Balogh Máté
Composer
He was born in 1990, in Győr, Hungary.
Graduated of the Conservatory of Pécs, where he specialized in the theory of music and composition with István Győrffy, he finished his studies in composition at the Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest under Zoltán Jeney. Currently he is working on his doctoral degree and besides he is a professor-assistant at the Liszt Academy.
In 2013, he spent a semester in Trieste, Italy, studied composition with Fabio Nieder. He is co-founder of the so-called CentriFUGA contemporary-workshop which takes place in Budapest.
His pieces has been presented in many international festivals, such as: Manifeste Festival (IRCAM-Paris), ECSA (Bruxelles), Opus Amadeus (Istanbul), Kurtág&Ungarn (Bern), Ostrava Days, Axes Kraków, St. Gellert Festival, Bartók Szeminárium, Korunk Zenéje, Budapesti Tavaszi Fesztivál, Minifesztivál, stb.
He has participated in masterclasses with Péter Eötvös, Christian Wolff, Louis Andriessen, Petr Kotík, Gyula Csapó and Larry Polansky. His pieces have been performed all over the world, including: Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Romania, France, Belgium, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Sweden, Turkey, China, Taiwan, Japan and the United States.
He is an assistant-professor of the Franz Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest and a former Editor-in-Chief of the UMP Editio Musica Budapest.
Prizes:
2007: Student of the Year (Hajnóczy József Kollégium, Pécs)
2010: 1st Prize of the Composition Contest of the University of Theatre and Film, Budapest
2011: 1st Prize of the Composer Competition of the Hungarian National Choir
2013, July: Won the possibility to be part as composer of the Out at S.E.A. chamber-opera project managed by the Péter Eötvös Foundation.
2013, September: 3rd Prize of the UMZF Composer Competition with his ensemble-piece Notturni a L.
2015, February: He was one of the four chosen young European composers whose pieces were performed in Bruxelles, BOZAR, by the Sturm und Klang Ensemble within the framework of the Conference of the European Composers and Songwriters Alliance.
2015, April: Hononary (special) award of the so-called GENERACE composer competiton, with his piece The Labyrinth of the World and the Paradise of the Heart.
2015, May: He was one of the two composers who where selected to work with Fabio Nieder and the Ensemble Mosaik within the framework of a workshop organized by the Fondazione Spinola Banna. His piece BABE(urope)L was performed there, broadcasted by the RAI.
2015, October: Absolute 1st prize of the UMZF Competition with his ensemble-piece Melodiemusik, and also 2nd prize for his orchestral piece called Quintet.
2016: Artisjus Prize (The Best Junior Classical-composer of the Year)
2017: 1st Prize of the UMZF Competition with his ensemble-piece Pseudomarsch
2018: 2nd Prize of the Beethoven in Buda Composer Competition
2018: Junior Prima Prize
2022: Liszt Prize
2023: Artisjus-Prize
Graduated of the Conservatory of Pécs, where he specialized in the theory of music and composition with István Győrffy, he finished his studies in composition at the Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest under Zoltán Jeney. Currently he is working on his doctoral degree and besides he is a professor-assistant at the Liszt Academy.
In 2013, he spent a semester in Trieste, Italy, studied composition with Fabio Nieder. He is co-founder of the so-called CentriFUGA contemporary-workshop which takes place in Budapest.
His pieces has been presented in many international festivals, such as: Manifeste Festival (IRCAM-Paris), ECSA (Bruxelles), Opus Amadeus (Istanbul), Kurtág&Ungarn (Bern), Ostrava Days, Axes Kraków, St. Gellert Festival, Bartók Szeminárium, Korunk Zenéje, Budapesti Tavaszi Fesztivál, Minifesztivál, stb.
He has participated in masterclasses with Péter Eötvös, Christian Wolff, Louis Andriessen, Petr Kotík, Gyula Csapó and Larry Polansky. His pieces have been performed all over the world, including: Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Romania, France, Belgium, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Sweden, Turkey, China, Taiwan, Japan and the United States.
He is an assistant-professor of the Franz Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest and a former Editor-in-Chief of the UMP Editio Musica Budapest.
Prizes:
2007: Student of the Year (Hajnóczy József Kollégium, Pécs)
2010: 1st Prize of the Composition Contest of the University of Theatre and Film, Budapest
2011: 1st Prize of the Composer Competition of the Hungarian National Choir
2013, July: Won the possibility to be part as composer of the Out at S.E.A. chamber-opera project managed by the Péter Eötvös Foundation.
2013, September: 3rd Prize of the UMZF Composer Competition with his ensemble-piece Notturni a L.
2015, February: He was one of the four chosen young European composers whose pieces were performed in Bruxelles, BOZAR, by the Sturm und Klang Ensemble within the framework of the Conference of the European Composers and Songwriters Alliance.
