Máté Bella

Máté Bella (born 28 November 1985, in Budapest) is a Junior Prima Award, Erkel Ferenc and Béla Bartók–Ditta Pásztory Prize winner composer and university lecturer.

Máté Bella
Bella Máté
Born (1985-11-28) 28 November 1985
Budapest, Hungary
Occupationcomposer and university lecturer
Years activepresent

His work exhibits a wide range of genres and styles as evidenced by his classical and contemporary music, opera, choral works, musicals, theater music, and pop music. He composes with a new and unique mindset, combining the essence of different genres. Prominent international orchestras perform his contemporary works, both his popular music and classical pieces are played on radio stations, while his music is presented in several theatres.

Life

He started his musical studies at Erkel Ferenc Primary School for Music and he later studied at Weiner Leó Secondary Music School, specializing in composition and piano. He continued his music education at Bartók Béla Secondary Music School between 2002 and 2006, where the primary focus of his studies was composition as a student of Prof. Miklós Kocsár. After finishing high school in 2006, he was admitted to the Liszt Academy and graduated in 2011 as student of Prof. Gyula Fekete. In 2013 he studied at the Academy of Music in Kraków for a semester on an Erasmus scholarship in the class of Prof. Wojciech Widłak. In 2017 he was awarded a scholarship for the New National Excellence Program and a year later, in 2018 he received his summa cum laude doctoral degree. Since 2019 he has been a senior lecturer at the Liszt Academy.

In 2009 he was the youngest awardee of the first New Hungarian Music Forum composer competition organized by Müpa Budapest and the Budapest Music Center.[1] This award has brought significant recognition for him, followed by several propositions to compose theatre music. This was followed by his ensemble piece Chuang Tzu’s Dream which was acclaimed in the “under 30” category by several classical music radio stations all over the world by the International Music Council in Lisbon in 2010.[2] This piece was performed – amongst others – by the London Sinfonetta. In the same year he was awarded the Junior Prima Award (given to under the age of 30 for outstanding achievements in different fields[3]) as the first composer to receive this recognition.[4] In 2011 one of his pieces, written for a play of the Hungarian National Theatre was recognized with the Theatre Critics Award. In acknowledgement of his outstanding composition work, he received the Erkel Ferenc Award in 2016, and the Bartók-Pásztory Award in 2019.

His pieces are performed in prestigious festivals and concert halls worldwide, such as the Présences Festival,[5] the Musica Viva Munich[6] and the Hercules Hall in Munich, the Lucerne Festival Academy, the CAFe Budapest Contemporary Art Festival,[7] the Mini Festival,[8] the Hungarian State Opera,[9] a Philharmonie de Paris and the Juilliard School. Several Hungarian and international orchestras play his pieces, such as the Ensemble InterContemporain, the London Sinfonietta, the Ensemble Modern, the Klangforum Wien,[10] the Munich Chamber Orchestra, the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Doelen Ensemble, the UMZE Chamber Ensemble, the Hungarian National Philharmonic or the Budapest Festival Orchestra. On 26 June 2017, Chuang Tzu’s Dream was performed in the world-famous Tonhalle in Zurich, accompanied by works from composers such as Péter Eötvös, György Kurtág, Máté Balogh, Balázs Horváth and Péter Tornyai. The concert was conducted by Péter Eötvös.[11] In 2018 his piece, Lethe was played by the orchestra of the Lucerne Festival Academy in the Elbphilharmonie. His music has been staged in the Hungarian National Theatre, the Comedy Theatre of Budapest, the Budapest Operetta Theatre, the Budapest Puppet Theatre and the Hungarian State Opera. In 2017 his music composed for the movie Halj már meg! (Just Drop Dead) was nominated in the “Best Composer” category at the Hungarian Film Awards.[12] The Song Mostantól (From Now On) with music by Máté Bella and Gergő Rácz, won the A Dal 2020 show and also received the Petőfi Music Award for Song of the Year[13] and Hungarian Music Awards Fonogram prize in the best Hungarian modern pop-rock album or recording of the year category.[14]

He feels comfortable in the diversity of the music scene: he composes several genres from popular to contemporary music, but primarily considers himself a contemporary composer. He does not aim to create an interchange between or mix different genres, he separates the classical musical mindset from the applied compositional pieces. However, his seemingly far-reaching work originates from his ability to grab the attention of the audience within seconds. With this attitude he composes works a different point of view, and he considers it his mission to integrate Generation Y and Z into the classical music scene, making this genre both attractive and comprehensible for them.

