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Ádám Brandenburg is a Hungarian composer, university lecturer and an active participant in contemporary classical music life. He was born on the 22nd of May 1991. His creative repertoire is diverse, and his works include symphonic orchestral compositions, solo and chamber works, vocal pieces, theater and film music, and light music songs. His textual and instrumental works often focus on sacred themes. His works are performed in both domestic and international concert halls.

Outstanding among its many domestic and international awards and competition results is the Junior Classical Music Composer of the Year – Artisjus Award (2018) and the Andor Neszlényi Award (2017). His works have been put into repertoire at such renowned international competitions as the Bartók World Competition and Festival (Distances – string quartet) or the Rosario Marciano International Piano Competition (Illusions).

He began his compositional studies at the Béla Bartók Grammar School of Music as a student of Lajos Huszár and Miklós Csemiczky. In 2015, he graduated from the Liszt Ferenc University of Music with a BA in composition, in 2017 with a degree in composition with an MA, where Zsófia Tallér, Judit Varga and Gyula Fekete were their lead teachers. Since 2017, he has been a doctoral student at the University of Theater and Film Arts. Hungarian film music of the middle of the 19th century in the oeuvre of Ferenc Farkas, György Ránki, András Szőllősy and Emil Petrovics.

He has been teaching applied composition, solfeggio, music theory and film music analysis since 2014 at the University of Theater and Film Arts. His works have been performed by such orchestras as the Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Óbuda Danubia Orchestra, Budafoki Dohnányi Ernő Symphony Orchestra, Miskolc Symphony Orchestra or Budapest Strings. He is a member of the Association of Hungarian Composers.