Judit Varga
Born (1979-01-12 ) 12 January 1979 (age 45) Occupation(s) composer, pianist and university lecturer Years active present
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 .
Life
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.
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 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]
Main works
Operas
Orchestral Works
Compositions for Orchestra
Title
Date
I. Piano Concerto
1996–1997
Quasi una cadenza
2004–2005
Le Temps retrouvé
2008
Concerto Rivolutionario
2009
Concerto Imaginario
2011
...alles Fleisch... – in memoriam Zoltán Gyöngyössy
2013
Urlicht
2015
JUMP!
2017
Compositions for String Orchestra
Title
Date
Mosar II
2019[ 11]
Black and White
2018
Hallgató-Pergető
2009–2010
Ensemble
Title
Date
Schlaflied für Johanna
2001
Berceuse
2001
Kammerkonzert für 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
Title
Date
Auge
2001
Streichquartett II
2002
~opra01~
2002
Streichquartett IIB
2003
Möbiusband
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
Title
Date
Mégis
1998
Levél
1999
Harbach
2000
Mad(á)rigál
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
Title
Date
Words
2005
10 Portraits for Viola
2010
Barcarole pour Frédéric et George
2010
Sonatine
2013
13 Lieder (for bass clarinet and live electronics)
2005
Fanfaren
2017
Centipede
2017
Pendulum
2019
Film Scores
Title
Nationality, Genre, Producer
Date
Heim [ 14]
Austria
Short | Drama
Filmakademie Wien
2010
Das Pferd auf dem Balkon [ 15]
Austria
Drama
Minifilm
2012
Deine Schönheit ist nichts Wert [ 16]
Güzelliğin On Par'etmez
Austria Turkey
Drama
Dor Film, Filmakademie Wien, MarangozFilm
2012
Lou Andreas-Salomé, The Audacity to be Free [ 17]
Germany Austria Italy Switzerland
Biography | Drama | Romance
Avanti Media Fiction, Tempest Film, KGP Kranzelbinder Gabriele Production
2015
Mr West [ 18]
Soviet Union, Austria
Silent movie | Comedy
Vienna Konzerthaus
2016
(eredeti: 1924)
The Legend of the Ugly King
Germany, Austria
Documentary | Biography
Mitosfilm, Aichholzer Filmproduktion, MarangozFilm
2017
Gypsy Queen
Germany, Austria
Drama | Sport
Dor Film-West Produktionsgesellschaft, Dor Film Produktionsgesellschaft, ARTE
(completed)
Dance Theatre Music
Title
Premiere
Theatre
7 Encounters [ 19]
2010
Palais Kabelwerk, Vienna
Theatre Music
Title
Premiere
Theatre
Bertolt Brecht :
Man is Man
1998
August Strindberg , Friedrich Dürrenmatt :
Play Strindberg!
2001
Éjszakai Theatre, Budapest
Zoltán Egressy :
Vesztett éden
2003
Pinceszínház (Cellar Theater), Budapest
Anton Chekhov :
The Seagull
2004
István Örkény Theatre, Budapest
Sándor Márai :
Fizess nevetve [ 20]
2008
Éjszakai Theatre and Pinceszínház (Cellar Theater), Budapest
Sándor Márai:
Portraits of a Marriage - The real thing
2009
Pinceszínház (Cellar Theater), Budapest
Leonid Zorin :
A Warsaw Melody
2010
Pinceszínház (Cellar Theater), Budapest
Géza Csáth :
A Pertics Janika
2011
Pinceszínház (Cellar Theater), Budapest
Robert Thomas :
Trap for a Single Man (Szegény Dániel )
2012
Karinthy Színház , Budapest
Niels Peter Juel Larsen :
Blixen bárónő szerelmei [ 21]
2014
Centrál Színház , Budapest
Discography
Singles
Album
Publisher
Year
Other
Lou Andreas-Salome [ 22]
Avanti
2016
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Compilation albums
Work(s)
Album
Publisher
Year
Other
Schlaflied für 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 Für Klavier 1 ,
Variationen Für Klavier 2 ,
Variationen Für Klavier 3
The Next Generation [ 25]
ORF, ORF Funkhaus
2005
Opra 01 ,
Quasi Prologue ,
Fließend Bewegt ,
Febbrile ,
Poco Feroce
ÖEGZM Vol. 4: Mixed Chamber Music 4
Gemischte Kammermusik 4[ 26]
Thürauer, Dimitrova, Varga, Bolcsó, Szakács
Ton 4 Records
2009
