Judit Varga (born 12 January 1979 in Győr) is an Erkel Ferenc Prize and Béla Bartók - Ditta Pásztory Award winner composer, pianist and university lecturer.
She is known for contemporary classical music compositions as well as for composing for motion pictures and theatre pieces. As a solo pianist and chamber musician, she performed in many countries, on prestigious festivals. She is looking for new impulses both as a musician and as a teacher. The two primary platforms of her studies and work are Vienna and Budapest.
She started her studies at the Liszt Ferenc Music School in Győr, where she played the piano and the flute. She then attended the Béla Bartók School in Budapest. At the age of 16, she has already received scholarships to foreign summer courses. In 2005 she graduated with honors at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music, where she studied piano and composition. In the meantime she was admitted to the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna too, to the media composition and applied music, piano and composition faculties, and since 2013 she is a PhD student there.
Since September 2013 she is teaching composition and film music composition at the composition department of the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, while at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna she teaches ear training and analysis to the students of the composition and conducting departments.
At the beginning of the 2000s, she used to be a tutor of the singer, string and flute classes of the Austrian Master Classes in Zell an der Pram and of their master classes in Vienna. At the Richter János High School of Music in Győr she was teaching composition, score reading, music theory and orchestration. In 2008 she led the piano class of the Maria Regina Volksschule in Vienna and she was a silent film pianist as well.
She performed on many stages all around the world as a solo pianist and chamber musician. In 2016 her opera, Love, which is an adaptation of the classic film of Tibor Déry, Károly Makk and Péter Bacsó, debuted in the Hungarian State Opera House as part of the memorial year of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. In 2019 she was awarded with the TONALi19 composer award for her piano solo, Pendulum. This also means that said composition will be performed by the participants of the piano competition of the TONALi Festival in the Elbphilharmonie.
Beside contemporary classical music, she is particularly interested in scoring motion pictures and theatre pieces, and in the compositions written for multimedia events. In 2013, when the Prima Primissima Prize has undergone a complete renewal, she was entrusted to design the new musical image. She composed music for more than 30 theatre pieces and films. In 2014 the Academy of Austrian Film awarded best soundtrack to Deine Schönheit ist nichts Wert (Your Beauty is Worth Nothing...). In autumn, the Konzerthaus of Vienna commissioned her to compose new music score for a Bolshevik Soviet propaganda silent film from 1924, The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks.[6] The renewed film premiered in March 2016. Approximately 30% of her work is made up of composing for films.
She is a member of the Hungarian Composers’ Union,[7] the Austrian Composers’ Association[8] and the Studio 5 composer group. The latter was founded in 2017 and they aim to organize concerts that can bridge tradition and innovation.[9]
^Australian Clarinet & Saxophone (Volume 8, Number 4, Dec. 2005) born to be off-road stump-linshalm 2019-03-30 at the Wayback Machine, stump-linshalm.com
^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
^OEGZM Vol. 4: Mixed Chamber Music 4 - Gemischte Kammermusik 4, Thürauer, Dimitrova, Varga, Bolcso, Szakacs By OEGZM, open.spotify.com
^Kunstbericht2014 2019-03-30 at the Wayback Machine, kunstkultur.bka.gv.at
^Call for Scores 2018 2019-03-31 at the Wayback Machine, riotensemble.com - 2018.
^"Balog Zoltán állami művészeti és miniszteri szakmai díjakat adott át (Zoltán Balog handed over Public Art and Ministerial Awards)" (in Hungarian). kormany.hu. 13 March 2018. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
^"Varga Judit kapta az Istvánffy Benedek-díjat". fidelio.hu. 9 October 2018. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
Judit Varga, Music Information Center Austria (mica) Music Database, db.musicaustria.at
Judit Varga in Teaching Staff, Liszt Academy, lfze.hu
Rácz, Judit (17 October 2013). ""...de sosem merted megkérdezni" – Fiatal zeneszerzők a foglalkozásukról". MagyarNarancs (in Hungarian). 25 (42).
Hollós, Máté (January 2015). . Muzsika (in Hungarian). 58 (1). Archived from the original on 2019-03-29. Retrieved 2019-04-23.
