Marián Varga

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Marián Varga during a concert (2004)

Marián Varga (born January 29, 1947 in Skalica , Czechoslovakia ; † August 9, 2017 ) was a Slovak musician and composer .

Life

From the age of seven he attended a music school and took private lessons in composition from Professor Ján Cikker . He later became a student at the Bratislava Conservatory , where he studied piano with Roman Berger and composition with Andrej Očenáš .

After three years he left the conservatory in 1967 and initially became a member of the rock band Prúdy . He later founded the first Slovak art rock band Collegium Musicum . Their repertoire consisted mainly of instrumental music, the themes of classical music by Haydn , Bartok , Stravinsky , among others interpreted, and (as "eufonia" z. From the album from his own works with the first hints of artistic postmodernism Konvergencie ) that his then-the basis Work became.

After the dissolution of Collegium Musicum (1979), Marián Varga decided to pursue a solo career and was one of the first Slovak musicians to devote himself to absolute improvisation , i.e. the composition of music in real time.

He also wrote songs, in collaboration with Pavol Hammel he released five albums and composed the first Slovak rock musical Cyrano z predmestia (Cyrano from the suburbs).

Awards

The Slovak President Andrej Kiska awarded Varga the Pribina Cross 2nd class on January 13, 2015 for his services to Slovak culture in the field of musical art. On his birthday on January 29, 2016 , Varga received the crystal swing (Krištáľové krídlo) for his life's work at a gala evening .

Discography

Solo albums:

  • Stále tie dni (1984)
  • Solo in Concert (2003)
  • Marián Varga & Moyzesovo kvarteto (2006)
  • Homage to Marián Varga (2006)
  • Marián Varga & Noneto (2011)

with the band Prúdy:

  • Zvoňte, zvonky (1969)
  • Prúdy 1999 (1999)

with the Collegium Musicum :

  • EP Hommage à JSBach / Ulica plná plášťov do dažďa (1970)
  • Collegium Musicum (1970)
  • Convergence (1971)
  • Collegium Musicum Live (1973)
  • Marián Varga & Collegium Musicum (1975)
  • Continuo (1978)
  • On a ona (1979)
  • Divergencie (1981)
  • Divergences (1982)
  • Collegium Musicum '97 (1997)
  • Speak, Memory (2010)

Compilations (selection)

with Pavol mutton:

  • Zelená pošta (1972)
  • Na II. Programe sna (1976)
  • Cyrano z predmestia (1978)
  • Všetko je inak (1989)
  • Labutie Piesne (1993)

with Vladimír Mert:

  • Cestou k ... / Stable - unstable (1992)

with Karel Kryl and Daniela Bakerova:

  • Dvě půle lunety aneb rebelant o lásce (1992)

with Pavol Fajt , Václav Cilk , Josef Klíč a Geert Waegeman :

  • Souhvězdí Santini (2009)

Other works:

  • " Stará doba " (Marián Varga / Kamil Peteraj), Zora Kolínska, Collegium Musicum, B-side LP "Taká, taká som" (Opus 90 43 0203, 1972)
  • " Piesočný dom " (Marián Varga / Kamil Peteraj), Marie Rottrová, Collegium Musicum and Festival Orchestra - recording of a concert by the Bratislavská lýra 1973, A-side of the LP "Piesočný dom" (Opus 90 43 0277, 1973)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ ORF.at (August 10, 2017): Experimental musician and composer Marian Varga dead

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Commons : Marián Varga  - Collection of Images
personal data
SURNAME Varga, Marián
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Varga, Marian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Slovak composer and musician
DATE OF BIRTH January 29, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Skalica
DATE OF DEATH August 9, 2017