Márton Illés

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 Detlev Müller-Siemens from 1997 to 2001 in Basel, with Wolfgang Rihm and music theory under Michael Reudenbach at the Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe from 2001 to 2005. In 2006, Illés founded the Scene Polidimensionali chamber music ensemble He won an Ernst von Siemens Composer Prize in 2008, and a scholarship to the Villa Massimo in 2009. His first large scale stage work, Die weiße Fürstin, was given its world premiere in April 2010 at the Munich Biennale in a co-production with Theater Kiel. Further performances then took place in Kiel in May and June of that year.

Márton Illés studied at City of Basel Music Academy and Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe. Training under Detlev Müller-Siemens, László Gyimesi and Wolfgang Rihm is recorded. The recorded working language is Hungarian. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are opera. Places of work recorded in the authority are Karlsruhe. Employment is recorded with Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe. Distinctions recorded are Ernst von Siemens Music Prize, Schneider-Schott Music Prize and Rome Prize of the German Academy Villa Massimo.

The works of Illés are published by Breitkopf & Härtel. • 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)

• Premiere — Title — Description — Libretto and source • 2 Feb 2007, Theaterhaus Stuttgart/ ECLAT Festival Neue Musik Stuttgart — Emily Dickinsons Uhr — Music-theatre for soprano, four clarinets and electronics, 15' — after Unabgelenkte Aufmerksamkeit by Jürgen Muck • 28 Apr 2010, Munich Biennale — WeisseDie weiße Fürstin — Music-theatre, 60' — after the first draft of the dramatic poem by Rainer Maria Rilke

Márton Illés is recorded as having studied at City of Basel Music Academy and Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe.