Varga Judit
Composer
12 January 1979, Győr
Judit Varga was born in Hungary in 1979. She is the first prize winner of many international piano and music composition competitions, and she regularly gives concerts as a solo pianist and as a chamber musician in several countries of Europe. Her compositions have already been introduced in bigger festivals.
She finished her studies in music composition with honours in the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music in 2005. She is continuing her studies at University of Music in Vienna, majoring in piano, music composition, applied music and music for motion picture.
In 2001 she was a Composer-in-Residence in the music composing forum of Einklang (Mittersill, Austria), and she won the Kodály Zoltán music and composing scholarship of the Ministy of Education and Culture three times (2002, 2003 and 2006), and she was the winner of the Tokyo Foundation scholarship two times (2001 and 2004).
Judit Varga lives and works as a pianist and music composer in Vienna. In her wide piano repertory one can find contemporary and new compositions in addition to the most important pieces of classical music literature. As a composer she is primarily interested in setting short features, theatre performances to music, and compositions written for multimedia events and festivals.
Education
1987-1993 Liszt Ferenc School of Music, Győr, Hungary (Piano, Flute)
1993-98 Béla Bartók Secondary School Budapest (Piano, Composition)
1998-2004 Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, Budapest (Piano, Composition)
1999- University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (Piano, Composition, Media Composition and Applied Music)
Summer Universities, International Courses
1999-2004 International Bartók Seminar, Szombathely, Hungary (composition and piano courses with Kurtág György, Manuel Hidalgo, Martin Bresnik, Marco Stroppa, Michael Jarrell, Jonathan Harvey)
2000-2001 Prague-Vienna-Budapest Summer Academy, Reichenau, Austria (composition courses with Kurt Swertsik, Erich Urbanner)
2001 Achantes, Avignon F (composition and piano courses with Péter Eötvös, Zoltán Jeney, Florent Boffard, Pierre-Laurent Aimard)
2004 Neue Musik Theater course, conducted by Daniel Ott (Berlin), in the course of Making New Waves Festival (Budapest)
2002-2005 Vip Academy, Vienna A (piano courses with Stephan Möller-Spaemann, Leonid Brumberg, Olga López, Carol Morgan, Otto Niederdorfer, Leonna Lewis)
2000-2003 ISMEAM (International Summer Meeting of Electroacustic Music) Sárvár, Hungary
Awards, main events
1990, 1991, 1992 Richter János Piano Competition, Győr, Hungary, 1st prize
1992 Talent show, Győr, category of music composition: 1st prize
1994 Guest performer invited to Music Garden, Festival of Wonder Kids Moscow, representing Hungary.
1995 National Piano Competition, Békés-Tarhos H-I Award, Audience - Award and Special Prize for the best performance of a piece of music from the 20th century
1995-96 Co-moderator and host of an educational series on music, produced by Duna Televízió
1994-2003 Member of KOMP (Budapest), which is a crossover workshop focusing on improvised music
1998 I. Piano Concerto, premiere: Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, Auditorium, Solo pianist: Judit Varga. A piece of music composed at the request of Bartók Béla Youth Symphony Orchestra
1998 and 1999 Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, music composition competition, 2nd prize, and in 1998 1st prize as a performer
1999 Winner of the Soros scholarship
1999- Member of the orchestra called EAR, participating in the world premieres of many contemporary pieces as a pianist, and composing new pieces for the orchestra
1999-2002 Active participation in the Festival of Musik ohne Grenzen im Herzen Europas (Music without border in the heart of Europe) Bratislava-Prag-Vienna-Budapest
2001 Composer in residence in the Ein klang Festival, Mitterill, Austria
2002-2003 Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, music composition competition, 2nd prize, and in 2003 1st prize as a performer
2001 and 2004 Scholarship student of Tokyo Foundation
2003 New Meridian portrait concert in the Wien Modern Festival, Vienna
2003 SKE Award (Austro Mechana) for performing contemporary compositions for the piano
2003 A film profile of 50 minutes about Judit Vargas professional work as a pianist and music composer, produced by ORF (Austria)
2005 International Liszt Ferenc Piano Competition, Pécs, Hungary, Special Prize
2005 Premier of the II. Piano Concerto (Quasi una cadenza ) Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, Auditorium
2005 Dryard-prize, VIP Academy, Vienna
2002, 2003, 2006 Holder of Kodály Zoltán music composition scholarship of Ministry of Education and Culture, Coaching and teaching experience
2009 1st prize at the UMZF 2009 (New Hungarian Music Forum) composition competition (Le Temp retrouvé)
2011 2nd prize at the UMZF 2011 composition competition (Piano Concerto for an Imaginary Pianist)
2017 Bartók-Pásztory Prize
2018 Ferenc Erkel Prize
2001 Richter János Secondary School of Music, music composition, reading music scores, musical theory, orchestration
2003- Accompanist, Austrian Master Classes, Zell an der Pram, Austria (classes of singing, the strings and flute)
2008 Accompanist, Wiener Meisterkurse, Vienna
2008- Teaching the piano class at Maria Regina Volksschule, Vienna
Judit Varga was born in Hungary in 1979. She is the first prize winner of many international piano and music composition competitions, and she regularly gives concerts as a solo pianist and as a chamber musician in several countries of Europe. Her compositions have already been introduced in bigger festivals.