He is a member of the Artisjus Committee of Classical Music Critics,[15] the Association of Hungarian Composers[16] and the “Musician/Composer” section of the Hungarian Film Academy Association.[17] He is one of the founder of the Studio 5 contemporary composer group, created in 2017.[18]

Main works

Chamber Music
Work Year
The Butterfly's Dream 2005
Psycho Symbioses 2006
El Tango de Viudas Engañadas 2007
Message, Message 02 2007
Preludes 2007
Insomnia 2008
Insomnia - commentaries 2008
Silk 2008
The Secret 2009
Something happened... 2009
Manifestations 2010
...in paradise 2010
Ritual 2010
Study 2011
Visions 2012
Phantasm 2013
Varródermia 2018
Titan 2020
Fons 2020

Ensemble
Work Year
Equivalence 2007
Chuang Tzu's Dream 2008
Trance 2013
Reflections 2013
Hypnos 2014
Laniakea 2015
Hesperus 2017

Compositions for Orchestra
Work Year
The Night's Monologue 2011
Suite 2012
Sounds of Generation Y 2015
Tabula Smaragdina 2018
Sounds of Generation Y Part II 2018

Compositions for String Orchestra
Work Year
Lethe 2014

Choral works
Work Year
Peace 2013
The Home at Night 2014
Lacrimosa 2015
Eternal Music 2020

Operas
Work Year
Spring Awakening 2012[19]
The Coronation of Poppea[20]
(L'incoronazione di Poppea)		 2019

Musicals
Title Theatre Premiere
Who the F**k is Lady Domina? Academy of Drama and Film, Budapest 2009
Better than Sex Courtyard Theatre, London 2010[21]
The Demon Cat Madách Theatre, Budapest 2010
Budapest Operetta and Musical Theatre 2018

Theatre Songs
Title Theatre Premiere
Aria of the Miller's Daughter
(A molnárlány áriája)		 Sándor Weöres 2008
Botond's Emergency Song
(Botond vészdala)		 Attila Havasi 2010
[anya milyen] Orsolya Karafiáth 2012
To the Unknown Sweatheart
(Az ismeretlen kedveshez)		 Sándor Weöres 2013

Pop music
Title Artist(s) Publication
I Gotta Fly
(Valami más)		 Lilla Polyák[22] 2013
It Can't Be Over Fool Moon[23] 2014
Bolondod voltam Gergő Rácz, Ív[24] 2016
Emlékkép Tibor Kocsis[25] 2016
Crack my code Reni Tolvai 2017[26]
Everest Reni Tolvai 2017[27]
Mostantól
(From Now On)		 Gergő Rácz,
Reni Orsovai		 2019[28]

Theatre Music
Title Theatre Premiere
Widows
(Özvegyek)		 Academy of Drama and Film, Budapest 2007
Berzsian and Dideki
(Berzsián és Dideki)		 National Theatre, Budapest 2009
Intrigue and Love
(Ármány és Szerelem)		 Müpa Budapest, Budapest 2009
Hungarian Celebration
(Magyar Ünnep)		 National Theatre, Budapest 2010
Mephisto National Theatre, Budapest 2013
Danton's Death
(Danton halála)		 Comedy Theatre, Budapest 2013
The Evil Spirit Lumpazivagabundus
(Lumpáciusz Vagabundusz)		 Comedy Theatre, Budapest 2014
The Imaginary Invalid
(A képzelt beteg)		 Budapest Puppet Theatre, Budapest 2016
Frau Holle
(Holle anyó)		 Budapest Puppet Theatre, Budapest 2017

