Judit Varga (composer)

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Judit Varga
( Austrian Film Award 2014 )

Judit Varga (born January 12, 1979 in Győr ) is a Hungarian composer and pianist . She composes classically contemporary music , film and theater music . As a pianist and chamber musician, she performed in many countries. She is increasingly looking for new impulses both in her compositions and in her educational work. She lives and works in Vienna and Budapest.

Life

Her music education began at the Franz Liszt Music School in Győr , where she learned the piano and flute . Then she attended the Béla Bartók Music High School in Budapest . At the age of sixteen she received scholarships to various international summer academies. In 1997 she studied composition and concert piano at the Franz Liszt Music Academy in Budapest, where she graduated with honors in 2005. At the same time she studied instrumental composition, media and applied composition and piano concert at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna . Since 2013 she has been writing her dissertation at the university as part of the Ph.D. Studies. She has also been a lecturer at the Franz Liszt University of Music in Budapest since 2013 and teaches composition, applied and film music and historical composition techniques. 2013–2019 she was a lecturer for ear training and hearing analysis for composers and conductors at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. Since 2019 she has held the professorship for applied and media composition there.

Varga received first prizes at international competitions as a pianist and composer and performed as a solo pianist and chamber musician in several European countries. In 2001 she was composer-in-residence at the composers forum “Harmony” in Mittersill, received the Zoltán Kodály working grant three times (2002, 2003, 2006) and twice the Tokyo Foundation grant (2001, 2004). In 2017 Judit Varga was awarded the Béla Bartók Ditta Pásztory Prize, one of the highest relevant prizes in Hungary, for her artistic and educational work. In 2018 Judit Varga received the Ferenc Erkel Prize. In 2019 Judit Varga was awarded the renowned TONALi composition prize for her composition "Pendulum". The world premiere of the award-winning piece will take place in June 2019 in the Elbphilharmonie .

Her works are played by renowned festivals and houses around the world, such as Wien Modern , Hungarian State Opera , Cité de la musique Paris, Juilliard School New York, CAFe Budapest Contemporary Arts Festival, Mini-Festival, Konzerthaus Wien , Musikverein Wien , Muffathalle Munich or Warsaw Autumn . Varga works with orchestras and ensembles from all over the world, including Ensemble Modern , BBC Symphony Orchestra , Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra , Hungarian State Opera Choir, UMZE Ensemble, Concerto Budapest, Ensemble Kontrapunkte, Riot Ensemble London, ensemble XX. century (eXXj) and the Hungarian Radio Choir. Your compositions are commissioned.

In addition to classical piano works, her piano repertoire also includes pieces by contemporary composers.

As a composer, she has a particular interest in film scoring and theater music as well as incidental music with theatrical elements, as well as compositions for multimedia events. In 2013 she wrote the musical profile of the gala evening and the Prima Primissima award ceremony. As part of the evening gala, her orchestral piece Gradus ad Parnassum including a dance interlude was performed. Varga was nominated by the Austrian Film Academy in 2013 and 2014 for the “Best Music” award. In 2014 she received the Austrian Film Award for the soundtrack for the film "Your beauty is worth nothing" . In 2016 her new setting became the Soviet classic “The Strange Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks” (director: L. Kuleschow ), a composition commission from the Wiener Konzerthaus, as part of the “Film + Music live” subscription in the great hall of the Vienna Konzerthaus premiered. In 2016 her opera “Szerelem” ( “Love” ), a commission from the Hungarian State Opera and winner of the opera competition “60 Years of the Hungarian Revolution ”, was performed at the Hungarian State Opera.

Members of Studio 5
(from left: Judit Varga, András Gábor Virágh, Bence Kutrik, Árpád Solti and Máté Bella)

Varga is a member of the Hungarian Composers 'Union and the Austrian Composers' Union , as well as their specialist group for film music. Furthermore, she is a member of Studio 5, an artist initiative from Hungary, which organizes progressive concerts and has set itself the goal of communicating new music to a wider audience.

