Illes, Marton

Since 1981 he studied at the music schools of Gyor (piano, drums, composition); since 1993 - one semester at the Zurich Conservatory ( German piano class Hadassa Schwimmer ). In 1998 he graduated from the Basel Academy of Music with (piano). Since 2000, he improved his postgraduate studies in piano in Hanover with .

He studied the composition in Basel with (1997-2001), then in Karlsruhe with Wolfgang Rome (2001-2005); there, in Karlsruhe, he studied the theory of music by and composition in electroacoustics by Thomas Trogé. He improved his composition and piano at the master classes of György Sandor , Lazar Berman , György Ligeti , György Kurtag , Helmut Lachenman .

In the 1990s he performed in solo and chamber concerts, played in the Basel Symphony Orchestra. Since 2005 he taught (associate professor) at the Higher School of Music in Karlsruhe , since 2011 - at the ^[1] .

In 2006, he created the Scene Polidimensionali chamber ensemble, in which he is a pianist and conductor.

Collaborates with the ensembles Modern , Intercontemporain , Minguet Quartett and the Munich Chamber Orchestra .

His works are performed in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, England, Hungary, Egypt, Brazil and Greenland at festivals ( in Italy, Northern Recorder Course in Chester ), as well as in concerts by many soloists and chamber ensembles.

In 2004, Scene polidimensionali IX Levels b ( Hungarian Szintek b ) was first performed in Frankfurt at the 1st International Seminar of Contemporary Ensemble Composers, held by Helmut Lachenman and Frank Allu. In the same year, the chamber oratorio of M. Illesha Li kulli Schäi'n, based on the Andalusian Arabian elegy, was staged at the Cairo Opera and in Liderhall (Stuttgart); Wolfgang Rome presented her at an evening at the .

Selected Works

plays for musical theater

• Emily Dickinsons Uhr (for soprano, 4 clarinets and electronics to verses by Emily Dickinson , 2007 )
• White Princess ( German: Die weiße Fürstin ; based on Rilke ’s dramatic poem, 2010, premiere at the ) ^[2]

for soloist, choir and chamber orchestra

• Scene polidimensionali XVII Die Fürstin (2009)

concerts

• for piano and orchestra "Drawings" ( Hungarian. Rajzok ^[3]
• for piano and orchestra “Pictures II” ( Hungarian Rajzok II ; premiere in 2011 by the author and the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jonathan Nott at the ) ^[1]

for orchestra

• Post Torso (2007)

chamber music

• Scene polidimensionali IX "Szintek b" (2004)
• Torso III (2007)
• Scene polidimensionali XV (2008)
• Scene polidimensionali XVI "... Körök" (2008)
• Piano Trio for (2009)
• string quartet for the Festival (2009)

• Prize (2005)
• Hindemith Prize ( 2008 )
• Ernst von Siemens Composition Award (2008)
• scholarships for studies at the German Academy of Art at Villa Massimo in Rome ( 2009 ), as well as at Villa Concordia in Bamberg ( 2011 ) and the Civitella Ranieri Center in Umbria ( 2012 ).

Marton Illes composes music in which careful calculation and risk are precisely balanced. The expression of emotion in his music is always within the boundaries of a structural whole; rationality is confronted with the strong, sharp and explosive energy of world sound. In recent years, this has led Illesha to the author's way of expression, which ensures his status without regard to compositional trends or fashion.

Original text

Márton Illés composes music in which exact calculation and risk are held in a precise balance. The expression of emotion in his music is always contained within the bounds of a structural whole; the rationality is confronted with a powerful and incisive sound-world and explosive energy. This has lead Illés in recent years to an authoritative mode of expression that is able to make its own statement without relying on compositional trends or fashions.

- Wolfgang Rome ^[4]

• Márton Illés: Biography (inaccessible link) . Ensemble Modern; Siemens Arts Program. Date of treatment April 8, 2014. Archived March 4, 2016.
• Márton Illés: Lebenslauf (German) (link not available) . Der Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien. Date of treatment April 8, 2014. Archived March 4, 2016.
• Hiller E. Márton Illés - Biografie (German) . Abenteuer neue Musik . Musicacademy Date of treatment April 8, 2014.
• Márton Illés . Music Sales Classical. - (incomplete list of works) . Date of treatment April 8, 2014.