She finished her studies in music composition with honours in the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music in 2005. She is continuing her studies at University of Music in Vienna, majoring in piano, music composition, applied music and music for motion picture.
In 2001 she was a Composer-in-Residence in the music composing forum of Einklang (Mittersill, Austria), and she won the Kodály Zoltán music and composing scholarship of the Ministy of Education and Culture three times (2002, 2003 and 2006), and she was the winner of the Tokyo Foundation scholarship two times (2001 and 2004).
Judit Varga lives and works as a pianist and music composer in Vienna. In her wide piano repertory one can find contemporary and new compositions in addition to the most important pieces of classical music literature. As a composer she is primarily interested in setting short features, theatre performances to music, and compositions written for multimedia events and festivals.
Education
1987-1993 Liszt Ferenc School of Music, Győr, Hungary (Piano, Flute)
1993-98 Béla Bartók Secondary School Budapest (Piano, Composition)
1998-2004 Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, Budapest (Piano, Composition)
1999- University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (Piano, Composition, Media Composition and Applied Music)
Summer Universities, International Courses
1999-2004 International Bartók Seminar, Szombathely, Hungary (composition and piano courses with Kurtág György, Manuel Hidalgo, Martin Bresnik, Marco Stroppa, Michael Jarrell, Jonathan Harvey)
2000-2001 Prague-Vienna-Budapest Summer Academy, Reichenau, Austria (composition courses with Kurt Swertsik, Erich Urbanner)
2001 Achantes, Avignon F (composition and piano courses with Péter Eötvös, Zoltán Jeney, Florent Boffard, Pierre-Laurent Aimard)
2004 Neue Musik Theater course, conducted by Daniel Ott (Berlin), in the course of Making New Waves Festival (Budapest)
2002-2005 Vip Academy, Vienna A (piano courses with Stephan Möller-Spaemann, Leonid Brumberg, Olga López, Carol Morgan, Otto Niederdorfer, Leonna Lewis)
2000-2003 ISMEAM (International Summer Meeting of Electroacustic Music) Sárvár, Hungary
Awards, main events
1990, 1991, 1992 Richter János Piano Competition, Győr, Hungary, 1st prize
1992 Talent show, Győr, category of music composition: 1st prize
1994 Guest performer invited to Music Garden, Festival of Wonder Kids Moscow, representing Hungary.
1995 National Piano Competition, Békés-Tarhos H-I Award, Audience - Award and Special Prize for the best performance of a piece of music from the 20th century
1995-96 Co-moderator and host of an educational series on music, produced by Duna Televízió
1994-2003 Member of KOMP (Budapest), which is a crossover workshop focusing on improvised music
1998 I. Piano Concerto, premiere: Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, Auditorium, Solo pianist: Judit Varga. A piece of music composed at the request of Bartók Béla Youth Symphony Orchestra
1998 and 1999 Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, music composition competition, 2nd prize, and in 1998 1st prize as a performer
1999 Winner of the Soros scholarship
1999- Member of the orchestra called EAR, participating in the world premieres of many contemporary pieces as a pianist, and composing new pieces for the orchestra
1999-2002 Active participation in the Festival of Musik ohne Grenzen im Herzen Europas (Music without border in the heart of Europe) Bratislava-Prag-Vienna-Budapest
2001 Composer in residence in the Ein klang Festival, Mitterill, Austria
2002-2003 Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, music composition competition, 2nd prize, and in 2003 1st prize as a performer
2001 and 2004 Scholarship student of Tokyo Foundation
2003 New Meridian portrait concert in the Wien Modern Festival, Vienna
2003 SKE Award (Austro Mechana) for performing contemporary compositions for the piano
