
Márton Illés
Hungarian composer born 12 December 1975 in Budapest.
Márton Illés was born in Hungary in 1975. He began his musical career studying piano, percussion, and composition, then pursued his studies at the Basel Academy of Music (1997-2001) and then at the Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe, where he studied composition with Wolfgang Rihm and music theory with Michael Reudenbach (2001-2005). He also received mentoring from Karl-Heinz Kämmerling, György Sándor, Lazar Berman, Sándor Falvai, Ferenc Kerek, György Ligeti, György Kurtág, and Helmut Lachenmann.
Since 2005, Illés has taught music at the Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe as well as at the Hochschule für Musik Würzburg (2011-2013).
In 2006, he founded the Scene Polidimensionali ensemble, performing with them as a conductor and pianist. His compositions have been performed and commissioned by numerous festivals, including Basel’s Europäischer Musikmonat, the Berlin Philharmonic, the Orchestra and Choir of Radio Berlin, the Budapest Festival “Tribute to Bartók”, Hungarian radio, the Orchestre de Caen, Creek Art Fair Dubai, the Eisenstadt Haydn Festival, the Frankfurt Alte Oper, Hessischer Rundfunk, the Hamburg Freie Akademie der Künste, Heidelberger Frühling, Kasseler Musiktage, Westdeutscher Rundfunk, the Munich Biennale, the Schwaz Klangspuren Festival, DRS Radio Switzerland, the Spoleto Festival, and the Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik.
His scores are published by Breitkopf & Härtel.
Awards and Honors
- Christoph and Stephan Kaske Prize, 2005
- Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation Composers Prize, 2008
- Schneider-Schott Music Prize, 2008
- Paul-Hindemith-Prize of the Schleswig Holstein Music Festival, 2008
- Prize of the SWR-Symphony Orchestra, Donaueschingen Music Festival, 2017
© Ircam-Centre Pompidou, 2019
Sources
- Site personnel du compositeur
- Festival Musica
- Solo (excluding voice)
- Torso II for piano (2006), 8 mn
- Eufóriák I for piano (2009), 6 mn
- Eufóriák II for cello (2009), 5 mn
- Három Akvarell Csembalóra for harpsichord (2011), 5 mn
- Tárgyak (Objects) for piano (2012), 5 mn
- Psychogramm I « Jajgatós » for viola (2014), 12 mn
- Három Akvarell Klarinéta for clarinet (2015), 5 mn
- Psychogramm II « Rettegös » for clarinet (2015), 10 mn
- Chamber music
- Scene Polidimensionali XV « Vonalmezök » for string quartet (2004), 15 mn
- Scene Polidimensionali XV « Vonalterek » for clarinet, viola and piano (2005), 10 mn
- Torso V for string quartet (2007), 10 mn
- Scene Polidimensionali XV « Mániákus Vonalak » for six clarinets and piano (2008), 8 mn
- Torso VII for two percussionists (2008), 8 mn
- Eufóriák III for 6 Glockenspiel for ensemble (2012), 9 mn, Breitkopf & Härtel
- Rajzok III for clarinet, cello and hybrid piano (2013), 18 mn
- Rajzok IV for string quartet (2013), 13 mn
- Én-Kör I for two trumpets and horn (2015), 4 mn
- Instrumental ensemble music
- Scene Polidimensionali XV « Szintek » for ensemble (2004), 10 mn
- Torso III for ensemble (2007), 12 mn
- Post Torso for string orchestra (2007-2008), 15 mn, Breitkopf & Härtel
- Scene Polidimensionali XV « ...Körök » for ensemble (2008-2009), 14 mn