2015, April: Hononary (special) award of the so-called GENERACE composer competiton, with his piece The Labyrinth of the World and the Paradise of the Heart.
2015, May: He was one of the two composers who where selected to work with Fabio Nieder and the Ensemble Mosaik within the framework of a workshop organized by the Fondazione Spinola Banna. His piece BABE(urope)L was performed there, broadcasted by the RAI.
2015, October: Absolute 1st prize of the UMZF Competition with his ensemble-piece Melodiemusik, and also 2nd prize for his orchestral piece called Quintet.
2016: Artisjus Prize (The Best Junior Classical-composer of the Year)
2017: 1st Prize of the UMZF Competition with his ensemble-piece Pseudomarsch
2018: 2nd Prize of the Beethoven in Buda Composer Competition
2018: Junior Prima Prize
2022: Liszt Prize
2023: Artisjus-Prize
| Year | Title | Publisher | Code | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Judit Rajk: Stolen Time | Hungaroton | HCD 32844 |
| Title | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|
| "Listen to my chords, please!" | Chamber Music | 0 |
| 12 Cadences | Instrumental solo | 2020 |
| 12 Makams | Solo voice(s) with chamber orchestra | 2018 |
| 4x1 Chansons | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2020 |
| 6:3 | Ensemble | 2018 |
| 7 Ant(hem)s | Chamber Music | 2015 |
| 9 Songs - Hommage á Mátyás Seiber | Choir a cappella | 2018 |
| The Wise, the Fool and the Mountain | Stage work | 2017 |
| The Make Up of the Curvy Bride | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2020 |
| The Labyrinth of the World and the Paradise of the Heart | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2013 |
| Alabama March | Symphony orchestra | 2019 |
| Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr | Chamber Music | 2015 |
| Lullaby | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2023 |
| Ambrosian Rite | Chamber Music | 2017 |
| Whatever is left | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2020 |
| An Emma | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2024 |
| An meine Völker! | Mixed choir | 2017 |
| Anakreonteion | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2013 |
| Antiope-Fragments | Solo voice(s), choir & solo instrument(s) | 2018 |
| Arnaut Daniel´s Sestina | Instrumental solo | 2013 |
| Four Parts of the Year | Mixed choir | 2011 |
| Azerbaijani Song | Instrumental solo | 2023 |
| BABE(urope)L - Hommage à P. Brueghel | Chamber Music | 2014 |
| Bahnmusik | String orchestra | 2019 |
| Bartók´ Speech on Folk Songs | Solo voice(s) with chamber orchestra | 2024 |
| Bertókiada | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2023 |
| Blake’s Tygers | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2021 |
| Blatt Night in Sichuan | Mixed choir | 2023 |
| Brief | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2020 |
| C-o-n-s-u-m-m-a-t-u-m e-s-t | Chamber orchestra | 2010 |
| Choreae Quinqeecclensienses | Chamber orchestra | 2023 |
| Cimbalom Concerto | Concerto | 2021 |
| Clownmusik | Concerto | 2021 |
| D | Instrumental solo | 2016 |
| Dadamusik | Chamber Music | 2019 |
| Das Inhaltsverzeichnis | Instrumental solo | 2023 |
| Das Rheingold | Live and prerecorded music | 2015 |
| Der Rhein am Tomasee | Chamber Music | 2019 |
| Dichterliebe-Metamorphosen | Solo voice(s) with orchestra | 2016 |
| Dopo la lettura dell’opera trentottesima - Hommage à Kurtág | Chamber Music | 0 |
| Due linee | Chamber Music | 2015 |
| In this world I won´t be hurt | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2013 |
| Ealg!snu | Instrumental solo | 2011 |
| Reminiscences of an Exhibition | Instrumental solo | 2022 |
| One day | Film music | 2018 |
| Eine kleine Stadtmusik | Chamber Music | 2023 |
| Enkaystike | Solo voice(s) a cappella | 2024 |
| Es ist genug | Ensemble | 2016 |
| FROGcerto | Concerto | 2017 |
| Fanfara Gisella | Chamber orchestra | 2022 |
| Fehér-Song | Solo voice(s) a cappella | 2016 |
| Young Wives´ Song | Solo voice(s) a cappella | 2010 |
| At Young Sea - Hommage á Hemingway | Chamber Music | 2014 |