"National Youth Choir of Hungary: community, quality, life-long memories - The composers of the premiere works". National Youth Choir of Hungary (nemzetiifjusagikorus.hu). 17 August 2018. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
"Judit Varga - TONALi19 Kompositionspreis-Gewinnerin" (in German). tonali.de. January 2019. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
External linksedit
YouTube Profile of Judit Varga
Andrea Kolozsvári: (Judit Varga and Gábor Takács-Nagy have been awarded the Bartók-Pásztory Prize), musicianswho.hu – 28 March 2017. (In Hungarian)
Visitenkarte von Judit Varga Mag.art. MDWonline - University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, (28 March 2019.) (In German)
Author: Judit Varga, International experiences at & with the mdw – University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (28 March 2019.) (In German)
http://studio5-music.com
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Judit Varga.
January 01, 1970
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Judit Varga born 12 January 1979 in Gyor is an Erkel Ferenc Prize and Bela Bartok Ditta Pasztory Award winner composer pianist and university lecturer Judit VargaVarga JuditVarga in 2014Born 1979 01 12 12 January 1979 age 45 Gyor HungaryOccupation s composer pianist and university lecturerYears activepresent She is known for contemporary classical music compositions as well as for composing for motion pictures and theatre pieces As a solo pianist and chamber musician she performed in many countries on prestigious festivals She is looking for new impulses both as a musician and as a teacher The two primary platforms of her studies and work are Vienna and Budapest Contents 1 Life 2 Main works 2 1 Operas 2 2 Orchestral works 2 3 Ensemble 2 4 Chamber music 2 5 Vocal music 2 6 Solo Instrument 2 7 Film Scores 2 8 Dance Theatre Music 2 9 Theatre Music 3 Discography 4 Awards 5 References 6 External linksLife editShe started her studies at the Liszt Ferenc Music School in Gyor where she played the piano and the flute She then attended the Bela Bartok School in Budapest At the age of 16 she has already received scholarships to foreign summer courses In 2005 she graduated with honors at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music where she studied piano and composition In the meantime she was admitted to the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna too to the media composition and applied music piano and composition faculties and since 2013 she is a PhD student there Since September 2013 she is teaching composition and film music composition at the composition department of the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music while at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna she teaches ear training and analysis to the students of the composition and conducting departments At the beginning of the 2000s she used to be a tutor of the singer string and flute classes of the Austrian Master Classes in Zell an der Pram and of their master classes in Vienna At the Richter Janos High School of Music in Gyor she was teaching composition score reading music theory and orchestration In 2008 she led the piano class of the Maria Regina Volksschule in Vienna and she was a silent film pianist as well Her compositions are performed worldwide in such prestigious concert halls and festivals as the Wien Modern the Hungarian State Opera House the Philharmonie de Paris the Juilliard School in New York the CAFe Budapest Contemporary Arts Festival the Mini Festival the Konzerthaus and Musikverein Wien the Muffathalle Munich and the Warsaw Autumn They are part of the repertoire of Hungarian and foreign bands like the Ensemble Modern the BBC Symphony Orchestra 1 the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra 