Krisztina Megyeri was born in 1974 in
Budapest to a Hungarian mother and Russian
father. She has studied prodigiously, starting
out with piano and composition at the Béla
Bartók Music Secondary School in Budapest
with Mariann Ábrahám and Miklós Kocsár, later
graduating from the Liszt Academy of Music
in Budapest with an MA in Composition as a
pupil of Attila Bozay, János Vajda, and Zoltán
Jeney. From 1999 until 2001, she attended the
Conservatoire National Supérieur de Lyon,
and following that went to the Conservatoire
of Boulogne-Billancourt in Paris, where she
graduated as a piano accompanist-vocal coach. Yet further study took her to the
Université Paris-VIII Saint-Denis, where she undertook her MA in Musicology
and Aesthetics, graduating in 2006; her Thesis was on Peter Eötvös’s opera
Angels in America. She also holds a DMA in Composition (2013) from the Liszt
Academy of Music on the dramaturgy of Peter Eötvös’s opera Love and Other
Demons. A multi-award-winner, she has received numerous prizes, including:
the Unesco-Aschberg (IMEB, Bourges) electroacoustic music prize and
scholarship; 2nd Prize in the Zoltán Kodály Competition (1999); 1st Prize (2006)
and 3rd Prize (2008) in the István Vántus Composer’s Competition; 1st Prize
in the Simeonis International Composer’s Competition (2011). In addition,
she has been the recipient of several major scholarships, including the French
Government Scholarship (1999); the Hungarian Eötvös Scholarship (2005);
the Fondation Natexis Banques Populaires (2005), and the Zoltán Kodály
Scholarship (2007–2009). Her music has been commissioned and performed
extensively throughout Europe and the United States, including at the
Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris (Le jardin étranger, 2003), the Fondation Royaumont,
by the Orchestre National de Lorraine (MétéoRites, 2005) the Ensemble SIC,
Peter Eötvös, and has been recorded by the Radio France, SWR, and both
Hungarian and Finnish Radios. Her first opera, Frühlings Erwachen (2018) and
Nousnoyons-nous (2003) were recently premiered in Budapest. From 2002 until
2008, she worked as a teacher and piano accompanist in Paris, before moving
back to Budapest. She is active as a composer, musicologist, and pianist, and
continues to teach – primarily at Biatorbágy Music School – a position she has
held since 2013.
STAGE WORKS
Nousnoyons-nous/Mi-geződjünk! – Music Theater (2003) Lib: Antonia Taddei
Nousnoyons-nous – New Version (2004) Lib: Antonia Taddei
Frühlings Erwachen – Opera Extracts after the Theater Play of Frank Wedekind
(2018), 2 S, A, 2 T, Bar, B, pno., perc. Lib: Composer
Frühlings Erwachen – Opera after the Theater Play of Frank Wedekind (2021),
A, 2 T, Bar, B, symph. orch.
ORCHESTRAL WORKS
Zenekari dalok/Orchestral Songs (2004), T, symph. orch. Lib: János Pilinszky,
Lea Bálint
A titkos kert/Secret Garden (2004), symph. orch., pno.
Benső tájak/Inner Landscapes (2011), cl., str. orch.
Három kép/Three Images (2011), chbr. orch.
Csillagmajorban (2015), symph. orch.
For the Clothes of Heaven (2015), MS, chbr. orch. Lib: William Butler Yeats
For the Clothes of Heaven (2015), S/MS, str. orch. Lib: William Butler Yeats
Hídút/Csillagörvény (2017), symph. orch.
ENSEMBLE
Clair-obscur (2003), engl. hn., vibr., pno., vl., vla., vlc.
Octet (2005), cl./B cl., bs., hn., 2 vl., vla., vlc., db.
Jeux-en-jeux (2006), cl., bs./B cl., hn., 2 vl., vla., db.
Rhéotrope (2009), cl., trb., vl., vlc.
Hohes Ufer II (2014), speaker, fl., B cl., tr., trb., perc., pno., vl., db.