2003 A film profile of 50 minutes about Judit Vargas professional work as a pianist and music composer, produced by ORF (Austria)
2005 International Liszt Ferenc Piano Competition, Pécs, Hungary, Special Prize
2005 Premier of the II. Piano Concerto (Quasi una cadenza ) Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, Auditorium
2005 Dryard-prize, VIP Academy, Vienna
2002, 2003, 2006 Holder of Kodály Zoltán music composition scholarship of Ministry of Education and Culture, Coaching and teaching experience
2009 1st prize at the UMZF 2009 (New Hungarian Music Forum) composition competition (Le Temp retrouvé)
2011 2nd prize at the UMZF 2011 composition competition (Piano Concerto for an Imaginary Pianist)
2017 Bartók-Pásztory Prize
2018 Ferenc Erkel Prize
2001 Richter János Secondary School of Music, music composition, reading music scores, musical theory, orchestration
2003- Accompanist, Austrian Master Classes, Zell an der Pram, Austria (classes of singing, the strings and flute)
2008 Accompanist, Wiener Meisterkurse, Vienna
2008- Teaching the piano class at Maria Regina Volksschule, Vienna
| Year | Title | Publisher | Code | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 |
Új Magyar Zenei Fórum 2009 zeneszerzőverseny
(New Hungarian Music Forum 2009 composers' competition) |
BMC HMIC | BMC CD S05 | 2 CDs |
| 2011 |
Új Magyar Zenei Fórum 2011 zeneszerzőverseny
(New Hungarian Music Forum 2011 composers' competition) |
BMC HMIC | BMC PCD 28 | |
| 2019 | Szeged Trombone Ensemble - Over Tonality | Magánkiadás |
| Title | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|
| #perspektiven:los | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2019 |
| ...alles Fleisch... | Symphony orchestra | 2012 |
| ...forever | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2021 |
| ...sweeter than roses... | Solo voice(s) with ensemble | 2010 |
| 10 Portraits for Viola | Instrumental solo | 2010 |
| 13 Lieder | Chamber Music | 2013 |
| 13 Lieder | Electroacoustic music | 2005 |
| 21 Variationen über einen unerwarteten Tod | Chamber Music | 2019 |
| 3 Tonleiterübungen / 3 Scale Exercises | Instrumental solo | 2005 |
| 3 Skizzen für Klarinette / 3 Sketches for Clarinet | Instrumental solo | 1995 |
| 7 Encounters | Ballet / Choreographic work | 2010 |
| <>,>< and … are traveling on the train | Live and tape music | 2008 |
| A Pertics Janika | Music for the theater | 2011 |
| A Wreath | Mixed choir | 2018 |
| Schlaflied für Johanna | Ensemble | 2001 |
| Anamorphoses01 | Chamber Music | 2019 |
| Anamorphoses02 | Chamber Music | 2019 |
| Around a Roundabout | Symphony orchestra | 2020 |
| Around a Roundabout | Symphony orchestra | 2020 |
| Auge | Chamber Music | 2001 |
| The Real | Music for the theater | 2008 |
| BUSTED - the Dance After the Hammer (Art of Virus #1.1.1) | Ensemble | 2020 |
| Barcarole pour Frédéric et George | Instrumental solo | 2010 |
| Bending Space and Time | Concerto | 2022 |
| Berceuse | Chamber Music | 2001 |
| Black & White | String orchestra | 2018 |
| Lovers of Baroness Blixen | Music for the theater | 2014 |
| Blumenstück | Chamber Music | 2020 |
| Broken Beauty | Ensemble | 2018 |
| Bruggen | Chamber Music | 1998 |
| Centipede | Instrumental solo | 2017 |
| Concerto Imaginario / Piano Concerto for an Imaginary Pianist | Live and tape music | 2010 |
| Concerto Rivolutionario / Revolutionary Concerto | Concerto | 2009 |
| Deine Schönheit ist nichts Wert / Your Beauty Is Worth Nothing | Film music | 2012 |
| Dialog | Chamber Music | 2004 |
| Dialog (2nd version) | Chamber Music | 2005 |
| Die Legende vom hässlichen König / The Legend of the Ugly King | Film music | 2017 |
| Dietro la musica | Chamber Music | 2013 |
| EAEP | Live and tape music | 2003 |
| Entitas | Live and prerecorded music | 2012 |
| Entitas | Ensemble | 2012 |
| Escapex2 | Chamber Music | 2019 |
| Ewig, ewig | Concerto | 2006 |
| Fanfaren / Fanfares | Instrumental solo | 2017 |
| Fenster | Chamber Music | 2020 |
