Balogh Máté

November 9, 1990

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Máté Balogh was born in 1990 in Győr. He is a graduate of the Music Secondary of Pécs, where he specialized in music theory and composition under the tutelage of István Győrffy. He finished his studies in composition at the Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest under Zoltán Jeney. In 2013, he spent a semester in Trieste, Italy, studying composition with Fabio Nieder, followed by a year working under the mentorship of Péter Eötvös. He received his doctoral DLA degree at the Liszt Academy of Music and is currently an associate professor in the Music Theory Department and at the International Kodály Institute. He held the position of Editor-in-Chief of the Universal Music Publishing Editio Musica Budapest until September 2018, focusing largely on the works of György Kurtág. His pieces have been performed all over Europe and in Turkey, China, Taiwan, Japan, and the United States. He composed the soundtrack for Zsófia Szilágyi’s film entitled One Day, which was awarded the FIPRESCI-Prize in Cannes in 2019. His music has been presented at numerous international festivals, such as Manifeste Festival (IRCAM-Paris), Milano Musica, Listening to China (Shanghai), etc. Among others, he has worked with Ensemble Mozaik (GER), Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra (PRC), Huntsville Symphony Orchestra (USA), Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra (CZ), Asasello Quartet (GER), Stadler Quartet (AUS), and the Slovenian National Choir (SLO), to name a few. In the last decade, he has won several prizes at international composition competitions in Bruxelles, Cannes, Mannheim, Trieste, Ostrava, Beijing, and Budapest. He was awarded the Junior Prima Prize, Artisjus Prize, Salvatore Quasimodo Prize, and Fidelio 50 Prize. He has held the position of President of the Hungarian Composers’ Union since 2021.

