Ádám Brandenburg was born in 1991 and
currently resides in Budapest. His works are
performed both at home and abroad, and he
has a wide, creative repertoire, including solo
and chamber works, orchestral compositions,
and vocal pieces. In addition to concert
music, he also writes theater music and film
scores, as well as popular music. His textual
and instrumental compositions often focus
on sacred themes which are based on biblical
passages and poems by Hungarian writers. In
2017, he graduated with high honors from the
Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest with a
BA in Applied Composition, and an MA in Composition; he was a student
of Gyula Fekete, Zsófia Tallér, and Judit Varga. At the time of publication, he
is writing his DLA doctoral dissertation at the University of Theater and Film
Arts in Budapest, focusing on Hungarian film compositions of the mid-20th
century. During his studies, he received the Hungarian Republic Scholarship
and was also funded by a scholarship from the New National Excellence
Program. Since 2014, he has been teaching solfeggio, music theory, music
history, and applied composition at the University of Theater and Film Arts in
Budapest. Among his national and international competitional achievements
and awards, the most notable is the Artisjus Junior Prize. He is a member of
the Hungarian Composers’ Union.
ORCHESTRAL WORKS
Prières nocturnes/Midnight Prayers (2017), symph. orch.
From Paradise (2019), symph. orch.
Through a Mirror Obscurely… (2019), symph. orch., harp
Confessio–Sarayu 1.2. (2020), symph. orch.
CHAMBER WORKS
Three Etudes for Three Instruments (2011), ob., vla., vlc.
String Quartet, No. 1. (2012)
Quartet (2013), hn., vl., vla., vlc.
Sarayu (2016), cl., bs., 2 vl., vla., vlc.
Fragments (2020), S sax., pno.
Distances (2020), str. quartet
VOCAL AND CHORAL WORKS
Heal Me (2011), SATB Lib: Sándor Reményik
Holy Thursday (2015), MS, str. orch. Lib: Jenő Dsida
Psalm Fragment (2016), SATB
Wessobrunner Gebet (2016), SATB
Dsida-Songs (2017), MS, str. quartet Lib: Jenő Dsida
Melodrama (2018), MS, performers, str. orch. Lib: János Arany, János Pilinszky,
Sándor Reményik
Magnificat (2018), female chr.
Windless (2020), children’s chr. Lib: Lajos Áprily
Lord’s Prayer (2020), SATB, 3 vlc.
SOLO WORKS
Piano Fantasy (2013)
Four Miniatures (2014), vlc.
Illusions (2014), pno.
Violin Fantasy (2016), vl.
Impressions (2017), pno.
Semper eadem (2020), pno.