Film Scores
Title Nationality, Genre
Director; Producer(s)		 Date
Indián[29] Hungarian tragicomedy
István P. Szabó; Placebo Stars, Sparks		 2013
Just Drop Dead
(Halj már meg![30])		 Hungarian feature film
Zoltán Kamondi; FocusFox Studio, Honeymood Films		 2016

Discography
Compilation albums
Work(s) Album Publisher Year Other
Mate Bella: Moods / Stimmungen[31]TON 4 Records2005
Message
Message 02		Young Hungarian Composers for Cimbalom[32]Hungaroton2009Beáta Móri
Chuang Tzu's DreamNew Hungarian Music Forum 2009 composers' competition[33]BMC HMIC2010CD 1
Contemporary Classics I: Moods[34]Erwin Pitsch Publishing / TON 4 Records2012
Valami más (single)[35]Sony Music2013Lilla Polyák
It Can't Be Over[36] (kislemez)Schubert Music Publishing2014Fool Moon
Emlékkép[25]3GoldRecord Hungary2016Tibor Kocsis
Bolondod Voltam (Sante Cruze Remix) (Feat. Ív) (single)[24]Schubert Music Publishing2016[37]Gergő Rácz, Ív
Crack my code (single)Magneoton2018[38]Reni Tolvai
Everest (single)Magneoton2018[39]Reni Tolvai

Awards
  • 1st prize – Weiner Leó Composition Competition, Budapest, (2002)
  • 1st prize – 6th International Composition Competition (Farbotony), Kaniv, Ukrajna (2003)
  • 3rd prize – National Improvisation Competition, Budapest (2003)
  • Special Prize – National Composition Competition, Budapest (2004)
  • Special Prize – Vántus István Composer Competition, Association of Hungarian Composes and Vántus István Foundation, Szeged (2006)
  • 3rd prize – National Composition Competition, Budapest (2006)
  • Shared 1st prize – Liszt Academy Composer Competition, Budapest (2007)
  • ‘Best Songwriter’ Award – Academy of Drama and Film, Budapest (2007)
  • Special Prize – Youth Contemporary Music Evenings, Budapest (2007)
  • Special Prize – 9th Zdarzenia Theatre and Art Festival, Tczew (2007)[40]
  • Special Prize – Youth Contemporary Music Evenings, Budapest (2008)
  • Special Prize – Wekerle centenarian, Wekerle Cultural Association, Budapest (2008)
  • Special Prize – Youth Contemporary Music Evenings, Budapest (2009)
  • 1st prize – Liszt Academy Composer Competition, Budapest (2009)
  • 1st prize in Chamber Music – NHMF Composer Competition, Budapest (Chuang Tzu's Dream, 2009)
  • Junior Prima Award (2010)
  • Amongst the top three works in the ‘composers under 30’ category – International Rostrum of Composers, International Music Council, Lisbon (Chuang Tzu's Dream, 2010)[2]
  • 3rd prize, Musical Competition of Madách Theatre, Budapest (Macskadémon/The Demon Cat, 2010)[41]
  • Shared 3rd prize – Liszt Academy Composer Competition, Budapest (2010)
  • Istvánffy Benedek Prize (Chuang Tzu's Dream, 2010)
  • Best theatre music – Theater Critics Award (Magyar ünnep, 2011)[42]
  • 1st prize – Generace Composer Competition, Ostrava (2013)
  • 1st prize in Chamber Music – NHMF Composer Competition, Budapest (Trance, 2013)[43]
  • Istvánffy Benedek Prize (A tavasz ébredése, 2013)
  • Amongst the top three works in the ‘composers under 30’ category – International Rostrum of Composers, International Music Council, Lisbon (Trance, 2014)[2]
  • 1st prize – Generace Composer Competition, Ostrava (2015)
  • Junior Classical Composer of the Year Artisjus Prize (2015)[44]
  • Ferenc Erkel Prize (2016)[45]
  • Béla Bartók–Ditta Pásztory Prize (2019)[46]
  • Petőfi Music Award for Song of the Year (Mostantól, 2020)[13]
  • Hungarian Music Awards Fonogram prize for Best Hungarian modern pop-rock album or recording of the year category (Mostantól, 2020)[14][47]