Works (selection)

Opera

  • Szerelem ( love ), 2016

Orchestral works

Works for symphonic orchestra

  • I. Piano Concerto , 1996–1997
  • Quasi una cadenza , 2004-2005
  • Le Temps retrouvé , 2008
  • Concerto Rivolutionario , 2009
  • Concerto Imaginario , 2011
  • ... all meat ... - in memoriam Gyöngyössy Zoltán , 2013
  • Urlicht , 2015
  • JUMP! , 2017

Works for string orchestra

  • Mosar II , 2019
  • Black and White , 2018
  • Hallgató-Pergető , 2009–2010

ensemble

  • Lullaby for Johanna , 2001
  • Berceuse , 2001
  • Chamber concert for clarinet and ensemble , 2003–2004
  • In memoriam JV , 2004
  • Pavane , 2005
  • ... sweeter than roses ... , 2010
  • Entitas , 2012
  • Speak Low , 2013
  • 13 songs - for bass clarinet and ensemble , 2013
  • Broken Beauty , 2018

Chamber music works

  • Eye , 2001
  • String Quartet II , 2002
  • ~ opra01 ~ , 2002
  • String Quartet IIB , 2003
  • Möbius strip , 2003
  • Dialog , 2004
  • Dialog (2nd version) , 2004-2005
  • Strictly Ballroom I , 2005
  • Strictly Ballroom III , 2005
  • Piano quintet , 2007
  • Dietro la musica , 2013
  • Songs for a Waiting , 2013-2014
  • Mosar , 2017
  • Puzzle (Black Hole Edition) , 2018
  • Escapex2 , 2019

Vocal works

  • Mégis , 1998
  • Levél , 1999
  • Harbach , 2000
  • Mad (á) rigál , 2005
  • The LIFE , 2005
  • Fall asleep , 2014
  • Pocket Requiem , 2017
  • A Wreath , 2018
  • Pie Jesu , 2018
  • The Night , 2018
  • #perspektiven: go , 2019

Solo works

  • Words , 2005
  • 13 songs for bass clarinet and live electronics , 2005
  • 10 Portraits for Viola , 2010
  • Barcarole pour Frédéric et George , 2010
  • Sonatine , 2013
  • Fanfare , 2017
  • Centipede , 2017
  • Pendulum , 2019

Film music

World premiere title Director Country, genre, production company
2010 home Hüseyin tobacco Austria, short film,
Vienna Film Academy
2012 The horse on the balcony Hüseyin tobacco Austria, drama,
mini film
2012 Your beauty is worth nothing
Turkish title: Güzelliğin On Par'etmez 		Hüseyin tobacco Austria, Turkey Drama, Dor Film,
Wiener Filmakademie, MarangozFilm
2015 Lou Andreas-Salomé Cordula Kablitz-Post Germany, Austria, Italy, Switzerland Biography, Drama,
Avanti Media Fiction, Tempest Film, KGP Kranzelbinder Gabriele Production
2016 Mr. West - Silent film, Wiener Konzerthaus
(Original: The Strange Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks , 1924)
2017 The legend of the ugly king Hüseyin tobacco Germany, Austria Biography, Documentary,
Mitosfilm , Aichholzer Filmproduktion, MarangozFilm
2019 Gipsy Queen Hüseyin tobacco Germany, Austria Drama
Dor Film -West production company, Dor Film production company, ARTE
2020 Crime scene: Borowski and the curse of the white seagull Hüseyin tobacco Germany, crime thriller
Norddeutscher Rundfunk , ARD