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STAGE WORKS Spencer & Therese (2010), S, T, pno. Lib: Composer Out at Sea after Mrozek’s Play (2013), S, MS, T, B cl., vla., vlc. The Death of Orpheus on Ovid’s Story Entitled the Same Recitation (2014– 2021), cl., tr., tuba, perc., vlc. Kalevala-Variations (2016), solo voice/any chr. Antiope-Fragments Cantata on Euripides’ Fragments (2018), S, cimb., 6 glasses, male chr. Matsuo Basho’s Song. Noh-Monodrama Solo Noh-Singer (2021) Pub: UMP EMB ORCHESTRAL WORKS Quintet (2015), 5 chbr. orch. Zsolnay March (2016), wind orch. Dichterliebe-Metamorphosen (To be Played Between the Songs “Dichterliebe” by Robert Schumann) (2016), T, symph. orch. Odes for Chinese Folk Orchestra (2017), S, di, sheng, pipa, da ruan, diyin ruan, yang qin, zheng, perc., pno., ban hu, er hu Orpheus’ Song (2017), symph. orch. Pseudomarsch for Wind Orchestra (2017) Pub: UMP EMB 6:3. Hommage à György Szepesi – Recitation (2018), chbr. orch., 2 perc., cimb., pno. Alabama March (2019), symph. orch. Pub: UMP EMB SR: comp. hp. Shijing Songs (2019), S, symph. orch. Lib: Shi Jing Kunstmusik (2020), symph. orch. Pub: UMP EMB WORKS FOR STRING ORCHESTRA Luca Marenzio in Salzburg – Three String Quartets (2012) Variationen über ein Thema von – (2014), str. orch. HautBOis(N-MOT) (2016), ob., str. orch. 12 Makams (2018), A, cl., str. orch. Lib: Pelin Özer Suite in 3 (2018), str. orch. SR: comp. hp. Bahnmusik – Hommage à Honegger (2019), str. orch. SR: comp. hp. Song for the Persecuted (2020), 2 solo vla., 5-part vla. orch. ENSEMBLE Genesis (2012), S, fl., cl., bs., hn., perc., 2 vl., vla., vlc., db. Lib: Biblical The Labyrinth of the World and the Paradise of the Heart (2013), S, fl., cl., hn., vl., vla., vlc., db. Lib: Comenius SR: comp. hp. Notturni a L (2013), fl., cl., 2 tr., 2 perc., pno., vl., vla., vlc., db. Trittico dalla mia finestra – Hommage à Franko Vecchiet (2014), fl., cl., perc., pno., vl., vlc. SR: comp. hp. BABE(urope)L – Hommage à P. Brueghel (2014), fl., cl., engl. hn., vl., vla., vlc., pno., perc. Melodiemusik – Hommage à Bartók (2015, rev. 2018), 2 fl., 2 ob., 2 cl., 2 vl., 2 vla., 2 vlc., 2 perc. Pub: UMP EMB SR: comp. hp. Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr (2015), undefined solo, 2 vl., vla., vlc., db. Le Testament de Josquin des Préz (2015), A fl., cl., 2 vl., vla., vlc., pno. Pseudomakam (2015), 2-part chbr. orch., with undefined mirrored orchestration Rintocchi di mezzanott – Hommage à Verdi (2015), 3 vla., 3 vlc., db., campana Es ist genug – Experimental Imagination on a Bach-Chorale (2016), fl., 2 cl., hn., vibr., pno., 2 vl., vla., 2 vlc. Quasi zimbalo – Hommage à F. Liszt (2021), cimb., 3 cl., str. Pub: UMP EMB CHAMBER WORKS Consummatum est – Hommage à J. Haydn (2010), str. quartet Pénelopeia (2012), S, perc. Lib: Composer qui (2012), cl., 2 vl., vla., vlc. Anakreonteion – On Zoltán Jeney’s 70th Birthday (2013), A, A fl. Lib: AnakreonSong Due linee (2015), 2 vl. Das Rheingold (2015), B cl., loop-pedal Karsilikli konsuma on Pelin Özer’s Poems (2015), A, vl., cl., tambourine SR: comp. hp. Kikaku&Basho (2015), S sax., harp SR: comp. hp. Pentagrammon (2015), fl., cl., vl., vlc., pno. SR: comp. hp. 7 Ant(hem)s – Hommage à P. Esterházy (2016), vlc., pno. Pub: UMP EMB SR: comp. hp. GW150914 (2016), mar., pno. T. L(X) – On the 60th Anniversary of László Tihanyi (2016), 4 undefined instr. Kipling’s Speech – On Rudyard Kipling’s If (2016), sprechgesang, fl., vlc., pno. SR: comp. hp. Pub: Universal Edition Jam Quartet (2016), fl., 3 trgl., pno., vlc. Pub: UMP EMB SR: comp. hp. Ricerca di ricercare – Hommage à J. S. Bach (2017), 2 pno. 12 hands Hemingway’s Speech (2017), male voice, vl., vla., vlc., db. Game (2018), vl., vla., vlc., pno. SR: comp. hp. Lerchenquartett (2018), str. quartet TRIOverture to be Interpreted Before Brahms’ Op. 114 (2019), vla., vlc., pno. Dadamusik (2019), str. quartet Pub: UMP EMB Der Rhein am Tomasee – Hommage à Wagner (2019), str. quartet SR: comp. hp. Pub: Impronta Edition Mrs. Trio – Hommage à J. Haydn (2019), vl., vlc., pno. One Hundred Famous Views of Edo – Homage à Utagawa Hiroshige (2019), 12 gonghi, B fl., 2 B cl., vlc. Shijing Songs (2019), S, 5 wood-blocks Lib: Shijing-Collection SR: comp. hp. A molett menyasszony sminkje (2020), S, S sax., harp Lib: Petra Szőcs SR: comp. hp. Ami marad (2020), S, harp, melodeon Lib: Adél Kálnay Invocation & Perpetuum Mobile – Hommage à Max Bruch (2020), vla., cl., pno. SR: comp. hp. 4×1 Chansons (2020), S, pno., gran cassa, music box Lib: Pierre Louys Bilitis Melinda-Esterházyade (2020), str. quartet, pno. Recitativo prosecco (2020), str. quartet Brief – Hommage à Beethoven – For Singing Cellist and Fortepiano (2020) Lib: L. van Beethoven Wanderers Nachtlied II. (2021), fl., vla., acc., harp CHORAL WORKS Ode to Joyce (2011), SATB Lib: James Joyce Four Parts of The Year (2011), SATB Lib: Mihály Csokonai Vitéz Maláj pantum (2013), SATB Lib: Composer An meine Völker! (2017), SATB Lib: Kaiser Franz Joseph 9 Songs – Hommage à Edward Lear (2018), SATB Lib: Edward Lear SR: comp. hp. JoycEND (2019), SATB Lib: James Joyce SR: comp. hp. Misztótfalusi Kis Miklós vacsorája (2019), female chr. Lib: Miklós Misztót falusi Kis SOLO WORKS Young Wive’s Song on Attila József’s Poem (2010), female voice SR: comp. hp. Ealg!snu – Hommage à Liszt (2011), pno. Silenzio! (2012), solo suspended cimb. Wenn dein Mütterlein on Friedrich Rückert’s Poem (2014), A, cl. SR: comp. hp. Three Songs (2015), vla. Ha – Hommage à László Sándor (2015), vlc. öi-(jj) – Hommage à István Örkény (2016), mar. FreenchHorn (2016), hn. Fehér-Song on Renátó Fehér’s Poem (2016), male voice D. Hommage à Ádám Bodor (2016), db. Lebenslauf on Hölderlin’s Poem (2017), male voice SR: comp. hp. Schmuyle & Samuel Goldenberg – Hommage à Mussorgsky (2018), pno. SR: comp. hp. Pesther Karneval 2019 – Hommage à F. Liszt (2019), pno. Oscar Speech (2019), vl. SR: comp. hp. Pub: Universal Edition Logopédia on the Text of Renátó Fehér (2019), B fl. Little Harry Hughes – Experimental Imagination for 8-Stringed Guitar (2019) 12 Cadences (2020), cl. Marching Tuba (2020) Matryoshka – Hommage à István Baka (2020), pno. Six Honest Serving-Men on Kipling’s Poem (2020), solo recitation SR: comp. hp. The Guide for The Perplexed (2020), A Lib: Text of Maimonides (in English)