Iris Szeghy (born 1956) is a Slovak composer living in Switzerland.
Biography
Iris Szeghy was born in
Prešov,
Slovakia. She studied piano and composition at the Conservatory in
Košice and composition at the Music Academy in
Bratislava,[1] she ended it with a doctoral degree at the same school. Szeghy went through numerous composer residencies - at the
Akademie Schloss Solitude in Stuttgart, at the
University of California at
San Diego, at the STEIM Studio in
Amsterdam, at the State Opera in
Hamburg, at the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris, she was a scholar of the Landis & Gyr Foundation in London and Budapest etc.
Iris Szeghy has won many international composition awards, her work has been performed and broadcast in
Europe,
America and
Australia.[2]
Works
Szeghy composes for orchestra, chamber ensembles and voice. Selected works include:
Hommage à Rodin - Touches with three Statues of the Master 1982
Musica Dolorosa (String Quartet) 1985
Minifanfare 1986
Canto Triste Nocturne for Trombone (Violoncello) and Piano 1986
Afforismi 1990
Afforismi II 1992
Midsummer Night's Mystery 1992
Midsummer Night's Mystery II 1993
Musica Folclorica - Hommage à Bartók 1996
A Day in Manhattan / Un Jour à Manhattan 1996
Un Petit Sentiment de Pojogne 1998
Poetic Studies / Poetische Studien 1984
Variations on a German Folk Song / Variationen über ein deutsches Volkslied 1995
Iris Szeghy (born 1956) is a Slovak composer living in Switzerland.
Biography
Iris Szeghy was born in
Prešov,
Slovakia. She studied piano and composition at the Conservatory in
Košice and composition at the Music Academy in
Bratislava,[1] she ended it with a doctoral degree at the same school. Szeghy went through numerous composer residencies - at the
Akademie Schloss Solitude in Stuttgart, at the
University of California at
San Diego, at the STEIM Studio in
Amsterdam, at the State Opera in
Hamburg, at the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris, she was a scholar of the Landis & Gyr Foundation in London and Budapest etc.
Iris Szeghy has won many international composition awards, her work has been performed and broadcast in
Europe,
America and
Australia.[2]
Works
Szeghy composes for orchestra, chamber ensembles and voice. Selected works include:
Hommage à Rodin - Touches with three Statues of the Master 1982
Musica Dolorosa (String Quartet) 1985
Minifanfare 1986
Canto Triste Nocturne for Trombone (Violoncello) and Piano 1986
Afforismi 1990
Afforismi II 1992
Midsummer Night's Mystery 1992
Midsummer Night's Mystery II 1993
Musica Folclorica - Hommage à Bartók 1996
A Day in Manhattan / Un Jour à Manhattan 1996
Un Petit Sentiment de Pojogne 1998
Poetic Studies / Poetische Studien 1984
Variations on a German Folk Song / Variationen über ein deutsches Volkslied 1995