Bella Máté
Composer
Place of Birth
Budapest
Date of Birth
1985
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Máté Bella is one of the few composers who became a significant character of the Hungarian music scene before turning 35. His contemporary compositions are played by prominent international orchestras, his popular music tunes are favourites of several radio stations and his musical theatre pieces are performed on the stages of the most distinguished theatres in the country. His seemingly far-reaching activity originates from the recognition of how to grab the attention of the audience within seconds. Máté considers it his mission to integrate Generation Y and Z into the classical music scene. The imprint of his work so far is a musical melting pot that contains pieces composed with a new mind-set, meanwhile preserving the essence of different genres.
He graduated in 2011 from the Liszt Academy with a degree in Music Composition as the student of prof. Gyula Fekete. For a semester in 2013 he studied in the class of prof. Wojciech Widłak at the Academy of Music in Krakow on an Erasmus scholarship. In 2014 he won a scholarship from the Peter Eötvös Contemporary Music Foundation for a year, and in 2017 he was sponsored from the scholarship of the New National Excellence Program. He is one of the founders of the Studio 5 contemporary composer group, founded in 2016. He received his Summa Cum Laude DLA doctoral degree in 2018. Currently he is an Associate Professor at the Liszt Academy, moreover he is a member of the Artisjus Committee of Classical Music Critics, the Association of Hungarian Composers and the composer section of the Hungarian Film Academy Association.
Several Hungarian and international orchestras play his pieces, such as the Ensemble InterContemporain, the London Sinfonietta, the Ensemble Modern, the Münchener Kammerorchester, the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Doelen Ensemble, the UMZE Chamber Ensemble or the Budapest Festival Orchestra. His theatre music is performed in the Hungarian National Theatre, Vígszínház, the Budapest Operetta Theatre, the Budapest Puppet Theatre and the Hungarian State Opera. Amongst his competition achievements and awards the Junior Prima Award, the Erkel Ferenc Award and the Bartók-Pásztory are the most outstanding ones.
Awards:
- Hungarian Music Awards - Pop-Rock Album of the Year (Mostantól), 2020
- Bartók - Pásztory Award, 2019
- Erkel Ferenc Award, 2016
- Artisjus Award (Classical Music Composer of the Year in Junior Category), 2015
- Tribune Internationale des Compositeurs (Trance), 2014
- Istvánffy Benedek Award (Spring Awakening), 2012
- Theatre Critics Award – Best music theatre (P. Závada: Hungarian holiday, National Theatre), 2011
- Junior Prima Award, 2010
- Istvánffy Benedek Award (Chuang Tzu's Dream), 2010
- Tribune Internationale des Compositeurs (Chuang Tzu's Dream), 2010
Competition results:
- GENERACE Composer Competition – 1st prize, Ostrava, 2015
- UMZF Composer Competition for chamber music – 1st prize, Budapest, 2013
- GENERACE Composer Competition – 1st prize, Ostrava, 2013
- Madách Theatre musical competition – 3rd prize, Budapest, 2010
- Liszt Academy Composer Competition – shared 3rd prize, Budapest, 2010
- Liszt Academy Composer Competition – 1st prize, Budapest, 2009
- Youth Contemporary Music Evening – Special prize, Budapest, 2009
- UMZF Composer Competition for chamber music – 1st prize, Budapest, 2009
- 9th Theatre and Art Festival (Zdarzenia) – Special prize, Tczew, 2008
- Kispest Holiday Song Competition – Special prize, Budapest, 2008
- Youth Contemporary Music Evening – Special prize, Budapest, 2008
- Liszt Academy Composer Competition – Shared 1st prize, Budapest, 2007
- Theatre and Film University – "best songwriter" award, Budapest, 2007
- Youth Contemporary Music Evening – Special prize, Budapest, 2007
- Vántus István Composer Competition – Special prize, Szeged, 2016
- National Composition Competition – 3rd prize, Budapest, 2006
- National Composition Competition – Special prize, Budapest,2004
- 6th International Composition Competition (Farbotony) – 1st prize, Kaniv, 2003
- National Improvisation Competition – 3rd prize, Budapest, 2003
- Weiner Leó Composition Competition – 1st prize, Budapest, 2002
He graduated in 2011 from the Liszt Academy with a degree in Music Composition as the student of prof. Gyula Fekete. For a semester in 2013 he studied in the class of prof. Wojciech Widłak at the Academy of Music in Krakow on an Erasmus scholarship. In 2014 he won a scholarship from the Peter Eötvös Contemporary Music Foundation for a year, and in 2017 he was sponsored from the scholarship of the New National Excellence Program. He is one of the founders of the Studio 5 contemporary composer group, founded in 2016. He received his Summa Cum Laude DLA doctoral degree in 2018. Currently he is an Associate Professor at the Liszt Academy, moreover he is a member of the Artisjus Committee of Classical Music Critics, the Association of Hungarian Composers and the composer section of the Hungarian Film Academy Association.