Dance theater music

Theater music

Discography

album publishing company year Remarks
Lou Andreas-Salomé Avanti 2016 Original motion picture soundtrack
Work title album publishing company year Remarks
Lullaby for Johanna Folk Music - 6th Composers Forum Mittersill ein_klang Records 2002
Variations for piano 1 ,
Variations for piano 2 ,
Variations for piano 3 		The next generation ORF, ORF radio house 2005
Strictly Ballroom III born to be off-road ein_klang Records 2005 CD1
Opra 01 ,
quasi Prologue ,
Fluent moving ,
Febbrile ,
Poco Feroce 		. ÖEGZM Vol 4: Mixed Chamber Music 4
Mixed Chamber Music 4
Thürauer, Dimitrova, Varga, Bolcsó, Szakács 		Tone 4 records 2009 CD, performed by OEGZM
(Austrian Society for Contemporary Music)
Le Temps retrouvé New Hungarian Music Forum 2009 composers' competition BMC HMIC 2010 2 CD
Képzelt zongoraverseny New Hungarian Music Forum 2011 composers' competition BMC HMIC 2011 Artist: Concerto Budapest
A Fly's Life and Decline Sunfire The Twiolins MarieLuise & Christoph Dingler 2014
Entitas for twelve musicians (2012) Where from? Where? - Myths, Nation, Identities EM media 2017 Conductor: Clemens Heil , Ensemble Modern , 2 CD
Judit Varga Showreel Austrian Film Composers' Showreel Vol. 2 Austrian Composers' Association 2018 DVD