CD, performed by OEGZM
(Österreichische Gesellschaft für zeitgenössische Musik)
Le Temps retrouvé
Új Magyar Zenei Fórum 2009 zeneszerzőverseny
(New Hungarian Music Forum 2009 composers' competition)
BMC HMIC
2010
2 CD
Képzelt zongoraverseny
Új Magyar Zenei Fórum 2011 zeneszerzőverseny [ 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 & Christoph Dingler
2014
Entitas for twelve musicians (2012)
Woher? Wohin? – Mythen, Nation, Identitäten [ 29]
EM Medien
2017
Clemens Heil, Ensemble Modern , 2 CD
Judit Varga Showreel
Austrian Film Composers’ Showreel Vol. 2 [ 30]
Österreichischer Komponistenbund
2018
DVD
Awards
1st 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, Pécs (2005)
Dryard Prize – Vienna International Pianists Academy, Vienna (2006)[ 31]
Theodor Körner Prize (2009)
1st prize, Orchestra category – UMZF Composer Competition, Budapest (2009)
State scholarship – BMUKK (Bundesministerium für Unterricht, Kunst und Kultur), Vienna (2010)[ 32]
2st prize, Orchestra category – New Hungarian Music Forum (UMZF) Composer Competition, Budapest (2011)
Special Award – Ö1 Talentebörse-Kompositionspreis, Vienna (2012)
Winner of the „Woher? Wohin? Mythen, Nation, Identitäten“ 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 für Unterricht, Kunst und Kultur), Vienna (2014)[ 33]
Film Prize, Best Soundtrack – Austrian Film Academy (Deine Schönheit 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)
Bartók Béla–Pásztory Ditta Prize (2017)
„Call for scores” winner of the Riot Ensemble (Broken Beauty, 2018)[ 34]
Erkel Ferenc Prize (2018)[ 35]
Istvánffy Benedek Prize (Pocket Requiem, 2018)[ 36]
TONALi Prize – Tonali Classical Music Competition and Festival (Pendulum , 2019)
References
^ "BBC Symphony Orchestra at Maida Vale" . BBC Maida Vale Studios, London. 19 Jun 2018.
^ "Tanzmusik für Fortgeschrittene" (in German). rso.orf.at. 6 October 2017.
^ "Az UMZE Kamaraegyüttes hangversenye a Budapesti Tavaszi Fesztiválon" . 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.
^ "brücken17 »Mr. West«" . kunsthausmuerz.at (in German). Retrieved 23 April 2019 .
^ "Varga Judit" . hungaropus.hu. Retrieved 23 April 2019 .
^ "Mitgliederliste > E-Musik > 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 (ősbemutató) (premiere). On the Anima Musicae YouTube channel - 5 March 2019
^ A few moments with Judit Varga , 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 Schönheit ist nichts Wert Official Website
^ Lou Andreas-Salomé, 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 Gábor Gergely Veres's YouTube channel - 12 November 2012
^ "Blixen bárónő szerelmei A Cultura Magazin cikke csak engedéllyel másolható" (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 & 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 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
^ UMZF 2011 zeneszerzőverseny - Promóciós CD , info.bmc.hu - 1 July 2011
^ Factsheet CD “Sunfire” - The Twiolins - 2014 , thetwiolins.de
^ Woher? Wohin? – Mythen, Nation, Identitäten , ensemble-modern.com
^ Österreichischer Komponistenbund Mitgliederinformation Winter 2018/2019 (Austrian Film Composers’ Showreel Vol. 2 , 6. old.), komponistenbund.at
^ VIP Academy 2006 , VIP-Preisträger, pianists.at
^ Kunstbericht2011 , kunstkultur.bka.gv.at
^ Kunstbericht2014 , kunstkultur.bka.gv.at
^ Call for Scores 2018 , 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 .
Official website
Judit Varga at IMDb
Judit Varga , Budapest Music Center, info.bmc.hu
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). "Szerzők bontakozóban" . Muzsika (in Hungarian). 58 (1).
"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 .
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