| Folk Songs 1913 | Solo voice(s) with ensemble | 2022 |
| Françoise Gilot en Afrique | Chamber Music | 2023 |
| FreenchHorn | Instrumental solo | 2016 |
| GW150914 | Chamber Music | 2016 |
| Genesis | Solo voice(s) with ensemble | 2012 |
| Gilgamesh-Recitations | Chamber Music | 2021 |
| GlissAnatolia | Concerto | 2023 |
| Ha | Instrumental solo | 2015 |
| March of Ants | Solo voice(s), choir & orchestra | 2021 |
| HautBOis(N-MOT) | String orchestra | 2016 |
| Hemingway´s Speech | Solo voice(s) with ensemble | 2017 |
| Horn Speech 2023 | Instrumental solo | 2023 |
| Huntsville Suite | Symphony orchestra | 2024 |
| Seven Words | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2011 |
| If You Kill A Snake, You Have A Snake | Instrumental solo | 2022 |
| Pendulum Movement | Chamber Music | 2023 |
| Intrada | Solo voice(s) with ensemble | 2021 |
| Invocation & Perpetuum Mobile | Chamber Music | 2020 |
| Jam Quartet | Chamber Music | 2016 |
| Jan van Eyck’s Eight Reflections in the Arnolfinis´ Convex Mirror | Instrumental solo | 2023 |
| January 2 | Film music | 2024 |
| Jodlermädchen | Choir and solo instrument(s) | 2024 |
| JoycEND | Mixed choir | 2019 |
| Play | Chamber Music | 2018 |
| Kalevala-Variations | Choir with solo voice(s) | 2016 |
| Karşılıklı konuşma | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2018 |
| Michael Curtiz: The Last Dawn | Film music | 2024 |
| Kikaku & Basho | Chamber Music | 2015 |
| Kipling’s Speech | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2016 |
| Kunstmusik | Symphony orchestra | 2020 |
| Lamentazione sul Re | Instrumental solo | 2021 |
| Le testament de Josquin des Prez | Chamber Music | 2015 |
| Lebenslauf | Solo voice(s) a cappella | 2017 |
| Lerchenquartett – Hommage a J. Haydn | Chamber Music | 2018 |
| Les Adieux | Chamber Music | 2022 |
| Lilla and the Vagant | Solo voice(s) with orchestra | 2023 |
| Little Harry Hughes | Instrumental solo | 2019 |
| Lob des Tokayers | Female choir | 2021 |
| Logopedia | Instrumental solo | 2019 |
| Luca Marenzio in Salzburg | Chamber orchestra | 2012 |
| Horse Panic | Stage work | 2023 |
| MALÁ (a) J (á) P (j) A (p) N (a) T (n) U (t) M (u) | Mixed choir | 2013 |
| The Higher Panteism in a Nutshell | Solo voice(s) with ensemble | 2012 |
| March 13, 1727 | Chamber orchestra | 2023 |
| Marching Tuba | Instrumental solo | 2020 |
| Marcia Alessandro Federico | Symphony orchestra | 2023 |
| Matryoshka | Instrumental solo | 2020 |
| Matsuo Bashō’s Song | Solo voice(s) a cappella | 2020 |
| Melinda-Esterházyade 2020 | Chamber Music | 2020 |
| Melodiemusik | Ensemble | 2015 |
| Melodievariationen | !to be determined | 0 |
| Melody of Budapest | Chamber Music | 2023 |
| Meanwhile 1969, 2018 and 2022 | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2022 |
| Mille lingue in bocca | Female choir | 2021 |
| Mima´amakim | Chamber Music | 2015 |
| Misztótfalusi Kis Miklós vacsorája | Chamber Music | 2019 |
| Molly’s Dream | Solo voice(s) with ensemble | 2022 |
| Moses’ Song | Mixed choir | 2022 |
| Mrs. Trio | Chamber Music | 2019 |
| Matthew 6:3 | Instrumental solo | 2020 |
| Negatio Petri | Choir and orchestra | 2022 |
| Notturni a L | Ensemble | 2013 |
| Ode to Joyce | Mixed choir | 2011 |
| Odysseus kam - In memoriam Gy. Ligeti | Mixed choir | 2023 |
| One Hundred Famous Views of Edo | Chamber Music | 2018 |
| Orpheus´ Song | Symphony orchestra | 2017 |
| Organi - For Cimbalom and Piano | Chamber Music | 0 |
| Oscar Speech | Instrumental solo | 2019 |
| Ostdeutsche Autofantasie | Concerto | 2022 |
| Out at S.E.A. 123 | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2013 |
| Paian | Chamber Music | 2014 |
| Pantomime Kajonique | Chamber Music | 2024 |
| Peaceful Landscape with Moss | Instrumental solo | 2023 |
| Pentagrammon | Chamber Music | 2015 |
| Pertisiada | Ensemble | 2023 |
| Pesther Karneval 2019 | Instrumental solo | 2019 |
| Petri-Song (Hommage à Chr. Morgenstern) | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2015 |
| Pom-Pom March | Symphony orchestra | 2023 |