Awards

  • 1990: First prize at the János Richter piano competition in Győr
  • 1991: First prize at the János Richter piano competition in Győr
  • 1992: First prize at the János Richter piano competition in Győr
  • 1992: First prize with her first composition at the National Hungarian Composition Competition for Children in Győr
  • 1995: First prize at the Békés-Tarhos National Competition
  • 1995: Special contemporary music prize at the Békés-Tarhos National Competition
  • 1995: Audience Award at the Békés-Tarhos National Competition
  • 1998: First prize - LFZE ( Franz Liszt Music Academy ) composer competition in Budapest
  • 1999: First prize - LFZE composer competition in Budapest
  • 1999: Soros grant
  • 2001: Composer in Residence, Composers Forum Mittersill
  • 2001: Tokyo Foundation scholarship holder
  • 2002: Zoltán Kodály grant from the Hungarian Ministry of Culture
  • 2003: Second prize - LFZE composer competition in Budapest
  • 2003: First prize for piano - LFZE composer competition in Budapest
  • 2004: Second prize - LFZE composer competition in Budapest
  • 2003: Special prize for contemporary music - social and cultural institutions of the austro mechana - SKE Fund in Vienna
  • 2003: Zoltán Kodály grant from the Hungarian Ministry of Culture
  • 2003: 50 minutes portrait about the work of Judit Varga in the ORF radio series "Neue Klänge", ORF - Österreichischer Rundfunk Ö1
  • 2004: Tokyo Foundation scholarship holder
  • 2005: Special prize at the International Franz Liszt Piano Competition in Pécs
  • 2006: Dryard Prize - Vienna International Pianists Academy in Vienna
  • 2009: Theodor Körner Prize
  • 2009: First prize, orchestra category - UMZF (New Hungarian Music Forum) composers' competition in Budapest
  • 2010: State grant - BMUKK (Federal Ministry for Education, Art and Culture)
  • 2011: Second prize, orchestral category - UMZF (New Hungarian Music Forum) composer competition in Budapest
  • 2012: Special Prize - Ö1 Talent Exchange Composition Prize in Vienna
  • 2012: “Where from? Where? Myths, Nation, Identities “contest winner - Goethe-Institut, Ensemble Modern in Frankfurt
  • 2012: Nomination in the category "Best Music" at the 49th Film Festival in Antalya
  • 2013: Nomination for the Austrian Film Award in the category "Best Music", Academy of Austrian Films (Work: The Horse on the Balcony - Music for the Film)
  • 2014: State grant - BMUKK (Federal Ministry for Education, Art and Culture)
  • 2014: Austrian Film Prize in the "Best Music" category, Academy of Austrian Films (Work: Your Beauty is Worthless ... - Music for the Film)
  • 2016: Winner of the opera competition “60 Years of the Hungarian Revolution ” in the Hungarian State Opera in Budapest (work: Szerelem )
  • 2017: Bartók Béla Pásztory Ditta Prize
  • 2018: Riot Ensemble Winner (Work: Broken Beauty )
  • 2018: Ferenc Erkel Prize
  • 2018: Benedek Istvánffy Prize (work: Pocket Requiem )
  • 2019 TONALi Prize (work: Pendulum )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Contact . medienkomposition.at. Archived from the original on June 26, 2019.
  2. ^ Lecturers, Judit Varga (Archive - Music Masterclasses) . Meisterkurse.com. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
  3. ↑ Play that Tuba Well . cafebudapestfest.hu. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
  4. ↑ Dance music for advanced students . rso.orf.at. October 6, 2017. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
  5. ↑ Az UMZE Kamaraegyüttes hangversenye a Budapesti Tavaszi Fesztiválon ( Hungarian ) umze.hu. March 22, 2010. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
  6. ↑ Subscription Konzert2 counterpoints unlimited (11 December 2018) , Subscription Konzert4 counterpoints unlimited (April 8, 2019) , kontrapunkte.at
  7. ↑ concert exxj… ensemble XX. century . radiokulturhaus.orf.at. August 26, 2014. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
  8. ↑ Életről és halálról nyolc másodperc lecsengéssel . Fidelio.hu. October 15, 2017. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
  9. ^ Judit Varga and Gábor Takács-Nagy Gábor received the Bartók – Ditta Pásztory Prize ( English ) zeneakademia.hu. March 28, 2017. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
  10. ↑ Mr. West . phace.at. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
  11. ^ The Mine; Love - One act operas - World premiere ( English ) opera.hu. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
  12. ↑ Studio 5 Composers' Evening ( English ) lfze.hu. March 9, 2019. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
  13. ↑ Heim [2010 ] on Vimeo Lukas Gnaiger - 2016. June 2nd
  14. ↑ 7 Encounters , valerieklein.at
  15. ↑ Lou Andreas-Salome (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) By Judit Varga , open.spotify.com
  16. ↑ Folk Music - 6th Composers Forum Mittersill , open.spotify.com
  17. ↑ Andreas Wykydal, Lukas Haselböck, Sonja Huber, Richard Graf, Judit Varga, Alexander Kropp, Karl Barth (3), Tzveta Dimitrova, Johannes Kobald, Michael Wahlmüller, Roland Freisitzer - The Next Generation , discogs.com
  18. ↑ Australian Clarinet & Saxophone (Volume 8, Number 4, Dec. 2005) born to be off-road stump-linshalm ( Memento of the original from March 30, 2019 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , stump-linshalm.com @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.stump-linshalm.com
  19. ↑ OEGZM Vol. 4: Mixed Chamber Music 4 - Mixed Chamber Music 4, Thürauer, Dimitrova, Varga, Bolcso, Szakacs By OEGZM , open.spotify.com
  20. ↑ Factsheet CD “Sunfire” - The Twiolins - 2014 , thetwiolins.de
  21. ↑ Where from? Where? - Myths, Nation, Identities , ensemble-modern.com
  22. ^ Austrian Composers Association Member Information Winter 2018/2019 ( Austrian Film Composers' Showreel Vol. 2 , p. 6), komponistenbund.at
  23. ↑ VIP Academy 2006 , VIP Prize Winner, pianists.at
  24. ↑ Art Report 2011, kunstkultur.bka.gv.at
  25. ↑ Kunstbericht2014 , kunstkultur.bka.gv.at
  26. ↑ Call for Scores 2018 , riotensemble.com - 2018. ( English )
  27. ↑ Balog Zoltán állami művészeti és miniszteri szakmai díjakat adott át ( Hungarian ) kormany.hu. March 13, 2018. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
  28. ↑ Varga Judit kapta az Istvánffy Benedek-díjat , Fidelio.hu - 2018. October 9th.
personal data
SURNAME Varga, Judit
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hungarian pianist and composer
DATE OF BIRTH January 12, 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH Győr