2 the Hungarian State Opera Orchestra the UMZE Ensemble 3 the Concerto Budapest the Ensemble Kontrapunkte 4 the Riot Ensemble London the ensemble XX jahrhundert eXXj 5 and the Hungarian Radio Choir All of her compositions were commissioned She performed on many stages all around the world as a solo pianist and chamber musician In 2016 her opera Love which is an adaptation of the classic film of Tibor Dery Karoly Makk and Peter Bacso debuted in the Hungarian State Opera House as part of the memorial year of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 In 2019 she was awarded with the TONALi19 composer award for her piano solo Pendulum This also means that said composition will be performed by the participants of the piano competition of the TONALi Festival in the Elbphilharmonie Beside contemporary classical music she is particularly interested in scoring motion pictures and theatre pieces and in the compositions written for multimedia events In 2013 when the Prima Primissima Prize has undergone a complete renewal she was entrusted to design the new musical image She composed music for more than 30 theatre pieces and films In 2014 the Academy of Austrian Film awarded best soundtrack to Deine Schonheit ist nichts Wert Your Beauty is Worth Nothing In autumn the Konzerthaus of Vienna commissioned her to compose new music score for a Bolshevik Soviet propaganda silent film from 1924 The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr West in the Land of the Bolsheviks 6 The renewed film premiered in March 2016 Approximately 30 of her work is made up of composing for films She is a member of the Hungarian Composers Union 7 the Austrian Composers Association 8 and the Studio 5 composer group The latter was founded in 2017 and they aim to organize concerts that can bridge tradition and innovation 9 Main works editOperas edit Title Date Love 2016 10 Orchestral works edit Compositions for Orchestra Title Date I Piano Concerto 1996 1997 Quasi una cadenza 2004 2005 Le Temps retrouve 2008 Concerto Rivolutionario 2009 Concerto Imaginario 2011 alles Fleisch in memoriam Zoltan Gyongyossy 2013 Urlicht 2015 JUMP 2017 Compositions for String Orchestra Title Date Mosar II 2019 11 Black and White 2018 Hallgato Pergeto 2009 2010 Ensemble edit Title Date Schlaflied fur Johanna 2001 Berceuse 2001 Kammerkonzert fur Klarinette und Ensemble 2003 2004 In memoriam J V 2004 Pavane 2005 sweeter than roses 2010 Entitas 2012 Speak Low 2013 13 Lieder for bass clarinet and ensemble 2013 Broken Beauty 2018 12 Chamber music edit Title Date Auge 2001 Streichquartett II 2002 opra01 2002 Streichquartett IIB 2003 Mobiusband 2003 Dialog 2004 Dialog 2 Version 2004 2005 Strictly Ballroom I 2005 Strictly Ballroom III 2005 Klavierquintett 2007 Dietro la musica 2013 Songs for a Waiting 2013 2014 Mosar 2017 Puzzle Black Hole Edition 2018 Escapex2 2019 Vocal music edit Title Date Megis 1998 Level 1999 Harbach 2000 Mad a rigal 2005 The L I F E 2005 Schlummert ein 2014 Pocket Requiem 2017 A Wreath 2018 13 Pie Jesu 2018 The Night 2018 perspektiven los 2019 Solo Instrument edit Title Date Words 2005 10 Portraits for Viola 2010 Barcarole pour Frederic et George 2010 Sonatine 2013 13 Lieder for bass clarinet and live electronics 2005 Fanfaren 2017 Centipede 2017 Pendulum 2019 Film Scores edit Title Nationality Genre Producer Date Heim 14 nbsp AustriaShort DramaFilmakademie Wien 2010 Das Pferd auf dem Balkon 15 nbsp AustriaDramaMinifilm 2012 Deine Schonheit ist nichts Wert 16 Guzelligin On Par etmez nbsp nbsp Austria TurkeyDramaDor Film Filmakademie Wien MarangozFilm 2012 Lou Andreas Salome The Audacity to be Free de 17 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Germany Austria Italy SwitzerlandBiography Drama RomanceAvanti Media Fiction Tempest Film KGP