Máté Bella

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Máté Bella
Bella Máté
Born	(1985-11-28) 28 November 1985 (age 38) Budapest, Hungary
Occupation(s)	composer and university lecturer
Years active	present

Máté Bella (born 28 November 1985, in

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. 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 commenced his musical studies at Erkel Ferenc Primary School for Music, and 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.

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.^[2] 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 by the International Music Council in Lisbon in 2010.^[3] This piece was performed – amongst others – by the London Sinfonetta. In the same year, he was awarded the Junior Prima Award (given to those under the age of 30 for outstanding achievements in different fields^[4]) as the first composer to receive this recognition.^[5] In 2011, one of his pieces written for a play of the Hungarian National Theatre, was given the Theatre Critics Award.^{[citation needed]} Later, he received the Erkel Ferenc Award in 2016, and the Bartók-Pásztory Award in 2019.^{[citation needed]}

His pieces are performed in festivals and concert halls such as the

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 different genres. 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,^[16] the Association of Hungarian Composers^[17] and the "Musician/Composer" section of the Hungarian Film Academy Association.^[18] He is one of the founder of the Studio 5 [hu] contemporary composer group, created in 2016.^[1]

Main works

Chamber music

Ensemble

Orchestral works

Compositions for orchestra

Compositions for string orchestra

Vocal music

Choral works

Operas

Musicals

Theatre songs

Pop music

Theatre music

Film scores

Discography

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)^[3]
• 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)^[3]
• 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)^[14]
• Hungarian Music Awards Fonogram prize for Best Hungarian modern pop-rock album or recording of the year category (Mostantól, 2020)^[15][47]

References

• Official website
• Máté Bella at
  IMDb
• Rostrum of Composers 2017 – Palermo (Hungarian Radio / Radio Hongroise) Máté Bella, rostrumplus.net – May 2015
• Bella, Máté, Editio Musica Budapest Ltd. emb.hu Retrieved 30 April 2019
• Mate Bella (Composer), betterthansexmusical.co.uk
• Bella, Máté, Budapest Music Center, info.bmc.hu

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Máté Bella.

• Bella Máté YouTube channel
• Bella Máté on SoundCloud
• Máté Bella, Gradus Artist Management
• Máté Bella at PORT.hu (in Hungarian)
• "Studio5 – Contemporary music group".
• “One must be able to give an account of each second and each note” – Interview with the composer Máté Bella, lfze.hu – 22. February 2018