleist KATCHEN VON HEILBRONN – Vígtheater 1994 Shaw SAINT JOAN – Vígtheater Budapest, Puskin MOZART AND SALIERI – Kolibri Theater Budapest, Brecht BAAL – Vígtheater 1995 Sherman BENT – Budapest Chamber Theater 1996 Schiller CABAL AND LOVE – Gardonyi Geza Theater Eger 1996 Shakespeare MACBETH – Vígtheater 1995 Anouilh COLOMBE – Pesti Theater 1996 Shakespeare AS YOU LIKE IT – Bratislava , National Theater 1996 Chekov THE SEAGULL – Budapest Chamber Theater 1997 Pinter THE LOVER – Budapest Chamber Theater 1997 Racine-Alföldi PHAEDRA – Pesti Theater 1998 Presser- Kern SZENT ISTVÁN KÖRUT 14 – Vígtheater 1998 Schiller BANDITS – Budapest Chamber Theater 1998 Shakespeare THE MERCHANT OF VENICE – Budapest Chamber Theater 1998 Elton POPCORN – Vígtheater 1998 Shakespeare THE TEMPEST – Vígtheater 1999 Shakespeare MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING – Vígtheater Budapest, 1999 Shakespeare MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING – Prague, Stavovske Divadlo 1999 Shakespeare ROMEO AND JULIET – Szeged, National Theater 1999 Tenesse Williams THE SWEET BIRD OF THE YOUTH – Hungarian National Theater1999, Schiller THE VIRGIN OF ORLÉANS (SAINT JOAN) – National Theater Timisuara 2000- Romania Eszterházi: A WOMAN – Vígtheater Budapest 1999 Simon: ODD COUPLE – Vígtheater Budapest 2000 Shakespeare COMEDY OF ERRORS – Nathional Theatre Prague, Stavovske Divadlo 2000 Beaumarchais THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO – Budapest Chamber Theater 2000 Shakespeare HAMLET – NitraTheater Slovakia 2001 Shakespeare A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM – Szeged, National Theater 2001 Shakespeare THE TAMING OF THE SHREW – Gyula, Open air Theater 2001 Shakespeare MACBETH – Budapest Chamber Theater 2001 Schiller THE VIRGIN OF ORLÉANS (SAINT JOAN) – Hevesi Sandor Theater Zalaegerszeg 2002 Ravenhill SHOPPING & FUCKING – Thalia Theater Budapest 2002 Arbuzov: LATE MEETING – Szentendrei Nyári Játékok, Játékszín Theater Budapest 2003 Vörös - Pasolini TEORÉMA – Szolnoki Szigligeti Színház 2003 Shakespeare COMEDY OF ERRORS – Vígszínház Theater Budapest, 2004 Miller DEATH OF THE SALESMAN – Thália Theater Budapest 2004 Csehov THE THREE SISTERS – Új Theater Budapest 2004 Schiller DON CARLOS – Kecskeméti Katona József Theatre Kecskemét 2004 Beaumarchais The MARRIAGE of FIGARO – Vígtheater - Budapest 2008
Bertolucci: DREAMERS – Thalia Theatre – Budapest 2010 Film CHACHO ROM (Director: Ildiko Szabo) 2000-2001 TV ARD TV GALA ’94, FRIDERIKUSZ TALK SHOW ’95, ’96, ’98, 2001-2004 HOLLYWOOD SQUERS HUNGARY ’99 VIVA TV - Interaktív 2007 MUSIC TELEVISION - Swung studio 2007 SOMOGY TV - Tv News and Daily news studio 2008 Commercials LIBRESSE BODY FORM 2001 (Circus, Jumper) CREMERIA 2004 CIB 2006 (New York, Chicago, London) Concert-sets KENTAUR – NEWWORLD TOUR ’89-90, PRESSER SOLO CONCERT – Vigtheater’96, ZORÁN – Budapest Sport Hall ’96,’99; KENTAUR – Pesti Theater ’97, AKOS – INDIÁNTÁNC TOUR ’97, IKON TOUR ’98 LGT FESTIVAL – BUDAPEST 2002 KENTAUR - THE URBAN STIGMA TOUR 2005 R-GO - Kisstadion 2007 Fashion show ÁRKÁD Budapest – Autumn-Winter Fashion Show 2004 Main theater awards: A 1994 Hungarian Theater Critics Award For Best Set - KATCHEN VON HEILBRONN B 1996 Slovak Theater Critics Award For Best Set – AS YOU LIKE IT C 2000 Dömötör Award For Best Set – ROMEO AND JULIET D. 2002 Slovak Theater Critics Award For Best Set (nomination) - HAMLET E. 2003 Dömötör Award For Best Set - FAUST (Szeged) F. 2003 Gundel Award For Best Set (nomination) – FAUST (Budapest) G. 2004 Dömötör Award For Best Set (nomination) - MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM H. 2004 Gundel Award For Best Set - PHANTOM OF THE OPERA I . 2004 Hungarian Theater Critics Award For Best Set (Nomination) – PHANTOM OF THE OPERA J. 2008 Hungarian Theater Critics Award For Best Set (Nomination) - THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO K. 2009 Dömötör Award For Best Set – THE SLEEPING BEAUTY L. 2010 Dömötör Award For Best Set – The DAMNATION of FAUST State Price: Jászai Price 2007 Fine Arts Prizes: 1990
- Musée 2000 (Luxemburg) 1 st prize- Belgium - Wien - Budapest Cityfestival / 1 st prizes - Austria
1991
- Szobor- Kisplasztika- Installáció Kiállítás / Stúdió Prize – Dunaújváros - Hungary
1992
- Derkovits – ösztöndíj – Budapest- Hungary
1993
- Fél / Stúdió Éves Kiállítás / Budapest Gallery, Lajos utca / Stúdió prize – Budapest- Hungary
