Abigél Varga

Abigél Varga was born in 1996 and grew up in Eger, Hungary. She started her BA Applied Composition studies as a student of Varga Judit and Tallér Zsófia at Franz Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest. In 2021 she graduated in MA Composition as a student of Varga Judit and Tornyai Péter at Franz Liszt Academy of Music. Between 2021-2023 she was the student of Moritz Eggert at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater München, in the Komposition Meisterklasse postgraduate programme.
Her short opera Coded Bodies, based on the libretto of Aleksandra Jovic, was premiered on the stage of the Studiobühne in Munich.  She was also selected as one of the participants of the Lucerne Festival Composer's Seminar by Wolfgang Rihm and Dieter Ammann, together with seven other young composers from over a hundred applicants. The seminar and final concert took place in August 2023, with the mentorship of Dieter Ammann and Unsuk Chin. Her oratorio Embrace was performed in the Reaktorhalle Munich. In 2023-2024 she composed the operette Lisas Land des Lächelns based on the original piece of Franz Lehár, which was premiered and performed multiple times in the Neuköllner Oper Berlin. 
Beside composing, Abigél also takes part in musical life as a concert organiser and event manager. She worked as an event organiser assistant in the concert organisation department of FUGA alongside Judit Rajk, curator of classical music events. She was artistic coordinator and concert organiser at the Crescendo Summer Academy in Tokaj. She participated in the organisation of the aDevantgarde Festival in Munich as a co-organiser.

Ever since a young age, Abigél Varga has found great joy and satisfaction by being involved in the creative music process. Take a look around the site to get to know more about Abigél Varga.