Virágh András Gábor
Composer
Place of Birth
Budapest
Date of Birth
1984
Web
25 September 1984 Budapest
András Gábor Virágh has been the Titular Organist of the Saint Steven Basilica, Budapest, and he has been also lecturer at the Franz Liszt University of music (Budapest), and of the Faculty of Music of the University of Debrecen for composition, forms and analysis, instrumentation and solfeggio.
His first teachers were Endre Virágh, András Virágh (organ) and István Koloss (composition). From the Autumn of 1998 until 2010 he was the organist of the Virgin Mary Main Parish Church in the city centre of Budapest. In 1999 he was admitted to the Béla Bartók Secondary School of Music, where his organ teacher was Zsuzsa Elekes and his composition teacher was István Fekete Győr.
From September 2003 he was a student of Peter Planyavsky. In 2004 he started to major in organ playing at the Conservatory of the University of Debrecen where his professors were Dezső Karasszon, DLA, Szilárd Kovács and Hedvig Jakab, DLA. He graduated with honours in 2009. From 2005 until 2009 he was invited to occupy the post of organist and accompanist of the Kántus (mixed youth choir) of the Reformed College of Debrecen by their teacher and conductor, Sándor Berkesi. In 2013 he has finished his composition studies at the Franz Liszt University of Music in Budapest, where his professor was Gyula Fekete DLA. Mr. Virághs composition Trois Esquisses is published by the Ostinato Musikverlag, Salzgitter, Germany.
Outside Hungary he performed both as a composer and as a performing artist in Austria, Czech Republic, France, Holland, Germany, Romania, Switzerland, Serbia-Montenegro, Slovakia, the United Kingdom and the United States of America.
Mastercourses attended:
Ewald Kooiman (Amsterdam), Zsigmond Szathmáry (Freiburg), Antal Váradi (Stuttgart) organ
József Ács (Eschweiler), Zsolt Gárdonyi (Würzburg), Miklós Maros (Stockholm), Nigel Osborne (Edinburgh) composition
Prizes, awards:
2013 - Composition prize of the Hungarian Academy of Arts
2013 - AURORA MUSIS AMICA Composition PRIZE
2012 - International Composition Competition, Mürzzuschlag, 1st PRIZE
2011 - JUNIOR PRIMA PRIZE
2011 - Composition Competition of the Franz Liszt University of Music, Budapest, 2nd PRIZE,
2011 - SPECIAL PRICE of the Society of the Hungarian Contemporary Music
2010 - ANNIE FISCHER SHOLARSHIP OF PERFORMING ART
2010 - Composition Competition of the Franz Liszt University of Music, Budapest, 1st PRIZE,
2010 - SPECIAL PRICES of the Society of the Hungarian Contemporary Music, and the Béla Bartók Memory House
2009 - SCHOLARSHIP OF ARTS, Debrecen
2009 - EXCELLENT STUDENT OF THE FACULTIES OF SCIENCES award, Debrecen
2008 - Composition Competition of the Franz Liszt University of Music, Budapest, 1st PRIZE
2008 - SPECIAL PRICE of the Society of the Hungarian Contemporary Music
2008 - SCHOLARSHIP OF ARTS, Debrecen
2008 - International Composition Competition, Oradea (Romania), 1st PRIZE (the jury gave no 2nd prize)
2007 - SCHOLARSHIP OF THE HUNGARIAN REPUBLIC
2006 - Singing Competition of the University of Theatre and Film, Budapest,
2006 - THE BEST CONTEMPORARY PIECE PRIZE
2006 - International Composition Competition, Los Angeles (USA), 1st PRIZE, (the jury gave no 2nd and 3rd prize)
2004 - National Organ Competition, Szeged, 1st PRIZE
2003 - First Zoltán Kodály National Organ Competition, Budapest, 2nd PRIZE, and also a PERFORMING PRIZE for the performance of his Organ suite (which he wrote at the age of 17)
2002 - First Béla Bartók National Composition Competition, Budapest, SPECIAL PRIZE
2022 - Bartók-Pásztory-Award
see also: Virágh András Gábor - organist
András Gábor Virágh has been the Titular Organist of the Saint Steven Basilica, Budapest, and he has been also lecturer at the Franz Liszt University of music (Budapest), and of the Faculty of Music of the University of Debrecen for composition, forms and analysis, instrumentation and solfeggio.
His first teachers were Endre Virágh, András Virágh (organ) and István Koloss (composition). From the Autumn of 1998 until 2010 he was the organist of the Virgin Mary Main Parish Church in the city centre of Budapest. In 1999 he was admitted to the Béla Bartók Secondary School of Music, where his organ teacher was Zsuzsa Elekes and his composition teacher was István Fekete Győr.