Exhibitions Group Exhibitions: 1988
- Barcsay Terem / Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts –Budapest - Hungary - Víztorony Galéria – Budapest - Hungary
1989
- Barcsay Terem / /Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts – Budapest - Hungary
- Bartók Galéria – Budapest - Hungary 1990
- East Side Gallery – Berlin -Germany - Grand Concours Int de Penture / Tutesall – Musée 2000 Luxemburg - Stúdió Éves Kiállítás / Ernst Múzeum – Budapest - Hungary
1991
- Exhibition of Installation / Uitz Terem – Dunaújváros - Hungary - Germinations / Ludwig Museum – Aachen - Hungary - Emblematikus… / Budapest Gallery – Budapest - Hungary - Stúdió Éves c / National Gallery – Budapest - Hungary
1992
- I.M. Miles Davis / Vajda Lajos Pince Gallery – Szentendre - Hungary - Germinations / Budapest Gallery – Budapest - Hungary - Stúdió Éves exhibition/ Ernst Múzeum – Budapest - Hungary
1993
- Derkovits Beszámoló exhibition / Műcsarnok Palme ház – Budapest - Hungary - Ködképek és Idolumok / Görög templom – Vác - Hungary - Imagóim / Roczkov Gallery – Budapest - Hungary - Six / Laurana Gallery – Zágráb - Croatia
1994
- Fél / Stúdió Éves exhibition / Budapest Gallery, Lajos utca – Budapest - Hungary - Derkovits Beszámoló exhibition / Műcsarnok Palme ház – Budapest - Hungary - Stúdió Éves exhibition / Budapest Gallery, Lajos utca – Budapest - Hungary
1996
– Hungarian Contemporary Painting / Galeria Studio – Varsó -Poland
1997
- Látvány / Műcsarnok – Budapest - Hungary
2001
- Hungarian Contemporary Art/ Műcsarnok – Budapest - Hungary - Contemporary Art from Szentendre / MűvészetMalom – Szentendre – Hungary - East Side Gallery – Berlin -Germany
2002
- Collectors & Collections / Gallery Szombathely - Hungary - 6-OK / The Six / MűvészetMalom – Szentendre - Hungary
2004
- Collection Gallery Szalóky BankCenter – Budapest –Hungary
2005
- Gallery Szalóky BankCenter – Budapest –Hungary
2006
- Gallery Szalóky BankCenter – Budapest –Hungary
Solo Exhibitions: 1987
- No tittle / Belvárosi Gallery – Budapest - Hungary - The Big Horizontemphasize / Almássy Téri Szabadidőközpont – Budapest - Hungary
1988 1989
- The bloody icecream / Gallery 11. – Budapest - Hungary - Pompei 2000 no.1 / Kálvária / Universty of Fine Arts – Budapest - Hungary - Pompei 2000 no.2 / Somogy Megyei Museum – Kaposvár - Hungary
1990
- Wien – Budapest Cityfestival (Installation) / Operahouse – Wien- Austria
1992
- Pompei 2000 no.3 / Vajda Lajos Stúdió Gallery - Szentendre - Hungary - Honeycup / Stúdió Gallery – Budapest - Hungary
1994 1998
- Reflected images / White Gallery – Club of Hungarian Young Arts – Budapest- Hungary - Paintings – Set designes – Posters / Közösségi Ház – Sukoró – Hungary
2002
- Aqua / Gallery Martino – Budapest - Hungary - AQUA / The Holy bath Galleria Biblioteka Grada – Beograd - Yugoslavia - AQUA / Gallery Vid – Beograd - Yugoslavia - INSOMNIA / Schmidt Gallery - Budapest – Hungary
2003
- Shine (Pompei 2003) Gallery Szalóky BankCenter – Budapest –Hungary - Self Pictures (Pompei 2003) Jazz Galéria – Budapest -Hungary - The Wall Gallery Szalóky BankCenter – Budapest –Hungary
2004
- Wall / Pictures Bernáth Aurél Gallery - Marcali - Hungary - Wall / Pictures Sofitel Gallery - Budapest – Hungary
2005
- Transparent Blue Zsolt Udvar Galéria - Budapest – Hungary
2006
- Urban Stigma Festőterem – Sopron –Hungary - Urban Stigma Gallery Szalóky BankCenter – Budapest –Hungary
2008
- Tarotcross Templom Galéria – Tokaj – Hungary
Works in public places: 1989
- Children Hospital Angyal Utca mural works Budapest - Hungary
Works in public collections : Hungarian National Gallery - Hungary Performances, actions: 1989
– The bloody Icecream / Gallery 11. – Budapest - Pompei 2000 no.1 / Kálvária / Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts – Budapest Hungary - Pompei 2000 no.2 / Somogy Megyei Museum – Kaposvár - Hungary - Pompei 2000 no.3 / Nap-Nap Festival – Budapest - Hungary
1990 1997
- Az Inga / Kis Magyar Performance Fesztivál Vajda Lajos Pince – Szentendre - Hungary - Yes-No / Gallery by Night / Stúdió Gallery – Budapest - Hungary - Marat / White gallery – Club of Hungarian Young Artists – Budapest- Hungary
Discography: Group albums 1986
- SATÖBBI (Etcetera) group album - Hungaroton
Solo Albums 1989
- ÚJ VILÁG/NEWWORLD – Talentum -Omega
1996
- VALAKI AZ ELTŰNT VÁROSBÓL – BMG - Ariola
2005
- URBAN STIGMA – Warner Brothers - Magneoton