Several Hungarian and international orchestras play his pieces, such as the Ensemble InterContemporain, the London Sinfonietta, the Ensemble Modern, the Münchener Kammerorchester, the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Doelen Ensemble, the UMZE Chamber Ensemble or the Budapest Festival Orchestra. His theatre music is performed in the Hungarian National Theatre, Vígszínház, the Budapest Operetta Theatre, the Budapest Puppet Theatre and the Hungarian State Opera. Amongst his competition achievements and awards the Junior Prima Award, the Erkel Ferenc Award and the Bartók-Pásztory are the most outstanding ones.
Awards:
- Hungarian Music Awards - Pop-Rock Album of the Year (Mostantól), 2020
- Bartók - Pásztory Award, 2019
- Erkel Ferenc Award, 2016
- Artisjus Award (Classical Music Composer of the Year in Junior Category), 2015
- Tribune Internationale des Compositeurs (Trance), 2014
- Istvánffy Benedek Award (Spring Awakening), 2012
- Theatre Critics Award – Best music theatre (P. Závada: Hungarian holiday, National Theatre), 2011
- Junior Prima Award, 2010
- Istvánffy Benedek Award (Chuang Tzu's Dream), 2010
- Tribune Internationale des Compositeurs (Chuang Tzu's Dream), 2010
Competition results:
- GENERACE Composer Competition – 1st prize, Ostrava, 2015
- UMZF Composer Competition for chamber music – 1st prize, Budapest, 2013
- GENERACE Composer Competition – 1st prize, Ostrava, 2013
- Madách Theatre musical competition – 3rd prize, Budapest, 2010
- Liszt Academy Composer Competition – shared 3rd prize, Budapest, 2010
- Liszt Academy Composer Competition – 1st prize, Budapest, 2009
- Youth Contemporary Music Evening – Special prize, Budapest, 2009
- UMZF Composer Competition for chamber music – 1st prize, Budapest, 2009
- 9th Theatre and Art Festival (Zdarzenia) – Special prize, Tczew, 2008
- Kispest Holiday Song Competition – Special prize, Budapest, 2008
- Youth Contemporary Music Evening – Special prize, Budapest, 2008
- Liszt Academy Composer Competition – Shared 1st prize, Budapest, 2007
- Theatre and Film University – "best songwriter" award, Budapest, 2007
- Youth Contemporary Music Evening – Special prize, Budapest, 2007
- Vántus István Composer Competition – Special prize, Szeged, 2016
- National Composition Competition – 3rd prize, Budapest, 2006
- National Composition Competition – Special prize, Budapest,2004
- 6th International Composition Competition (Farbotony) – 1st prize, Kaniv, 2003
- National Improvisation Competition – 3rd prize, Budapest, 2003
- Weiner Leó Composition Competition – 1st prize, Budapest, 2002
| Year | Title | Publisher | Code | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 |
Fiatal magyar zeneszerzők cimbalomművei
(Young Hungarian Composers for Cimbalom ) |
Hungaroton | HCD 32594 | |
| 2010 |
Új Magyar Zenei Fórum 2009 zeneszerzőverseny
(New Hungarian Music Forum 2009 composers' competition) |
BMC HMIC | BMC CD S05 | 2 CDs |
| 2013 |
Válogatás a Doktori Iskola hallgatóinak koncertfelvételeiből (2006-2013)
(A selection of the best concert performances of the doctoral students (2006-2013)) |
Liszt Ferenc Zeneművészeti Egyetem | 3 CDs | |
| 2013 |
Válogatás a Doktori Iskola hallgatóinak koncertfelvételeiből - Zeneszerzés DLA program (2006-2013)
(A selection of the best concert performances of the doctoral students - Composition DLA programme (2006-2013)) |
Liszt Ferenc Zeneművészeti Egyetem | ||
| 2019 | Szeged Trombone Ensemble - Over Tonality | Magánkiadás | ||
| 2020 | Zukunftsmusik ostwärts | klanglogo | KL1530 |
| Title | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|