Kranzelbinder Gabriele Production 2015 Mr West 18 nbsp nbsp Soviet Union AustriaSilent movie ComedyVienna Konzerthaus 2016 eredeti 1924 The Legend of the Ugly King nbsp nbsp Germany AustriaDocumentary BiographyMitosfilm Aichholzer Filmproduktion MarangozFilm 2017 Gypsy Queen nbsp nbsp Germany AustriaDrama SportDor Film West Produktionsgesellschaft Dor Film Produktionsgesellschaft ARTE completed Dance Theatre Music edit Title Premiere Theatre 7 Encounters 19 2010 Palais Kabelwerk Vienna Theatre Music edit Title Premiere Theatre Bertolt Brecht Man is Man 1998 August Strindberg Friedrich Durrenmatt Play Strindberg 2001 Ejszakai Theatre Budapest Zoltan Egressy Vesztett eden 2003 Pinceszinhaz Cellar Theater Budapest Anton Chekhov The Seagull 2004 Istvan Orkeny Theatre Budapest Sandor Marai Fizess nevetve 20 2008 Ejszakai Theatre and Pinceszinhaz Cellar Theater Budapest Sandor Marai Portraits of a Marriage The real thing 2009 Pinceszinhaz Cellar Theater Budapest Leonid Zorin A Warsaw Melody 2010 Pinceszinhaz Cellar Theater Budapest Geza Csath A Pertics Janika 2011 Pinceszinhaz Cellar Theater Budapest Robert Thomas Trap for a Single Man Szegeny Daniel 2012 Karinthy Szinhaz Budapest Niels Peter Juel Larsen Blixen barono szerelmei 21 2014 Central Szinhaz BudapestDiscography editSingles Album Publisher Year Other Lou Andreas Salome 22 Avanti 2016 Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Compilation albums Work s Album Publisher Year Other Schlaflied fur Johanna Volksmusik 6 Komponistenforum Mittersill 23 ein klang Records 2002 Strictly Ballroom III born to be off road 24 ein klang Records 2005 CD1 Variationen Fur Klavier 1 Variationen Fur Klavier 2 Variationen Fur Klavier 3 The Next Generation 25 ORF ORF Funkhaus 2005 Opra 01 Quasi Prologue Fliessend Bewegt Febbrile Poco Feroce OEGZM Vol 4 Mixed Chamber Music 4Gemischte Kammermusik 4 26 Thurauer Dimitrova Varga Bolcso Szakacs Ton 4 Records 2009 CD performed by OEGZM Osterreichische Gesellschaft fur zeitgenossische Musik Le Temps retrouve Uj Magyar Zenei Forum 2009 zeneszerzoverseny New Hungarian Music Forum 2009 composers competition BMC HMIC 2010 2 CD Kepzelt zongoraverseny Uj Magyar Zenei Forum 2011 zeneszerzoverseny 27 New Hungarian Music Forum 2011 composers competition BMC HMIC 2011 Performer Concerto Budapest A Fly s Life and Decline Sunfire 28 The Twiolins MarieLuise amp Christoph Dingler 2014 Entitas for twelve musicians 2012 Woher Wohin Mythen Nation Identitaten 29 EM Medien 2017 Clemens Heil Ensemble Modern 2 CD Judit Varga Showreel Austrian Film Composers Showreel Vol 2 30 Osterreichischer Komponistenbund 2018 DVDAwards edit1st prize Franz Liszt Academy of Music LFZE Composer Competition Budapest 1998 1st prize LFZE Composer Competition Budapest 1999 SKE Special Award Social and cultural support from austro mechana SKE Fonds Vienna 2003 2st prize LFZE Composer Competition Budapest 2003 2st prize LFZE Composer Competition Budapest 2004 Special Award Liszt Ferenc International Piano Competition Pecs 2005 Dryard Prize Vienna International Pianists Academy Vienna 2006 31 Theodor Korner Prize 2009 1st prize Orchestra category UMZF Composer Competition Budapest 2009 State scholarship BMUKK Bundesministerium fur Unterricht Kunst und Kultur Vienna 2010 32 2st prize Orchestra category New Hungarian Music Forum UMZF Composer Competition Budapest 2011 Special Award O1 Talenteborse Kompositionspreis Vienna 2012 Winner of the Woher Wohin Mythen Nation Identitaten tender Goethe Institut Ensemble Modern Frankfurt 2012 Film Prize nominee Best Soundtrack 49 International Antalya Film Festival 2012 Film Prize nominee Best Soundtrack Austrian Film Academy 2013 Staatsstipendium BMUKK Bundesministerium fur Unterricht Kunst und Kultur Vienna 2014 33 Film Prize Best Soundtrack Austrian Film Academy Deine