References
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  2. "IRC Results over the past years (1993–2014)". imc-cim.org. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
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  5. "Festival Présences 2019" (PDF). maisondelaradio.fr (in French). Retrieved 17 May 2019.
  6. "Máté Bella's new work in the EMB catalogue - Premiere in Munich". emb.hu. 27 January 2015.
  7. "CAFe Budapest és a Zeneakadémia közös rendezése Bella Máté: A tavasz ébredése – opera". umze.hu (in Hungarian). 9 October 2015.
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  13. "Gergő Rácz and Reni Orsovai won the Dal 2020". engnews24h.com. 7 March 2020. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
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  15. "Komolyzenei SZVB tagjai" (PDF). artisjus.hu (in Hungarian). April 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 April 2019. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
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  19. "Bella: A tavasz ébredése / Solti: La Violetta". opera.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 17 May 2019.
  20. "Claudio Monteverdi – Máté Bella L'incoronazione di Poppea (The Coronation of Poppea)". opera.hu. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
  21. Creators, betterthansexmusical.co.uk ( Retrieved 30 April 2019.)
  22. Lilla Polyák - Valami más on YouTube a LillaPolyakVEVO YouTube channel - 25 July 2013
  23. Fool Moon: It Can't Be Over -- A Dal 2014 döntő on YouTube A DAL Eurovíziós Dalfesztivál / Eurovision Hungary YouTube channel - 25 February 2014
  24. Rácz Gergő x Ív - Bolondod voltam Sante Cruze Remix (Official Video) on YouTube Rácz Gergő YouTube channel - 7 March 2017
  25. KOCSIS TIBOR – Emlékkép on YouTube GoldRecord Hungary YouTube channel - 14 November 2016
  26. Tolvai Reni - CRACK MY CODE (EUROVISION TOP30) on YouTube a Tolvai Reni Official YouTube channel - 16 December 2017
  27. Tolvai Reni - EVEREST on YouTube a Tolvai Reni Official YouTube channel - 18 December 2017
  28. Rácz Gergő x Orsovai Reni - Mostantól (A Dal 2020 győztes dala) on YouTube Rácz Gergő YouTube channel - 18 November 2019
  29. INDIAN (Teljes film magyarul)(FULL MOVIE - Hungarian w. English Subt.) on YouTube István P. Szabó YouTube channel - 22 April 2014
  30. Halj már meg! (16) hivatalos magyar előzetes on YouTube Big Bang Media YouTube channel - 4 November 2016
  31. Mate Bella: Moods / Stimmungen, open.spotify.com
  32. "Fiatal magyar zeneszerzők cimbalomművei". info.bmc.hu.
  33. "UMZF 2009 zeneszerzőverseny - Promóciós CD" (in Hungarian). info.bmc.hu. 1 February 2010.
  34. Contemporary Classics I: Moods, open.spotify.com
  35. Zene, polyaklilla.hu
  36. Fool Moon - It can't be over (dalszöveggel - lyric video) on YouTube Zeneszöveg.hu YouTube channel - 22 February 2014
  37. Bolondod Voltam (Sante Cruze Remix) (Feat. Ív), dalok.hu
  38. Crack My Code, deezer.com
  39. Everest, deezer.com
  40. "IX edycja - Nagrodzone projekty" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 6 July 2010.
  41. Madách TV - Macskadémon bemutató (2011. 02. 23.) on YouTube Madách Színház YouTube channel - 24 February 2011
  42. "2010/2011 - Színikritikusok Díja" (in Hungarian). kritikusceh.wordpress.com. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  43. "Máté Bella and Alessio Elia are the winners of the 2013 UMZF Composer Competition". zeneakademia.hu. 4 October 2013.
  44. "Bella Máté - Artisjus-díj" (in Hungarian). artisjus.hu. 2015.
  45. "Balog Zoltán állami művészeti díjakat és miniszteri szakmai díjakat adott át" (in Hungarian). kormany.hu. 11 March 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  46. "Bella Máté, Boldoczki Gábor és Konrád György az idei Bartók–Pásztory-díjasok". Zeneakademia.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  47. "Nyertesek". fonogram.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 6 May 2020.
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