From September 2003 he was a student of Peter Planyavsky. In 2004 he started to major in organ playing at the Conservatory of the University of Debrecen where his professors were Dezső Karasszon, DLA, Szilárd Kovács and Hedvig Jakab, DLA. He graduated with honours in 2009. From 2005 until 2009 he was invited to occupy the post of organist and accompanist of the Kántus (mixed youth choir) of the Reformed College of Debrecen by their teacher and conductor, Sándor Berkesi. In 2013 he has finished his composition studies at the Franz Liszt University of Music in Budapest, where his professor was Gyula Fekete DLA. Mr. Virághs composition Trois Esquisses is published by the Ostinato Musikverlag, Salzgitter, Germany.
Outside Hungary he performed both as a composer and as a performing artist in Austria, Czech Republic, France, Holland, Germany, Romania, Switzerland, Serbia-Montenegro, Slovakia, the United Kingdom and the United States of America.
Mastercourses attended:
Ewald Kooiman (Amsterdam), Zsigmond Szathmáry (Freiburg), Antal Váradi (Stuttgart) organ
József Ács (Eschweiler), Zsolt Gárdonyi (Würzburg), Miklós Maros (Stockholm), Nigel Osborne (Edinburgh) composition
Prizes, awards:
2013 - Composition prize of the Hungarian Academy of Arts
2013 - AURORA MUSIS AMICA Composition PRIZE
2012 - International Composition Competition, Mürzzuschlag, 1st PRIZE
2011 - JUNIOR PRIMA PRIZE
2011 - Composition Competition of the Franz Liszt University of Music, Budapest, 2nd PRIZE,
2011 - SPECIAL PRICE of the Society of the Hungarian Contemporary Music
2010 - ANNIE FISCHER SHOLARSHIP OF PERFORMING ART
2010 - Composition Competition of the Franz Liszt University of Music, Budapest, 1st PRIZE,
2010 - SPECIAL PRICES of the Society of the Hungarian Contemporary Music, and the Béla Bartók Memory House
2009 - SCHOLARSHIP OF ARTS, Debrecen
2009 - EXCELLENT STUDENT OF THE FACULTIES OF SCIENCES award, Debrecen
2008 - Composition Competition of the Franz Liszt University of Music, Budapest, 1st PRIZE
2008 - SPECIAL PRICE of the Society of the Hungarian Contemporary Music
2008 - SCHOLARSHIP OF ARTS, Debrecen
2008 - International Composition Competition, Oradea (Romania), 1st PRIZE (the jury gave no 2nd prize)
2007 - SCHOLARSHIP OF THE HUNGARIAN REPUBLIC
2006 - Singing Competition of the University of Theatre and Film, Budapest,
2006 - THE BEST CONTEMPORARY PIECE PRIZE
2006 - International Composition Competition, Los Angeles (USA), 1st PRIZE, (the jury gave no 2nd and 3rd prize)
2004 - National Organ Competition, Szeged, 1st PRIZE
2003 - First Zoltán Kodály National Organ Competition, Budapest, 2nd PRIZE, and also a PERFORMING PRIZE for the performance of his Organ suite (which he wrote at the age of 17)
2002 - First Béla Bartók National Composition Competition, Budapest, SPECIAL PRIZE
2022 - Bartók-Pásztory-Award
see also: Virágh András Gábor - organist
| Year | Title | Publisher | Code | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 |
A Hold vonzásában - Brahms, Virágh és Debussy művei
(Enchanted by the Moon - Works by Brahms, Virágh & Debussy) |
Hungaroton | HCD 32768 | |
| 2017 | New Works from Visegrád Group Countries (Event of The Central European Music Forum, 15. 09. 2017) | Polish Music Information Centre (POLMIC) | polmic 138 | |
| 2019 | Puskás Levente és Váradi Judit: Tetra | Magánkiadás | ISRC HU-AK5-1900001 | |
| 2019 | Szeged Trombone Ensemble - Over Tonality | Magánkiadás |
| Title | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Psalm IV. | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2005 |
| Accende lumen sensibus | Chamber Music | 2016 |
| Adeste Fideles | Instrumental solo | 2016 |
| Allegro ritmico | !to be determined | 0 |
| Aquila | Chamber Music | 2023 |
| Balassi Song | Mixed choir | 2019 |
| Cantemus Virginem | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2017 |
| Canticum avium (Birdsong) | Chamber Music | 2020 |
| Capriccio per marimbafono | Instrumental solo | 2008 |
