Máté Bella

2015. november 3.

Born: 28.11.1985, Budapest

Position at Liszt Academy: assistant lecturer

Subjects: Composition, XX. Century Composition Practice

Studies:

Feb 2013-Jun 2013 Academy of Music in Kraków – composition, Cracow (Prof. Wojciech Widłak)
2011-2014: Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music DLA – composition, Budapest (Prof. Zoltán Jeney)
2006-2011: Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music – composition, Budapest (Prof. Gyula Fekete)
2002-2006: Béla Bartók Secondary Music School – composition, Budapest (Prof. Miklós Kocsár)
2001-2002: Leó Weiner Secondary Music School – composition, Budapest (Prof. Lóránt Hajdú)
1998-2001: Academic Catholic Secondary School, Budapest
1992-1998: Ferenc Erkel Primary School for Music, Budapest

Teaching experience:
Sep 2013- : Teaching Composition-main subject and stylistic exercises at the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music, as DLA Assistant Lecturer
Sep 2012-Feb 2013: Teaching Composition-main subject at the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music, as a DLA Demonstrator
2009-2011: Practice teaching at the Bartók Béla Secondary Music School, Composition Department

Awards:
2015: Artisjus Award (Classical Music Composer of the Year in Junior Category)
2014: Tribune Internationale des Compositeurs (Trance)
2012: Istvánffy Benedek Award (Spring Awakening)
2011: Theatre Critics Award – Best music theatre (Pál Závada: Hungarian holiday, National Theatre of Hungary)
2010: Junior Prima Award
2010: Istvánffy Benedek Award (Chuang Tzu's Dream)
2010: Tribune Internationale des Compositeurs (Chuang Tzu's Dream)

Competition Results:
2015: GENERACE Composer Competition – 1^st prize, Ostrava
2013: UMZF Composer Competition for chamber music – 1^st prize, Budapest
2013: GENERACE Composer Competition – 1^st prize, Ostrava
2010: Madách Theatre musical competition – 3^rd prize, Budapest
2010: Liszt Academy Composer Competition – shared 3^rd prize, Budapest
2009: Liszt Academy Composer Competition – 1^st prize, Budapest
2009: Youth Contemporary Music Evening – Special prize, Budapest
2009: UMZF Composer Competition for chamber music – 1^st prize, Budapest
2008: 9^th Theatre and Art Festival (Zdarzenia) – Special prize, Tczew
2008: Kispest Holiday Song Competition – Special prize, Budapest
2008: Youth Contemporary Music Evening – Special prize, Budapest
2007: Liszt Academy Composer Competition – Shared 1^st prize, Budapest
2007: Theatre and Film University – “best songwriter” award, Budapest
2007: Youth Contemporary Music Evening – Special prize, Budapest
2006: Vántus István Composer Competition – Special prize, Szeged
2006: National Composition Competition – 3^rd prize, Budapest
2004: National Composition Competition – Special prize, Budapest
2003: 6^th International Composition Competition (Farbotony) – 1^st prize, Kaniv
2003: National Improvisation Competition – 3^rd prize, Budapest
2002: Weiner Leó Composition Competition – 1^st prize, Budapest

Music courses:
2013: Budapest-Basel Masterclass, Budapest-Basel (Professors: Péter Eötvös, László Tihanyi)
2013: International Bartók Seminary, Szombathely (Professor: Gyula Fekete, Csaba Faltay)
2013: Chamber opera workshop for composers, Budapest (Professors: Péter Eötvös, Luca Francesconi, András Almási-Tóth)
2011: Where from? Where to? Myths – Nation – Identities Workshop, Frankfurt (Resident conductor: Péter Eötvös)
2010: Workshop of the Ensemble Intercontemporain, Budapest
2007: Hudson – Danube Project, New York – Budapest (Resident conductor: Joel Sachs)
2007: International Bartók Seminary, Szombathely (Professors: Zoltán Jeney, Johannes Schöllhorn)
2006: International Bartók Seminary, Szombathely (Professor: Péter Eötvös)
2004: International Festival of Classical and Modern Music (Farbotony), Kaniv

Major works:
2015: Sounds of Generation Y (Symphony Orchestra, Ar-Trium Concert Series, Studio 6, Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Budapest)
2015: Lethe (String Orchestra, Musica Viva Concert Series, Hercules Hall, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, München)
2014: Peace (mixed a cappella chorus; Commissioned by the European Concert Hall Organisation 'ECHO' for the Centenary Anniversary of the outbreak of World War One, Cité de la musique, Paris)
2014: Hypnos (Ensemble; Ar-Trium Concert Series, Studio 6, Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Budapest)
2013: It Can’t Be Over (Fool Moon - Hungarian a cappella band, Hungarian Eurovision Song Contest 2014 Final - Hungarian Television M1)
2013: Reflections (Chamber Music, Students of the Hochschule für Musik, Basel)
2013: Trance (Solo Violin and Ensemble; Members of the Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Budapest Music Center, Budapest)
2012: Spring Awakening (Opera in One Act; Libretto by András Almási-Tóth, Based on the play by Frank Wedekind, Liszt Academy of Music – Opera Studies Department, Hungarian State Opera, Budapest)
2012: I Gotta Fly (Pop Music, Hungarian Eurovision Song Contest 2013 Semifinal - Hungarian Television M1)
2011: The Night’s Monologue (Male Voice and Symphony Orchestra; Music for the drama “Csongor and Tünde” by Mihály Vörösmarty, Alma Mater Orchestra, Budapest)
2010: “…in paradise” (string quartet; Study to the 3^rd movement of Joseph Haydn’s “The Seven Last Words of Our Savior on the Cross” [Hob. XX/1:B] – Stadler Quartett, Votive Church, Szeged)
2009: Something Happened… (Chamber Music; Ensemble Intercontemporain, Trafó, Budapest)
2009: Chuang Tzu’s Dream (Solo Cello and Ensemble; UMZE Chamber Ensemble, Palace of Arts, Budapest)
2007: Equivalence (Ensemble; The Juilliard School of Music, New York)

Theatre works:
2014: Lumpáciusz Vagabundusz (Applied Music, Víg Theatre, Budapest)
2013: Danton’s Death (Applied Music, Víg Theatre, Budapest)
2013: Mephisto (Applied Music, National Theatre of Hungary, Budapest)
2011: Woyzeck (Keyboard Player and Conductor, József Katona Theatre, Budapest)
2010: Hungarian Celebration (Applied Music, National Theatre of Hungary, Budapest)
2010: Better than Sex (Musical Comedy, Countyard Theatre, London)
2010: The Cat Demon (Musical Comedy, Madách Theatre, Budapest)
2009: Intrigue and Love (Applied Music, Palace of Arts, Budapest)
2009: Berzsián and Dideki (Applied Music, National Theatre of Hungary, Budapest)
2009: Who the F**k is Lady Domina? (Musical Comedy, University of Theatre- and Film Art, Budapest)
2007: Widows (Applied Music, University of Theatre- and Film Art, Budapest)