Budapest-based composer Tímea Dragony
studied at the Zoltán Kodály Elementary School
of Music and was a member of the prestigious
Cantemus children’s choir. She went on to
continue her musical education at two Music
Secondary Schools, studying piano and music
theory in Nyíregyháza, and composition in Deb
recen. She studied at the Liszt Academy of Music
in Budapest, graduating ‘Summa Cum Laude’ in
2002 with majors in composition – as the student
of György Orbán – and music theory teaching.
That same year, she won the Republican Scholar
ship of the Hungarian Cultural Ministry. She was
also a three-time winner of the Zoltán Kodály Music and Composing Scholarship:
in 2002, 2003, and 2006. From 2004 to 2006, she received financial support from
the Academie Musicale de Villecroze (France). Her music has been presented in
national and international festivals alike, including: Spring Festival Budapest,
Hungarian Radio’s Artrium Festival, Café Budapest, Contemporary Festival
Days in Madrid, and Autumn Festival in Amsterdam. Internationally, she has
participated in composition recitals in Leipzig at the Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
Music Academy and in Amsterdam at the “Autumn Festival”. She is a multiaward-winner of numerous prestigious composition competitions, including
the MÜPA (Palace of Arts’) Symphonic Orchestra Prize in 2020; 2nd Prize in the
vocal and string orchestra category of the “Arany János” Competition in 2018;
winner of the National Ballet Music Competition in 2014; the Jury Prize in the
IKZE Ligeti Festival in 2008; 1st and 2nd Prizes in the Kincses Compositional
Prize in both 2000 and 2001; 3rd Prize in the Kodály Institute’s Zoltán Kodály
Compositional Prize in 2018; the Hungarian Art Grand Prize and Hungarian
Culture Grand Prize in 2009 and 2010; first prize in the oratorio category of the
Petőfi ‘Quodlibet’ National Competition in 1998. In 2021, she was awarded a
three-year scholarship from the Hungarian Academy of Arts, and the same year
she won the gold medal in the North American Virtuoso International Music
Competition.
BALLETS
Pearl’s Fishes (2014), symph. orch., electronica, voices, vlc., fl., cl., pno.
CANTATAS
Petőfi Cantata (1998), S, female chr., symph. orch. Lib: Sándor Petőfi
Bells of the Night – Cantata (2017), female chr., str. orch. Lib: Jenő Dsida
CONCERTOS
Violin Concert (2002), vl., symph. orch.
Tuba Concerto (2016), tuba, symph. orch.
ORCHESTRAL WORKS
Eloquent (2015), str. orch.
Crann Bethadh/Extreme Emotions (2017), symph. orch.
Gwethyr (2018), str. orch.
The Legend (2018), symph. orch.
Symphonie ‘OBRETAM’ (2019), symph. orch.
Onix (2020), symph. orch.
BIFROST ‘the Bridge’ (2021), symph. orch.
CHAMBER WORKS
Sonata (1997), tr., pno.
3 Duo for Two Flutes (1997)
Extremas Emociones (2001), fl., pno.
The Word of the Crystal Mountain (2002), tr., pno.
Stone Fantasies (2003), vlc., pno.
Messages from the Black Planet (2005), tr., pno.
Waves in 60 Seconds (2005), cl., pno.
The Sad Melody (2007), vlc., pno.
Brass Quintet (2008)
Flame Well (2008), cl., pno.
Dreamwaves (2008), fl., pno.
Enchantment (2011), cl., pno.
Sight Stones (2014), cl., pno.
Pearl’s Fantasy (2014), vlc., pno.
Toran (2015), tr., pno.
Rhiannon (2016), vl., pno.
Dagda (2017), cl., pno.
Taliesin (2016), fl., pno.
Ostara (2016), tuba, harp
Rhapsody ‘TEMDRA’ (2017), vl., pno.
Oghma for Bass Trombone and Piano (2017)
Carneol (2019), vl., pno.
CHORAL WORKS
World of Moon (2014), SATB
Spring (2018), female chr. Lib: William Blake
Sonnet 109 (2019), female chr. Lib: William Shakespeare Pub: UMP EMB
The Sonnet of Life (2019), female chr., pno. Lib: Gyula Juhász
VOCAL WORKS
Sonnet 128 (2002), S, pno. Lib: William Shakespeare
Four Orchestral Songs by Sonnets of William Shakespeare (2002), dramatic
S, pno., perc., str. orch.
Sonnet 24 (2006), S, cl., pno. Lib: William Shakespeare
The Sick Rose (2008), S, pno. Lib: William Blake
Longing for Myself Under the Moon (2015), S, cl., vlc., pno. Lib: Attila József
Glitnir – 4 Songs by Original Celtic Phrases (2017), S, pno.
Orchestral Songs – Virradás/Dawning (2018), MS, str. orch. Lib: János Arany
Rose of Flame – Song Cycle by Poems of Melinda Fellegi (2019), voice, pno.,
str. quartet
SOLO WORKS
Capriccio (2003), fl.
Fire’s Dance (2008), cl.
PEDAGOGIC WORKS
‘KALEIR’. Nature’s Empire – 20 Piano Pieces for Students (2020)
12 Pedagogical Chamber Pieces for Young Students: for Violin and Piano,
for Clarinet and Piano, Flute Duos, Flute and Piano
