ÉLETRAJZ / BIOGRAPHY

Biography


Krisztina MEGYERI is born in 1974 in Budapest from a Hungarian mother and Russian father, Krisztina studied piano and composition at Bartók Béla Conservatory, then graduated in Composition (MA) at the Ferenc Liszt Music Academy, Budapest in 2004. From 1999-2001 she studied at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Lyon and later in Paris, where she graduated also as a piano accompanist-vocal. She holds a DMA in Composition (2013), living in France from 1999 to 2008.Kriszt

Her music has been commissionned and performed in Europe and USA by the Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris (Le jardin étranger, 2003), Fondation Royaumont, Orchestre National de Lorraine (MétéoRites, 2005) Ensemble SIC, Peter Eötvös, recorded by the Radio France, SWR, Hungarian and Finnish Radio. Her first opera Frühlings Erwachen (2018) and Nousnoyons-nous (2003) were created recently in Budapest.

From 2008 living back in Hungary, She is active as a composer, musicologist and pianist. Her music is written for various settings: symphonic orchestra, vocal music, opera, instrumental solos and ensemble.

DIPLOMS

2013 Doctoral Grade (DLA) in composition (cum laude), Ferenc Liszt Music Academy, Budapest, Hungary, www.zeneakademia.hu

2006 Diplome d'État (D.E.) Piano accompanist-coach for instrumentalist and vocal training: Piano Accompanist-Teacher's French State Diplom

2006 MA in Musicology and Music Aesthetics, Université Paris-VIII Seine-Saint Denis, France

2004 MA in Composition, Teacher of Harmony, Ferenc Liszt Music Academy, Hungary

2003 Diplom in Piano Accompaniment, Conservatoire Régional de Boulogne-Billancourt, France

1993 Baccalaureat-Diplom in Piano and Composition, Béla Bartók Conservatory, Budapest (H)

PROFESSIONAL / WORKPLACES

2013- Biatorbágy Pászti Miklós Music School (H), professor in piano, synthetiser, solfege

2018/19 László Lukin Music School, Érd (H), piano accompanist-teacher

2016/17 Páduai Szent Antal Music School, Piliscsaba (H), professor in pian

2018/19 László Lukin Music School, Érd (H), piano accompanist-teacher

2016/17 Páduai Szent Antal Music School, Piliscsaba (H), professor in piano

2013/14 International Kodály Institute Kecskemét (H). Professor: solfege-hamony, history of opera, sight reading, 20th century music praxis.

2009/12 PTE University of Pécs, Faculty of Music (H). Professor: Music analysis, composition, score and sight reading, opera vocal coach, piano accompanist.

2008 Miskolc State University Faculty of Music (H.) Professor: music analysis, composition, sight reading.

2008 Croissy Music School (France), teacher in solfege.

2007/08 Conservatory of Évry (F), piano accompanist.

2003/04 Conservatory of Saint Germain-en-Laye (France), piano accompanist.

2003/06 Élancourt Music School (F), piano accompanist-vocal coach.

1994/95 Kispesti Music School (H), piano accompanist-teacher.

PRIZES, SCHOLARSHIPS

2012 Brideguard Artist Residency, 3 months Scholarship, Stúrovo (SLO)

2012 Visby Composer's Art Residency, Visby (Sweden)

2011 Simeonis International Composer's Competition, 3rd Prize

2011 Collegium Hungaricum Vienna, 1 month doctoral research-scholarship (A)

2010        Djerassi Artist Residencies, 1 month creative scholarship (California, USA)

2009     Aldeburgh Composer Residencies, 1 month creative scholarship (England)

2009      SACEM Scholarship for Doctoral Studies (F)

2008      István Vántus Composer's Competition (H), 3rd Prize

2008      Künstlerhaus Lukas, Ahrenshoop, 1 month creative scholarship (Germany)

2007/09 Zoltán Kodály Creator's Scholarship for Composers (H)

2006 István Vántus Composer's Competition (H), 1st Prize

2005/06      Akademie Schloss Solitude, 9 months residency for composers (Stuttgart, Germany)

2005         Fondation Natexis-Banques Populaires Scholarship (F)

2005        Hungarian State Scholarship

1999/200, 2003 French Government Scholarship for Studies

1999        Best Electroacoustic Piece Unesco-Bourges Scholarshi, 1 month residency in IMEI, Bourges (F)

1999        Zoltán Kodály International Composer's Composition (H), 2nd Prize

PUBLICATIONS

Inspirations mutuelles dans Játékok de György Kurtág. In: J.-P. Olive, A. Oviedo, Grabócz, M.: György Kurtág: les œuvres et leurs interprétations. Éditions Hermann, Paris, 2021.

Les Projections du présent dans Angels in America de Peter Eötvös. In: Grabócz Márta: Les opéras de Peter Eötvös entre Orient et Occident. Archives Contemporaines, Paris, 2012. p.77-95.

Le Monde opératique de Peter Eötvös. Restructuration, mythologies personnelles. In: Terz online, 2014/06.

A korszak és az áldozat. In: Eötvös Péter: A szerelemről és más démonokról - Program Sheet. Hungarian State Opera, Budapest, 2017. p. 22-23, 49-50.

A hatalom, a szerelem és a magány démonai. From the opera Love and Other Demons de Peter Eötvös. MagyarFeszt Festival program, cd-booklet, microsite (in preparation). Hungarian State Opera, Budapest.

Inspirációk a "Mester és tanítványai" zongora mesterkurzusokon. Parlando, 2018/5.

A nagyforma dramaturgiája Eötvös Péter A szerelemről és más démonokról című operájában. Muzsika, 2017/10.

Tranlations:

Ovchinnikov, Ilya: A démonoktól rögtön az ördögig jutottam. Beszélgetés Eötvös Péterrel(2008).Parlando, 2020/09. www.parlando.hu

Surnina, Natalia: A művészet alakítja valóságunkat. Beszélgetés Eötvös Péterrel Három nővér című operájáról. Parlando, 2020/09.

LANGUAGES SPOKEN:

English, French

Russian

Italian, Germany (basic level)

Hungarian (mother tongue)

VACCINATION STATUS:

Vaccinated twice with Sputnik-V (April and May 2021).

Website: www.krisztinamegyeri.com, Facebook: Megyeri Krisztina zeneszerző | Facebook

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