Schonheit ist nichts Wert 2014 Winner of the Hungarian State Opera House s tender for the 60th anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 Budapest Love 2016 Bartok Bela Pasztory Ditta Prize 2017 Call for scores winner of the Riot Ensemble Broken Beauty 2018 34 Erkel Ferenc Prize 2018 35 Istvanffy Benedek Prize Pocket Requiem 2018 36 TONALi Prize Tonali Classical Music Competition and Festival Pendulum 2019 References edit BBC Symphony Orchestra at Maida Vale BBC Maida Vale Studios London 19 Jun 2018 Tanzmusik fur Fortgeschrittene in German rso orf at 6 October 2017 Az UMZE Kamaraegyuttes hangversenye a Budapesti Tavaszi Fesztivalon umze hu 22 March 2010 Abonnement Konzert2 Kontrapunkte unlimited 11 Dezember 2018 kontrapunkte at in German Konzert exxj ensemble XX jahrhundert radiokulturhaus orf at in German 26 August 2014 brucken17 Mr West kunsthausmuerz at in German Retrieved 23 April 2019 Varga Judit hungaropus hu Retrieved 23 April 2019 Mitgliederliste gt E Musik gt Judit Varga komponistenbund at Retrieved 23 April 2019 Studio 5 Composers Evening lfze hu 9 March 2019 Retrieved 23 April 2019 Love opera hu Retrieved 23 April 2019 Anima Musicae Moments 10 Varga Judit Mosar II osbemutato premiere On the Anima Musicae YouTube channel 5 March 2019 A few moments with Judit Varga Archived 2019 03 31 at the Wayback Machine riotensemble com 31 October 2018 Varga Judit A Wreath Universal Music Publishing Editio Musica Budapest ump emb hu 30 March 2019 Heim 2010 on Lukas Gnaiger s Vimeo channel 2 June 2016 Das Pferd auf dem Balkon Official Website Deine Schonheit ist nichts Wert Archived 2019 03 30 at the Wayback Machine Official Website Lou Andreas Salome The Audacity to be Free Official Website Alexandra Ivanoff 20 January 2017 Varga s Score Captures the Silly Seriousness of 1924 artsrevieweurope com Archived from the original on 14 March 2018 7 Encounters Playbill valerieklein at Fizess nevetve On Gabor Gergely Veres s YouTube channel 12 November 2012 Blixen barono szerelmei A Cultura Magazin cikke csak engedellyel masolhato in Hungarian cultura hu 23 March 2014 Lou Andreas Salome Original Motion Picture Soundtrack By Judit Varga open spotify com Volksmusik 6 Komponistenforum Mittersill open spotify com Australian Clarinet amp Saxophone Volume 8 Number 4 Dec 2005 born to be off road stump linshalm Archived 2019 03 30 at the Wayback Machine stump linshalm com Andreas Wykydal Lukas Haselbock Sonja Huber Richard Graf Judit Varga Alexander Kropp Karl Barth 3 Tzveta Dimitrova Johannes Kobald Michael Wahlmuller Roland Freisitzer The Next Generation discogs com OEGZM Vol 4 Mixed Chamber Music 4 Gemischte Kammermusik 4 Thurauer Dimitrova Varga Bolcso Szakacs By OEGZM open spotify com UMZF 2011 zeneszerzoverseny Promocios CD info bmc hu 1 July 2011 Factsheet CD Sunfire The Twiolins 2014 thetwiolins de Woher Wohin Mythen Nation Identitaten Archived 2019 03 31 at the Wayback Machine ensemble modern com Osterreichischer Komponistenbund Mitgliederinformation Winter 2018 2019 Austrian Film Composers Showreel Vol 2 6 old komponistenbund at VIP Academy 2006 VIP Preistrager pianists at Kunstbericht2011 kunstkultur bka gv at Kunstbericht2014 Archived 2019 03 30 at the Wayback Machine kunstkultur bka gv at Call for Scores 2018 Archived 2019 03 31 at the Wayback Machine riotensemble com 2018 Balog Zoltan allami muveszeti es miniszteri szakmai dijakat adott at Zoltan Balog handed over Public Art and Ministerial Awards in Hungarian kormany hu 13 March 2018 Retrieved 23 April 2019 Varga Judit kapta az Istvanffy Benedek dijat fidelio hu 9 October 2018 Retrieved 23 April 2019 Official website Judit Varga at IMDb Judit Varga Budapest Music Center info bmc hu Judit Varga Music Information Center Austria mica 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