- Rajzok I for 24 strings with scordatura (2010), 19 mn, Breitkopf & Härtel
- Tánc-Tér (Dance-Space) for ensemble (2012), 12 mn
- Tört-Szín-Tér for large orchestra (2014-2015), 15 mn, Breitkopf & Härtel
- Ez-Tér for large orchestra (2017), 18 mn, Breitkopf & Härtel
- Concertant music
- Rajzok II for piano and large orchestra (2011), 18 mn, Breitkopf & Härtel
- Re-Akvarell for clarinet and large orchestra (2015), 19 mn, Breitkopf & Härtel
- Vocal music and instrument(s)
- Quartetto-Interludio-Ballada for percussion quartet, oboe or clarinet and mezzosoprano (1998), 25 mn
- elec stage Emily Dickinson Uhr musical theater for actress, mezzosoprano, four clarinets and electronics based on "Unabgelenkte Aufmerksamkeit" by Jürgen Muck (2006-2007), 60 mn
- stage Scene Polidimensionali XVII « Die Weisse Fürstin » musical theater based on a dramatic poem by Rainer Maria Rilke (1898) (2009-2010), 60 mn
- 2017
- Ez-Tér for large orchestra, 18 mn, Breitkopf & Härtel
- 2015
- Három Akvarell Klarinéta for clarinet, 5 mn
- Psychogramm II « Rettegös » for clarinet, 10 mn
- Re-Akvarell for clarinet and large orchestra, 19 mn, Breitkopf & Härtel
- Tört-Szín-Tér for large orchestra, 15 mn, Breitkopf & Härtel
- Én-Kör I for two trumpets and horn, 4 mn
- 2014
- Psychogramm I « Jajgatós » for viola, 12 mn
- 2013
- Rajzok III for clarinet, cello and hybrid piano, 18 mn
- Rajzok IV for string quartet, 13 mn
- 2012
- Eufóriák III for 6 Glockenspiel for ensemble, 9 mn, Breitkopf & Härtel
- Tánc-Tér (Dance-Space) for ensemble, 12 mn
- Tárgyak (Objects) for piano, 5 mn
- 2011
- Három Akvarell Csembalóra for harpsichord, 5 mn
- Rajzok II for piano and large orchestra, 18 mn, Breitkopf & Härtel
- 2010
- Rajzok I for 24 strings with scordatura, 19 mn, Breitkopf & Härtel
- stage Scene Polidimensionali XVII « Die Weisse Fürstin » musical theater based on a dramatic poem by Rainer Maria Rilke (1898), 60 mn
- 2009
- Eufóriák I for piano, 6 mn
- Eufóriák II for cello, 5 mn
- Scene Polidimensionali XV « ...Körök » for ensemble, 14 mn
- 2008
- Post Torso for string orchestra, 15 mn, Breitkopf & Härtel
- Scene Polidimensionali XV « Mániákus Vonalak » for six clarinets and piano, 8 mn
- Torso VII for two percussionists, 8 mn
- 2007
- elec stage Emily Dickinson Uhr musical theater for actress, mezzosoprano, four clarinets and electronics based on "Unabgelenkte Aufmerksamkeit" by Jürgen Muck, 60 mn
- Torso III for ensemble, 12 mn
- Torso V for string quartet, 10 mn
- 2006
- Torso II for piano, 8 mn
- 2005
- Scene Polidimensionali XV « Vonalterek » for clarinet, viola and piano, 10 mn
- 2004
- Scene Polidimensionali XV « Szintek » for ensemble, 10 mn
- Scene Polidimensionali XV « Vonalmezök » for string quartet, 15 mn
- 1998
- Quartetto-Interludio-Ballada for percussion quartet, oboe or clarinet and mezzosoprano, 25 mn
Liens internet
- Site personnel de Márton Illés : http://www.martonilles.com/ (lien vérifié en janvier 2019).
Discographie
- Márton ILLÉS, *Scene polidimensionali IX « szintek », Scene polidimensionali X « vonalterek », Scene polidimensionali XV « mániákus vonalak », Scene polidimensionali XVI « …körök », Torso II, Torso III,*Ensemble Modern, Eva Fodor, Franck Ollu, direction, dans « Scene polidimensionali + Torso », 1 CD Wergo, 2012, WER 6584.