Illés Márton
Composer
Place of Birth
Budapest
Date of Birth
1975
Márton Illés, born in Budapest, received his early training in piano, composition and percussion at various Kodály schools in Győr. From 1994 to 2001 he attended the Basle Academy of Music, where he studied with László Gyimesi (piano) and Detlev Müller-Siemens (composition). This was followed from 2001 to 2005 by studies in Karlsruhe with Wolfgang Rihm (composition) and Michael Reudenbach (theory). Later he received fellowships to the Villa Massimo in Rome (2009), the Villa Concordia in Bamberg (2011) and the Civitella Ranieri Centre in Umbria (2012).
His catalogue of works includes pieces for solo instrument, chamber music, string quartets, vocal works, ensemble compositions, electronic music, two pieces of music theatre and works for string orchestra and full orchestra. He has been performed at leading international festivals and concert halls including the Rome Auditorium, Cité des Arts (Paris), Klangspuren (Schwaz, Austria), Kings Place (London), the Berlin Konzerthaus, Musica Strasbourg, the Munich Biennale, the Schleswig-Holstein Festival, the Tokyo Summer Festival, Ultraschall (Berlin), Eclat Festival (Stuttgart) and the Witten Contemporary Chamber Music Festival.
He has worked with the Ensemble Modern, the Ensemble Intercontemporain, the Minguet Quartet and the Munich Chamber Orchestra. In 2001 he played the solopart of his piano concerto Rajzok II in the Cologne Philharmonie with the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Jonathan Nott. He has taught theory at Karlsruhe University of Music since 2005 and composition at Würzburg University of Music since 2011. His works are published by Breitkopf & Härtel. Among his awards and honours are the Christoph and Stephan Kaske Prize (2005), the composers prize of the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation (2008), the Schneider-Schott Prize and the Paul Hindemith Prize.
His catalogue of works includes pieces for solo instrument, chamber music, string quartets, vocal works, ensemble compositions, electronic music, two pieces of music theatre and works for string orchestra and full orchestra. He has been performed at leading international festivals and concert halls including the Rome Auditorium, Cité des Arts (Paris), Klangspuren (Schwaz, Austria), Kings Place (London), the Berlin Konzerthaus, Musica Strasbourg, the Munich Biennale, the Schleswig-Holstein Festival, the Tokyo Summer Festival, Ultraschall (Berlin), Eclat Festival (Stuttgart) and the Witten Contemporary Chamber Music Festival.
He has worked with the Ensemble Modern, the Ensemble Intercontemporain, the Minguet Quartet and the Munich Chamber Orchestra. In 2001 he played the solopart of his piano concerto Rajzok II in the Cologne Philharmonie with the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Jonathan Nott. He has taught theory at Karlsruhe University of Music since 2005 and composition at Würzburg University of Music since 2011. His works are published by Breitkopf & Härtel. Among his awards and honours are the Christoph and Stephan Kaske Prize (2005), the composers prize of the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation (2008), the Schneider-Schott Prize and the Paul Hindemith Prize.
| Title | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|
| "Emily Dickinsons Uhr" / "Emily Dickinson´s Watch" | Opera | 2007 |
| Ascolta-Drawings | Ensemble | 2016 |
| Cellokonzert / Cello Concerto | Concerto | 2023 |
| Chorrajzok | Vocal ensemble | 0 |
| E halk tájt... | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 0 |
| Em-Kör | Ensemble | 2020 |
| Euphories I | Instrumental solo | 2009 |
| Euphories II | Instrumental solo | 2009 |
| Euphories III | Chamber Music | 2012 |
| Ez-tér | Symphony orchestra | 2017 |
| Fabrajzok | Ensemble | 2018 |
| Forajzok | Ensemble | 2021 |
| Hang-tér | Solo voice(s) a cappella | 2021 |
| Three Watercolors | Chamber Music | 2017 |
| Three Watercolors | Ensemble | 2018 |
| Three Watercolours | Chamber Music | 2016 |
| Three Watercolors | Chamber Music | 2024 |
| Three Watercolours for Cembalo | Instrumental solo | 2011 |
| Three Watercolours for Clarinet | Instrumental solo | 2014 |
| Hörajzok | Chamber Music | 2022 |
| Húr-tér I (String Quartet No. 3) | Chamber Music | 2017 |
| Húr-tér II | Chamber Music | 2019 |
| Húr-tér III | Chamber Music | 2023 |
| String Quartet No. 3 | Chamber Music | 2017 |
| John Bull: In Nomine VI+XII | Chamber Music | 2013 |
| Ljubljana-rajzok | String orchestra | 2018 |
| Ljubljana24 | String orchestra | 2024 |
| Lég-szín-tér | Symphony orchestra | 2023 |
| Four Watercolors | Chamber Music | 2021 |
| Vier Objekte / Four Objects | Instrumental solo | 2020 |
| Post Torso | String orchestra | 2007 |
| Psychogramm I "Jajgatós" ("Wailing") | Instrumental solo | 2013 |
| Psychogramm II "Rettegős" ("Fearful") | Instrumental solo | 2015 |
| Psychogramm III "Repressed" | Instrumental solo | 2018 |
| Psychogramm IV "Durcáskodós" ("Sulking") | Instrumental solo | 2019 |
| Psychogramm V "Akaratoskodós" ("Insisting") | Instrumental solo | 2020 |
| Psychogramm VI "Szorongós" ("Distressing") | Instrumental solo | 2022 |
| Psychogramm VII "Perlekedős" ("Quarreling") | Instrumental solo | 2022 |
| Quartetto-Interludio-Ballada | Solo voice(s) with ensemble | 1998 |
| Zeichnungen I / Drawings I | String orchestra | 2010 |
| Zeichnungen II / Drawings II | Concerto | 2011 |
| Zeichnungen III / Drawings III | Chamber Music | 2013 |
| Zeichnungen IV / Drawings IV | Chamber Music | 2013 |
| Re-akvarell | Concerto | 2015 |
| Réz-Tér | Chamber Music | 2020 |
| Scene polidimensionali IX "Ebenen" ("Layers") | Ensemble | 2004 |
| Scene polidimensionali VIII "Line fields" | Chamber Music | 2004 |
| Scene polidimensionali X "Line-spaces" | Chamber Music | 2005 |
| Scene polidimensionali XV "Manic Lines" | Ensemble | 2008 |
| Scene polidimensionali XVI "...Kreise" ("...Circles") | Ensemble | 2009 |
| Scene polidimensionali XVII "Die weiße Fürstin" | Stage work | 2010 |
| Sírt-tér | Concerto | 2023 |
| Three Songs After Poems by Felix Reinhuber | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2022 |
| Three skEtches | Live electronic music | 2021 |
| Torso II | Instrumental solo | 2006 |
| Torso III | Ensemble | 2007 |
| Torso V | Chamber Music | 2007 |
| Torso VI | Chamber Music | 2008 |
| Torso VII | Chamber Music | 2008 |
| Torso polidimensionale | Chamber Music | 0 |
| Dance-Space | Ensemble | 2012 |
| Objects | Instrumental solo | 2012 |
| Tér-szín-tér | Symphony orchestra | 2021 |
| Tört-szín-tér | Symphony orchestra | 2014 |
| Vont-tér (Violin Concerto) | Concerto | 2019 |
| Víz-szín-tér | Orchestral work | 2019 |
| Én-Kör I | Chamber Music | 2015 |
| Én-Kör III | Chamber Music | 2019 |
| Én-kör II | Chamber Music | 2017 |
| Én-kör V | Chamber Music | 2025 |
| New Circles | Chamber Music | 2015 |