Márton Illés (born 12 December 1975 in

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), is a Hungarian composer and pianist. Illés received musical training in piano, composition and percussion in

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from 1981 to 1994. In 1993 he spent one academical term at the conservatory of Zurich with pianist Hadassa Schwimmer. He studied the piano with László Gyimesi at the Hochschule für Musik Basel, completing his solo diploma in 1998. He continued his piano studies with

Karl-Heinz Kämmerling Karl-Heinz Kämmerling (6 May 1930 – 14 June 2012) was a notable German academic teacher of classical pianists, who trained pianists at the Mozarteum in Salzburg and the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover for careers as performer ...

in Hannover. He studied composition with

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from 1997 to 2001 in Basel, with

Wolfgang Rihm Wolfgang Rihm (born 13 March 1952) is a German composer and academic teacher. He is musical director of the Institute of New Music and Media at the University of Music Karlsruhe and has been composer in residence at the Lucerne Festival and the Sa ...

and music theory under Michael Reudenbach at the

Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe Karlsruhe's University of Music (Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe in German) is a college of music in Karlsruhe, Germany. Originally the Baden Conservatory of Music, it was elevated to a Hochschule under the direction of Franz Philipp, who led ...

from 2001 to 2005. In 2006, Illés founded the ''Scene Polidimensionali'' chamber music ensemble He won an Ernst von Siemens Composers' Prize in 2008,List of past winners
of the Composers' Prize of the

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. Retrieved 2 April 2011. and a scholarship to the

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in 2009.List of award winners
, Villa Massimo. His first large scale stage work, ''Die weiße Fürstin'', was given its world premiere in April 2010 at the

Munich Biennale The Munich Biennale (german: Münchener Biennale) is a contemporary opera and music theatre festival in the city of Munich. The full German name is ''Internationales Festival für neues Musiktheater'', literally: International Festival for New Musi ...

in a co-production with

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. Further performances then took place in Kiel in May and June of that year.Recent and future performances of Illés' operas
from Operabase.

Works

The works of Illés are published by

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. * ''Víz-Szín-tér'', for orchestra (2019) * ''Vont-tér'', for violin and chamber orchestra (2019) * ''Ez-tér'', for large orchestra (2017) * ''Re-Akvarell'', for clarinet and large orchestra (2015) * ''Tört-Szín-tér'', for large orchestra (2014/15) * ''Rajzok II'', for piano and large orchestra (2011)

Stage works

References

External links

Márton Illés
official website.
Márton Illés
at

. {{DEFAULTSORT:Illes, Marton 1975 births 21st-century classical composers Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe alumni Hungarian classical composers Hungarian male classical composers Living people Hungarian opera composers Male opera composers Musicians from Budapest Ernst von Siemens Composers' Prize winners 21st-century Hungarian male musicians