| Capriccioso Matuzo | Instrumental solo | 2016 |
| Caprice | Instrumental solo | 2022 |
| Chaos | Chamber Music | 2023 |
| Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra | Concerto | 2012 |
| Concerto for Orchestra | Orchestral work | 2012 |
| Concerto for Organ, Brass and Percussion | Concerto | 2009 |
| Concerto for Flute and Orchestra | Concerto | 2017 |
| Silent Night | Instrumental solo | 2013 |
| Creator of Stars | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 2022 |
| Danse avec l´inconnu | Instrumental solo | 2014 |
| Dialogue | Chamber Music | 2014 |
| Due capricci | Instrumental solo | 2008 |
| Dyptique | Chamber Music | 2011 |
| Elegie | Chamber Music | 2015 |
| Eucharistic Hymn | Instrumental solo | 2021 |
| Fantasy | Instrumental solo | 1999 |
| Faust | Instrumental solo | 2023 |
| Femme Fatale 2200111XXG | Opera | 2014 |
| Genesis | Instrumental solo | 2018 |
| Genesys | String orchestra | 2017 |
| Gregorian Notes | Chamber Music | 2019 |
| Hommage á Munkácsy | Chamber Music | 2014 |
| Hosanna, Sanctus Deus Sabaoth | Choir with solo voice(s) | 2015 |
| Seven Choral Meditations | Instrumental solo | 2007 |
| Easter Fantasy | Instrumental solo | 2001 |
| Sonata No. 1 | Instrumental solo | 2001 |
| II. Sonate für Orgel / Sonata No. 2 for Organ | Instrumental solo | 2003 |
| Impromptu | Instrumental solo | 2017 |
| Impromptu | Chamber Music | 2014 |
| Intrada | Chamber Music | 2023 |
| Double Fugue | Instrumental solo | 2000 |
| Two Songs | Chamber Music | 2005 |
| Les colueurs des vagues (The Colors of the Waves) | Concerto | 2020 |
| Les visages de la lune | Instrumental solo | 2012 |
| Lynx | Wind orchestra | 2024 |
| Mephisto | Instrumental solo | 2023 |
| Metal Music | Instrumental solo | 2010 |
| Metamorph III. | Chamber Music | 2010 |
| Metamorphosis | Chamber Music | 2017 |
| Metamorphosis | Instrumental solo | 2008 |
| Mirage | Instrumental solo | 2024 |
| Missa Brevis | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 2001 |
| Monochrome | String orchestra | 2021 |
| Morning | Chamber Music | 2018 |
| O Magnunm Mysterium | Mixed choir | 2019 |
| O Sacrum Convivium | Female choir | 2016 |
| O Salutaris Hostia | Mixed choir | 2004 |
| Paduana lachrymae | Instrumental solo | 2011 |
| Pentagram | Chamber Music | 2016 |
| Petite Suite | Instrumental solo | 2016 |
| Prelude and Fugue | Instrumental solo | 2004 |
| Quasi Improvvisato | Chamber Music | 2011 |
| Quintet | Chamber Music | 2009 |
| Rhapsody | Chamber Music | 2012 |
| Risk | Instrumental solo | 2023 |
| Rondeau - For Clarinet and String Quartet | Chamber Music | 2002 |
| Sinfonietta | Orchestral work | 2012 |
| Sonata da chiesa | Chamber Music | 2017 |
| Sonate / Sonata | Instrumental solo | 2003 |
| Song of Birds | Chamber Music | 2021 |
| Spectre | Instrumental solo | 2022 |
| Straight Labyrinth | Instrumental solo | 2016 |
| Suite Bréve | Instrumental solo | 2023 |
| Sonata - For Flute and Piano | Chamber Music | 2003 |
| Sonata for Organ | Instrumental solo | 2003 |
| Suite for Organ | Instrumental solo | 2002 |
| Tantris | Instrumental solo | 2013 |
| Tetra | Chamber Music | 2011 |
| Tre Hymni | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2006 |
| Tres Orationes / Three Prayers | Solo voice(s) with ensemble | 2011 |
| Trinity | String orchestra | 2015 |
| Triptichon | Chamber Music | 2013 |
| Triptique | Chamber Music | 2012 |
| Trio | Chamber Music | 2004 |
| Trois Esquisses | Chamber Music | 2013 |
| Trompeteria | Chamber Music | 2015 |
| Variations on Hungarian Folk Songs | Instrumental solo | 2006 |
| Veni Creator Spiritus | Instrumental solo | 2015 |
| Vom Himmel Hoch… | Instrumental solo | 2019 |
| Variations on Christmas Songs | Instrumental solo | 2000 |
| Waves | Chamber Music | 2014 |
| Winderland | Wind orchestra | 2022 |
| Wisp of wind | Instrumental solo | 2022 |
| Sonata for Piano | Instrumental solo | 2018 |
| I´m an Orphan | Chamber Music | 2021 |