CHAMBER WORKS
Intermezzo (1999), 2 cl., B cl.
Pre-lied II (2008), 2 mar.
Deus meus (2010), str. quartet
Retinal Etchings I (2009), 2 pno.
Retinal Etchings II (2010), bs., pno.
Lugasban/In the Arbour (2010), fl./A fl., vlc.
Love Song (2011), 3 cl.
Törzsi börze/Tribal Play (2015), 5 perc.
Hajók a vizen, égi vitorlán – Hommage à Katalin Pócs (2019), vl., pno.
Two Pieces for Two Clarinets (2020)
CHORAL WORKS
Madárijesztő/Épouvantail (1999/2003), SATB Lib: László Nagy
Szép csöndesen aludj/Sleep Quietly (1999), SATB Lib: Attila József
Szépasszonyok mondókái Gábrielre/Incantations on Gabriel (1999/2007),
female chr. Lib: László Nagy
Sólyom/Falcon (2008), SATB Lib: László Nagy
Bodzavirágból… (2009), SATB Lib: Ágnes Nemes Nagy
Elvarázsolt évszakok/Magic Seasons (2009), children’s chr. Lib: Sándor
Kányádi Pub: UMP EMB
I Love the Lord (2009), SATB Lib: Psalm Excerpts
Suscipe Domine (2009), SATB
Sarkköri kűr/Arctic Round (2010), female chr. Lib: Ágnes Nemes Nagy,
Sándor Kányádi, Composer
Magnificat (2010), SATB
Tristis est (2010), SATB Pub: Kontrapunkt
Talla-galla (2011), children’s chr. Lib: Ágnes Nemes Nagy
Szerelmes ének/Love Song (2011), female chr. Lib: North-American Folk Text
Gávriel! (2012), SATB Lib: László Nagy
Tárirá tári (2012), SATB Lib: Anna Kiss
Vadalma lombja (2012), SATB, vlc. Lib: Anna Kiss
Kéktollú/Blue-Feather (2012), SATB Lib: Anna Kiss
Kövér gyümölcsök/Bold Fruits (2012), children’s/female chr. Lib: Ágnes
Nemes Nagy
Mennyi fényes…/How Bright Is (2012), SATB Lib: Ágnes Nemes Nagy
Four Mixed Choirs on Anna Kiss’s Poems (2013)
Pater Noster in tempus Adventus (2013), SATB
Vadalma lombja/Wild Apple Tree (2013), SATB Lib: Anna Kiss
Bú, fekete bánat/Black Sorrow (2014), SATB Lib: Sándor Kányádi
Napszállatja, napnyugta/Sunrise, Sunset (2014), 2-part female chr.
Lib: Sándor Kányádi Pub: Vándor Sándor Foundation
Psalm 123 (2014), SATB Pub: Vándor Sándor Foundation
Csodaszarvas/Magic Dear (2015), SATB, pno. Lib: Attila József
Énekgyakorlatok/Singing Exercises (2015), 2-part female chr. Lib: Sándor
Kányádi
Harvest of the Sea (2015), SATB Lib: Stella Davis
Gyöngyvarázs (2018), SATB Lib: Ferenc Birtalan
Zengjen a dal (2018), SATB Lib: Zoltán Pászti Szabó
VOCAL WORKS
Three Songs for Female Voice (1992) Lib: Sándor Weöres
Three Songs on Sándor Weöres’ Poems (1992), S, pno. Pub: Masters of the
Hungarian Song III.
Három őszi könnycsepp/Three Autumn Eyedrops (1992), S/T, pno.
Lib: Endre Ady
Lábonjáró szomorúfűz/Weeping Willow Walking (1992), S/T, pno.
Lib: Attila József
Népballada-foszlány (1993), MS, pno. Lib: Sándor Weöres
Prelude – Through the Looking Glass (1994), Bar/T, pno. Lib: Vachel Lindsay
Hold lepte úton/On a Moon-Covered Road (1995), S, pno.
