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. Later, he continued his piano studies with Karl-Heinz Kämmerling in Hannover. He studied composition with

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from 1997 to 2001 in Basel, with

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and music theory under Michael Reudenbach at the

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from 2001 to 2005. In 2006, Illés founded the ''Scene Polidimensionali'' chamber music ensemble He won an Ernst von Siemens Composer Prize in 2008,List of past winners
of the Composers' Prize of the Ernst von Siemens Foundation. Retrieved 2 April 2011. and a scholarship to the Villa Massimo 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

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in a co-production with Theater Kiel. 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 Hungarian classical composers Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe alumni Living people Hungarian opera composers Hungarian male opera composers Musicians from Budapest 21st-century Hungarian male musicians