| Posauner Marsch | Instrumental solo | 2022 |
| Prélude á le prélude | Chamber Music | 2015 |
| Psalm XLII | Choir and orchestra | 2021 |
| Pseudomakam | Chamber Music | 2015 |
| Pseudomarsch | Chamber Music | 2017 |
| Pénelopeia | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2012 |
| Quartet pour la fin du jam | Chamber Music | 2016 |
| Quasi zimbalo | Concerto | 2021 |
| Quintet | Orchestral work | 2015 |
| Raabertüre | Symphony orchestra | 2021 |
| Recitativo & Rituale | Chamber Music | 2023 |
| Recitativo prosecco | Chamber Music | 2020 |
| Repülő | Solo voice(s) a cappella | 2022 |
| Ricerca di ricercare | Chamber Music | 2017 |
| Rilke-Song with Two Accompaniments - In Two Similar Pictures | Solo voice(s), choir & solo instrument(s) | 2014 |
| Rintocchi di mezzonotte | Chamber Music | 2015 |
| Salutatio Intercisae | Chamber Music | 2024 |
| Satmar Song | Chamber Music | 2022 |
| Schmuÿle & Samuel Goldenberg | Instrumental solo | 2018 |
| Seepferdchen und Flugfische | Instrumental solo | 2024 |
| Shijing Songs | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2018 |
| Shijing Songs | Solo voice(s) with solo instr. and orch. | 2019 |
| Silenzio! | Instrumental solo | 2012 |
| Sinfonai | Instrumental solo | 0 |
| Sinfonia Nr. 1 | Symphony orchestra | 2022 |
| Sinfonia Nr. 2 | Symphony orchestra | 2022 |
| Sinfonia Nr. 3 („Priusz” Hommage à László Bertók) | Symphony orchestra | 2024 |
| Singende Fontäne / Singing Fountains | Chamber Music | 2014 |
| Six Honest Serving-Men | Solo voice(s) a cappella | 2020 |
| Smith Trio | Chamber Music | 2017 |
| Sonetto | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2013 |
| Song Book 2021 | Mixed choir | 2021 |
| Song For The Persecuted | Ensemble | 2020 |
| Spencer & Therese | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2010 |
| Suite in 3 | String orchestra | 2018 |
| T.L(X) | Chamber Music | 2016 |
| TRIOverture | Chamber Music | 2019 |
| Tak-Nein-Tak | Chamber Music | 2024 |
| Tango-Loop 2022 | Instrumental solo | 2022 |
| Tanzt die Orange | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2024 |
| Table of Contents | Instrumental solo | 2023 |
| The Death of Orpheus | Stage work | 2014 |
| The Guide For The Perplexed | Solo voice(s) a cappella | 2020 |
| Thoreau Second Hand | Ensemble | 2024 |
| Three Jim Carrey-Speeches | Instrumental solo | 2021 |
| Three Songs | Instrumental solo | 2015 |
| Tiefhornfantasie aus den Ostalpen | String orchestra | 2023 |
| Timpani Speech | Instrumental solo | 2024 |
| Tommy | Solo voice(s), choir & solo instrument(s) | 2021 |
| Péter Tornyai´s Letter | Instrumental solo | 2019 |
| Tra - Hommage a J.S.Bach | Chamber Music | 2013 |
| Tre dui - Musical Incidence for Six Performers | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2012 |
| Trittico dalla mia finestra | Chamber Music | 2014 |
| Uvdtloriaq´s Anthem to the Rising Sun | Instrumental solo | 2014 |
| Variationen über ein Thema von - | Symphony orchestra | 2014 |
| Wanderers Nachtlied II | Chamber Music | 2021 |
| Wandering Romances | Chamber Music | 2022 |
| Wenn dein Mütterlein / When Your Mother | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2014 |
| Wind Book 2023 | Wind orchestra | 2023 |
| Wnaderers nachtlied / Wanderer´s Night Song | Solo voice(s) with ensemble | 2014 |
| Zsolnay March | Wind orchestra | 2016 |
| Zsolnay-dances | Wind orchestra | 2019 |
| Zulu Nights | Mixed choir | 2023 |
| bLd | Instrumental solo | 2014 |
| burjan | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2021 |
| for larry | Instrumental solo | 2011 |
| i fiori | Chamber Music | 2012 |
| inno | Instrumental solo | 2012 |
| quasi quatricinium | Chamber Music | 2009 |
| qui | Chamber Music | 2012 |
| tr(io) | Chamber Music | 2011 |
| Transcription - Josquin des Préz: Pater Noster | !to be determined | 2016 |
| Émile Reynaud: Pauvre Pierrot | Film music | 2015 |
| Odes (诗经) | Solo voice(s) with orchestra | 2017 |
| Öi-(jj) | Instrumental solo | 2016 |
| Örkény´s Dilemma | Live and prerecorded music | 2014 |
| Örkény´ dilemma - version x. | !to be determined | 0 |