The Chalice (1995), S, pno. Lib: Vachel Lindsay
Három város/Trēs Ciudades (1997), MS, pno. Lib: Federico García Lorca
Emlék/Memory (1998), Bar, fl., vl., mar., hn. Lib: Federico García Lorca
Népköltés-Altató/Lullaby on a Folk Text (1999), S, 2 cl., B cl.
Pillanatképek/Images-Instants (2001/02), S, cl., vl., harp/cimb., db.
Lib: Masaoka Shiki, Takuboku, János Pilinszky SR: HCD 32598-99
Az idegen kert/Le Jardin étranger (2003), S, fl., cl., cimb., pno., vl., vla., db.
Lib: András Forgách
Pirosszemű/Oiseau aux yeux rouges (2003), S, pno. Lib: Attila József
Chan Chu-történetek/Chan Chu-Stories (2003–2010), S, vl., harps./pno.
Lib: András Forgách
Mélodies sur les poèmes d’Erwann Rougé (2007/14), S, pno.
Three Canons (2008), S, fl., vl. Lib: Joseph Eichendorff, Composer
Esőhíd/Rainbridge (2009), S, cl., tr., vl., vlc., pno. Lib: Masaoka Shiki
Emlékezés/Remembrance (2011), S, fl., hn. Lib: Emma Nagy, Sándor
Kányádi, Composer
Love Song (2011), 2 S, MS Lib: American-Indian Aboriginal Folk Text
Hajnalban a csillagok/Stars at Dawn (2012), S, pno. Lib: Sándor Kányádi
Vadalma lombja/Wild Apple Tree (2012), A/T, 3 vlc. Lib: Anna Kiss
Mikor itt vagy/When You Are Here (2013), S, pno. Lib: Géza Gárdonyi
Vadalma lombja/Wild Apple Tree (2013), A, A fl., 2 vlc. Lib: Anna Kiss
Two Song on Poems of Sándor Kányádi (2014), MS, pno.
Indián altató/Indian Lullaby (2015), S, pno. Lib: American Folk Text
María del Carmen (2015), T, pno., tape Lib: Composer
Mikor a szarvas/When the Deer (2015), 2 voices, vla., fl., pno. Lib: Sándor Kányádi
Ode (2015), MS, pno. Lib: Attila József
Horizon brûlé (2016), S, pno. Lib: Irène de Saint-Christol
Gyalogúton – Second Duet (2018), S, vla., pno. Lib: Sándor Kányádi
Ágnes (2018), MS, pno. Lib: János Arany
Six Russian Songs (2018) Lib: Pushkin, Podelkov, Blok, Maršak, Yesenin
A látásról/From Seeing (2018), S, pno. Lib: Zsuzsa Takács
Húsz év múlva/In Twenty Years (2018), S, str. quartet Lib: Zsuzsa Takács
A látásról/From Seeing – Chamber Cantata (2019), S, str. quartet Lib: Zsuzsa Takács
Ünnep/Feast (2020), S, pno. Lib: Sándor Kányádi
SOLO WORKS
Morzsák/Crumbs (1998), cl. Pub: Akkord
Prélude à l’Ange de la Mer du Sud (1998/2007), vlc.
Prelude and Lament (1999), vla.
Faces (2000), B cl.
Sonata (2005), vl.
Pre-lieder (2008), harps.
Pre-lieder (2009), pno.
A gyermek Föld cipője I-II (2011), cl. Pub: Akkord
Prestissimo (2011), cl. Pub: Akkord
Sonata (2014), vla.
Magic Helper – Hommage à Klára Kokas (2015), harp
Sonata (2020), vlc., pno.
ELECTROACOUSTIC WORKS
Flux (1998), cl., tape
Alapzaj/Static Noise (1998), tape
Kopogó/Knocking Music (2001), tape
INCIDENTAL MUSIC
Pour la fin des temps – Film Music (2003/2012), pno.
Ballet Music (2014), pno.
PEDAGOGICAL WORKS
Fehérlófia/Son of the White Horse – A Musical Tale for Little Pianist (2016), 1/2 pno.
Nine Piano Pieces (2019)
