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

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CONTACT

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LOCATION

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

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Year of composition2019
Durationapprox. 10'
Instrumentation
2 flutes (II doubling piccolo), 2 oboes, 2 B-flat clarinets (II doubling bass clarinet), 2 bassoons (II doubling contrabassoon); 2 horns in F, 2 trumpets in C; percussion (2 players: bass drum, glockenspiel, cymbals, contrabass bow, timpani, cymbal on timpani; suspended cymbals, vibraphone, temple block, triangle); piano; strings (violin I divisi up to 5, violin II divisi up to 5, violas divisi up to 3, violoncelli divisi up to 4, double bass)

About the work

Judit Varga’s contribution to BeEnigma, a collaborative Beethoven portrait commissioned by TONALi. The project approaches Beethoven without directly quoting his music and combines five commissioned orchestral works with Poetry Slam texts by Timo Brunke and a participatory programme involving students and members of the TONALi Orchestra.

Commission

Commissioned by TONALi as part of BeEnigma

Premiere / performances / awards

Premiere6 June 2021 · Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg · TONALi Orchestra · Garrett Keast, conductor · Timo Brunke, Poetry Slam · world premiere (BeEnigma)

Score / materials

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