Concert

 Concert in the Bridge Guard Residence with two compositions by Krisztina Megyeri, performed by Villő Oláh from Budapest (cello) and Jozef Kurina from Štúrovo (German flute).

Concert introduction, the composer Krisztina Megyeri and Karol Frühauf
 

The performing musicians Jozef Kurina und Villő Oláh
 

The composition “In the Pergola” for cello, German flute and voices

Krisztina Megyeri is born 1974 in Budapest (Hungary). She lives and works there. She studied piano and composition on the Béla Bartók Conservatoire in Budapest.

1999 till 2002 she visited the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et Danse in Lyon (France).
2004 she received the Master Degree in instrumental and electroacustical composition from the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest.
2006 she completed the Master Degree in musicology with distinction on the Université Paris-VIII Saint-Denis.

Grants amongst others

• 1999 till 2003    grant from the French government
• 2005 till 2006    grant from the Fondation Natexis-Banques Populaires
• 2006 till 2007    grant and residence in the Akademie Schloss Solitude
• 2007 till 2009    the Kodály grant for composer
• 2008    residence in Künstlerhaus Lukas, Ahrenshoop (Germany)
• 2009    residence in Aldeburgh Composer Residencies, Aldeburgh (England)

 Awards amongst others

• 2003    I. price of the Cergy-Pontoise contest for young composers
• 2006    I. price of the István Vántus composer contest
  Commissioned compositions amongst others
• 2003    for the Théâtre du Châtelet (Le jardin étranger)
• 2004    for the Fondation Royaumont (Nousnoyons-nous)
• 2005    for the Ensemble Musiques Nouvelles

Professional activities

• 2008 till 2009    Composition and counterpoint teacher at the University of Miskolc (Hungary)
• since 2009    Harmony and analysis teacher, repetiteur for singer at the Janus Pannonius University in Pécs (Hungary)
• She works on her PhD in composition at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest.

Krisztina Megyeri wrote a number of solo pieces and ones for ensembles and orchestra. Her compositions have been performed in France, Belgium, USA, Switzerland and of course Hungary.