Varga Abigél
Composer
Abigél Varga was born in Eger, Hungary, 1996. She studied at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music Budapest between 2015-2021 as a student of Judit Varga, Zsófia Tallér and Péter Tornyai in composition. Between 2021-2023 she was a student of Moritz Eggert at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München, in the Komposition Meisterklasse postgraduate programme, which she has completed with the performance of her piece EMBRACE - Oratorium in zehn Teilen mit vier Sängerinnen und Tanzchoreographie, basierend auf der psychologischen Theorie von Carl Gustav Jung (1865–1961).
In 2019 10th May Abigél performed the composition of Kurtág György titled ...sleep no more... Seven songs, op. 50 (2019) - dedicated to Judit Rajk and the performers of the premiere (May 10, 2019 at FUGA) at FUGA Concert Hall as an assistant in preparing the piano, and participated the rehearsals of the composition directed by Kurtág György.
In 2023 Abigél was selected for the Cité Internationale des Arts Paris Residency. In 2024 she was also selected for the Music Residency Programme of BASIS Vinschgau Venosta | Social Activation Hub.
In 2023, Abigél was selected as one of the participants of the Lucerne Festival Composer's Seminar by Wolfgang Rihm and Dieter Ammann, together with seven other young composers from over a hundred applicants. The seminar and final concert took place in August 2023, with the mentorship of Dieter Ammann and Unsuk Chin.
Her music composed as an accompaniment for the theater-piece of Lackfi János titled Hinták was performed on the Ars Sacra Festival, and two compositions of her were premiered (Images on a Theme, Alba e Tramonto) by the Annie Fischer Scholarship-winner artists on the Cafe Budapest Contemporary Art Festival. In January 2021, the MIKAMO Central European Chamber Orchestra performed her composition Rosamunde - Entr’acts Second Interlude at the Palace of Arts, composed for the commission of the Transparent Sound Festival, conducted by Ajtony Csaba.
Beside composing, Abigél also takes part in musical life as a concert organiser and event manager. She worked as an event organiser assistant in the concert organisation department of FUGA alongside Judit Rajk, curator of classical music events. She was artistic coordinator and concert organiser at the Crescendo Summer Academy in Tokaj. She participated in the organisation of the aDevantgarde Festival in Munich as a co-organiser.
In 2025, she was awarded the Fanny Mendelssohn Composition Prize, which included a commission for a chamber piece for citera and trumpet, to be performed by Tamás Pálfalvi, also a Fanny Mendelssohn Prize winner, and Sarah Luisa Wurmer at the KlangART Vision music festival in October 2025.
In 2019 10th May Abigél performed the composition of Kurtág György titled ...sleep no more... Seven songs, op. 50 (2019) - dedicated to Judit Rajk and the performers of the premiere (May 10, 2019 at FUGA) at FUGA Concert Hall as an assistant in preparing the piano, and participated the rehearsals of the composition directed by Kurtág György.
In 2023 Abigél was selected for the Cité Internationale des Arts Paris Residency. In 2024 she was also selected for the Music Residency Programme of BASIS Vinschgau Venosta | Social Activation Hub.
In 2023, Abigél was selected as one of the participants of the Lucerne Festival Composer's Seminar by Wolfgang Rihm and Dieter Ammann, together with seven other young composers from over a hundred applicants. The seminar and final concert took place in August 2023, with the mentorship of Dieter Ammann and Unsuk Chin.
Her music composed as an accompaniment for the theater-piece of Lackfi János titled Hinták was performed on the Ars Sacra Festival, and two compositions of her were premiered (Images on a Theme, Alba e Tramonto) by the Annie Fischer Scholarship-winner artists on the Cafe Budapest Contemporary Art Festival. In January 2021, the MIKAMO Central European Chamber Orchestra performed her composition Rosamunde - Entr’acts Second Interlude at the Palace of Arts, composed for the commission of the Transparent Sound Festival, conducted by Ajtony Csaba.
Beside composing, Abigél also takes part in musical life as a concert organiser and event manager. She worked as an event organiser assistant in the concert organisation department of FUGA alongside Judit Rajk, curator of classical music events. She was artistic coordinator and concert organiser at the Crescendo Summer Academy in Tokaj. She participated in the organisation of the aDevantgarde Festival in Munich as a co-organiser.
In 2025, she was awarded the Fanny Mendelssohn Composition Prize, which included a commission for a chamber piece for citera and trumpet, to be performed by Tamás Pálfalvi, also a Fanny Mendelssohn Prize winner, and Sarah Luisa Wurmer at the KlangART Vision music festival in October 2025.
| Title | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|
| "...ante tres dies..." | Instrumental solo | 2018 |
| ...leaves are falling | Instrumental solo | 2021 |
| AJTÓ | Chamber Music | 2023 |
| Alba e tramonto | Chamber Music | 2020 |
| Artificial Flowers | Electroacoustic music | 0 |
| Bird Songs | Instrumental solo | 0 |
| Cochlear Structures | Instrumental solo | 2020 |
| Coded Bodies | Opera | 2022 |
| Dancing Sparrows | Ensemble | 2023 |
| David Erler´s Speech at Demonstration in Dresden | Solo voice(s) with ensemble | 2020 |
| Door | Chamber Music | 2021 |
| Embrace | Stage work | 2023 |
| Epilog | Instrumental solo | 2024 |
| Es liegt der heiße Sommer | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2021 |
| I´ll be a Tree | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2021 |
| Let us cover the rose | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2021 |
| Folk-breeze | Chamber Music | 2019 |
| Four Days, Four Nights | Live and tape music | 2025 |
| Swings | Music for the theater | 2020 |
| Images on a Theme | Instrumental solo | 2020 |
| In der Letzten Zeit | Solo voice(s) with ensemble | 2020 |
| Lenore | Solo voice(s) with ensemble | 2023 |
| I am painting purple... | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2017 |
| Lisas Land des Lächelns | Stage work | 2023 |
| Nimmersatte Liebe / Insatiable Love | Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) | 2019 |
| Palingenesis | Chamber Music | 2020 |
| Pensiero | Chamber Music | 2019 |
| Picture Book | Live and tape music | 0 |
| Porcelain | Instrumental solo | 2018 |
| Reminiscence | !to be determined | 2024 |
| Scrigno | Instrumental solo | 2019 |
| Solitude | Instrumental solo | 0 |
| The Damaged Phonograph | Chamber Music | 0 |
| The Growth | Ensemble | 2024 |
| Transforming Nature | !to be determined | 2025 |
| Way Back | Chamber Music | 0 |
| Way Back | Chamber Music | 0 |
| Mistress Agnes | Solo voice(s) with ensemble | 2018 |
| Stations | Symphony orchestra | 0 |
| Transcription - Franz Schubert: Rosamunde (Entr´acts Entr´act 2) | Chamber orchestra | 0 |