| Pay while Laughing | Music for the theater | 2008 |
| Spaces Written by Light | Film music | 2024 |
| Guernica | Chamber Music | 1994 |
| Gypsy Queen | Film music | 2018 |
| HANT (2nd version) | Live and tape music | 2003 |
| Hallgató-PergetŐ | String orchestra | 2010 |
| Hant | Live and tape music | 2003 |
| Happy Birthday, Major Ludwig! | Symphony orchestra | 2019 |
| Harbach | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1998 |
| Harbach (2nd version) | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1999 |
| Harbach (3rd version) | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2000 |
| Heim | Film music | 2010 |
| Piano Concerto No. 1 | Concerto | 1996 |
| II. Klavierkonzert (Quasi una cadenza) / Concerto for Piano No. 2 (Quasi una cadenza) | Concerto | 2005 |
| In memoriam J.V. | Ensemble | 2004 |
| Indigo | Live and tape music | 2003 |
| JUMP! | Orchestral work | 2017 |
| Just in time | Tape music | 2001 |
| Kammerkonzert für Klarinette und Ensemble | Concerto | 2004 |
| Chinese Tale | Ensemble | 2002 |
| Le Temps retrouvé | Symphony orchestra | 2008 |
| Liebestod | Opera | 2009 |
| Lou Andreas-Salomé - The Audacity to be Free | Film music | 2015 |
| Mad(a)rigal | Vocal ensemble | 2005 |
| Mann ist Mann / Man Equals Man | Music for the theater | 1998 |
| Minimal | Instrumental solo | 2017 |
| Mosar | Chamber Music | 2017 |
| Mosar II | String orchestra | 2019 |
| Mr. West | Film music | 2015 |
| Musica imaginata | Live and tape music | 2000 |
| Mégis | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1998 |
| Nörgeln / Nagging | Instrumental solo | 2021 |
| Möbiusband | Chamber Music | 2003 |
| Ombres densément tissées | Chamber Music | 2019 |
| Passacaglia | Live and tape music | 2001 |
| Passion | Chamber Music | 1995 |
| Pavane | Ensemble | 2004 |
| Pavane | Ensemble | 2007 |
| Pendulum | Instrumental solo | 2019 |
| Pie Jesu | Choir a cappella | 2018 |
| Play Strindberg! | Music for the theater | 2001 |
| Pocket Requiem | Choral music | 2017 |
| Preludium und Choral / Prelude and Choral | Instrumental solo | 2005 |
| Puzzle (Black Hole Edition) | Chamber Music | 2018 |
| Quartett | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2000 |
| Quasi | Chamber Music | 2005 |
| Rabbit blog | Live and tape music | 2006 |
| Roaring Rococo | Chamber Music | 2020 |
| Scherzo | Chamber Music | 1994 |
| Schlummert ein... | Choir and chamber ensemble | 2014 |
| Shattered Sun | Symphony orchestra | 2024 |
| Seagull | Music for the theater | 2004 |
| Stardust | Concerto | 2022 |
| Strictly Ballroom I | Ensemble | 2005 |
| Strictly Ballroom II | Chamber Music | 2005 |
| Strictly Ballroom III | Live and tape music | 2005 |
| Strictly Ballroom IV | Chamber Music | 2006 |
| Strictly Ballroom V | Tape music | 2006 |
| Poor Daniel | Music for the theater | 2012 |
| Love | Opera | 0 |
| Carpet | Live and tape music | 2003 |
| Tenebrae | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 1999 |
| The L.I.F.E. | Solo voice(s) a cappella | 2005 |
| The Night | Choir a cappella | 2018 |
| The Silly President | Instrumental solo | 2021 |
| Tiny Little People, Big Big Feelings | Chamber Music | 2019 |
| Movement for Piano | Instrumental solo | 1994 |
| Unausgesprochen | Instrumental solo | 2004 |
| Urlicht | Solo voice(s) with orchestra | 2015 |
| Variazioni con Tema | Concerto | 2020 |
| Warsaw Melody | Music for the theater | 2014 |
| Zankend - Stille, stamm, still / Quarrelling - Silence, Muted Silence | Ensemble | 2022 |
| Lost Eden | Music for the theater | 2003 |
| Flower | Live electronic music | 1999 |
| String Quartet No. 2 | Chamber Music | 2002 |
| Words | Instrumental solo | 2005 |
| Klavierquintett | Chamber Music | 2007 |
| ]obscene[ | Stage work | 2010 |
| stars buried deep | Symphony orchestra | 2022 |
| ~opra01~ | Chamber Music | 2002 |
| ~opra01~ | Chamber Music | 2002 |
| Über das Huhn und den Sinn des Lebens | Other | 2008 |
| Glass | Tape music | 2016 |