| ...in paradise | Chamber Music | 2010 |
| A Macskadémon | Music for the theater | 2010 |
| Beneath the Starry Sky | Chamber Music | 2021 |
| The Imaginary Invalid | Music for the theater | 2016 |
| Aria of the Miller´s Daughter | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2008 |
| The Butterfly´s Dream | Chamber Music | 2005 |
| Spring Awakening | Opera | 2012 |
| About Time | String orchestra | 2023 |
| Aeolus | Chamber Music | 2021 |
| Airambulum | Chamber Music | 2024 |
| Ave Maria | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2024 |
| To the Unknown Sweatheart | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2013 |
| The Home at Night | Children's choir | 2014 |
| The Nigth´s Monologue | Solo voice(s) with orchestra | 2011 |
| Berzsián and Dideki | Music for the theater | 2009 |
| I Was Your Fool | Other | 2016 |
| Botond´s Emergency Song | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2010 |
| Peace | Mixed choir | 2013 |
| Chuang Tzu´s Dream | Ensemble | 2008 |
| Danton´s Death | Music for the theater | 2013 |
| De Agnete | Chamber Music | 2021 |
| Dies Irae | Mixed choir | 2024 |
| El Tango de Viudas Enganadas | Chamber Music | 2007 |
| Equivalence | Ensemble | 2007 |
| Crack My Code | Other | 2017 |
| Fons | Chamber Music | 2020 |
| Just Drop Dead! | Film music | 2016 |
| Hesperus | Concerto | 2017 |
| Mother Holle | Music for the theater | 2017 |
| Hypnos | Ensemble | 2014 |
| Insomnia | Instrumental solo | 2008 |
| Insomnia - with commments | Chamber Music | 2008 |
| It Can´t Be Over | Live electronic music | 2013 |
| The Yo-yo effect - To a poem by Orsolya Karafiáth | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2010 |
| Judas | Instrumental solo | 2022 |
| Lacrimosa | Mixed choir | 2015 |
| Laniakea | Ensemble | 2015 |
| Lethe | String orchestra | 2014 |
| Love of Hephaestus | Symphony orchestra | 2023 |
| The Evil Spirit Lumpazivagabundus | Music for the theater | 2014 |
| L´incoronazione di Poppea / The Coronation of Poppea | Opera | 2019 |
| Hungarian Feast | Music for the theater | 2010 |
| Manifestations | Chamber Music | 2010 |
| Stay | Other | 2021 |
| Mephisto | Music for the theater | 2013 |
| Message | Instrumental solo | 2007 |
| Message 02 | Instrumental solo | 2007 |
| Monochronic | Instrumental solo | 2022 |
| Summer Song | Mixed choir | 2023 |
| O Oriens | Mixed choir | 2021 |
| Orpheus | Electroacoustic music | 2011 |
| Phantasm | Chamber Music | 2013 |
| Preludes | Instrumental solo | 2007 |
| Psycho Symbioses | Chamber Music | 2006 |
| Reflections | Ensemble | 2013 |
| Ritual | Chamber Music | 2010 |
| Silk | Instrumental solo | 2008 |
| Something happened... | Chamber Music | 2009 |
| Sounds of Generation Y | Symphony orchestra | 2015 |
| Sounds of Generation Y, Part II | Concerto | 2018 |
| Suite | Symphony orchestra | 2012 |
| Tabula Smaragdina | Choir and chamber ensemble | 2018 |
| Study | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2011 |
| The Cheerleaders | Ensemble | 2024 |
| The Secret | Chamber Music | 2009 |
| The White Chaconne | Instrumental solo | 2024 |
| Titan | Chamber Music | 2021 |
| Trance | Chamber Music | 2013 |
| I Gotta Fly | Other | 2012 |
| Varródermia | Chamber Music | 2018 |
| Visions | Chamber Music | 2012 |
| Wekerle March | Solo voice(s), choir & chamber orchestra | 2008 |
| Who the F**k is Lady Domina? | Music for the theater | 2009 |
| [anya milyen] | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2012 |
| Ármány és szerelem | Music for the theater | 2009 |
| Eternal Music | Mixed choir | 2020 |
| Widows | Music for the theater | 2007 |