Composer · Pianist · Film Music Composer

Music that
moves between
worlds.

Orchestral, chamber, vocal and screen music shaped by colour, rhythm and a strong dramatic instinct.

About

Judit Varga

Vienna-based composer with an international concert and film music practice, whose work spans orchestral, chamber, solo and vocal compositions, with performances in international concert halls and festivals.

Her music moves naturally between classical tradition, experimental currents and the dramatic worlds of film and stage. Recurring loops, kinetic energy and shifting perspectives shape a language that feels at once familiar, playful and unmistakably contemporary.

Based inVienna
FieldsComposition · Film music · Piano · Teaching

Work catalogue

Music

Loops, kinetic energy and shifting perspectives animate music that moves freely between classical tradition and experiment—from a single instrument to the full force of the orchestra.

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Selected works

FILM+ Stage

Film scores, television, documentary, experimental moving image and works for the stage.

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UPCOMING

Selected upcoming performances.

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News & Media

NEWS
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Premieres, releases, awards, research projects and selected glimpses into current work.

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CONTACT

Concert & interview inquiries

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LOCATION

Vienna-based, with concerts worldwide. See where Judit is next in the UPCOMING section!

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Around a Roundabout

Year of composition2020
Durationapprox. 4'40"
Instrumentation
Version for large orchestra: 3 flutes (III doubling piccolo), 2 oboes, cor anglais, 3 B-flat clarinets, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon; 4 horns in F, 2 trumpets in C, 3 trombones, tuba; timpani (also cymbal on timpani); percussion (wood block, bass drum, xylophone, singing tube/PVC); harp; strings.

Version for small orchestra: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 B-flat clarinets, 2 bassoons; 4 horns in F, 2 trumpets in C, 3 trombones; percussion (2 players: timpani/cymbal on timpani/wood block; bass drum/xylophone/singing tube); strings.

Commission

Commissioned by the ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

Premiere / performances / awards

Premiere29 April 2022 · Wiener Konzerthaus, Vienna · ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra · Marin Alsop, conductor · world premiere
Further performances
20 March 2023 · Grande salle Pierre Boulez, Philharmonie de Paris · ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra · Marin Alsop, conductor24 March 2025 · Grand Hall, Liszt Academy, Budapest · Alba Regia Symphony Orchestra · Rémi Durupt, conductor · Hungarian premiere

Materials / releases / sources

Recording / release
ORF CD 3267 · version for large orchestra · ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra · Marin Alsop, conductor · 05:10Ö1 portrait CD / playlist ↗

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