Iris Szeghy (born 1956) is a Slovak composer living in Switzerland.

Biography

Iris Szeghy was born in

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. She studied piano and composition at the Conservatory in

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and composition at the Music Academy in

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, she ended it with a doctoral degree at the same school. Szeghy went through numerous composer residencies - at the

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in Stuttgart, at the

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, at the STEIM Studio in

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, at the State Opera in

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, 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

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and

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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 *''It-Movements'' 2001 *''Afforismi III'' 1992 *''Streichtrio "Goldberg" / String trio "Goldberg"'' 2007 *''Choral'' 2008 *''Afforismi IV'' 2009 *''Neniae'' 2010 *''A Game / Ein Spiel'' 1985 *''Bekenntnisse / Confessions'' 1984 Choir a cappella *''Three Shakespearean Songs'' 1990 Choir a cappella *''War es so? / Was It Like That?'' 1985 Choir and solo instrument(s) *''Frühlingskranz / Spring Wreath'' 1989 Choir and solo instrument(s) *''Psalm 130 for Mixed Choir and Organ'' 1999 Choir and solo instrument(s) *''Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra'' 1989 *''Tableaux d´un parc'' 1999 *''Spring Sonata / Frühlingssonate'' 1984 *''Vivat Sommer / Vivat Summer! - Little Suite for Clarinet'' 1985 *''Suite Into Pocket / Suite de Poche'' 1986 *''Ciaccona'' 1991 *''Preludio e Danza für Bassklarinette oder Bassetthorn'' 1992 *''Canzona'' 1992 *''Perpetuum Mobile'' 1993 *''Wir gehen in den Zoo! / Let us go to Zoo!'' 1984 *''Bolero-Blues'' 2000 *''Canticum'' 2002 *''Slowakischer Tanz für Violine oder Violoncello'' 2006 *''Christmas Carol'' 2009 *''In Between'' 1993 Live and tape music *''Story'' 1995 Live and tape music *''Psalm eines Verhungerten / Psalm of a Starving Man'' 1988 *''The Prayer / La Preghiera / Ima'' 1998 *''Secret Love'' 1999 *''Psalm - for solo voice on a poem by Paul Celan'' 1993 Solo voice(s) a cappella *''Oratio et Gratias Actio Pro Sanitate Matris Meae'' 1994 Solo voice(s) a cappella *''Vivat Heidelberg!'' 1996 Solo voice(s) with ensemble *''Vielleicht, dass uns etwas aufginge'' 2003 Solo voice(s) with orchestra *''Simple and Difficult'' 1978 Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) *''To You - 4 Love Songs from the Songs of Solomon'' 1983 Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) *''De profundis'' - 4 songs for voice and 2 melodical instruments based on 4 poems by Michelangelo Buonarrotti 1990 *''Ave Maria'' - for solo voice and solo instruments 1992 *''When I Die'' 1999 Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) *''Psalm 130'' 1999 Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) *''Anrufung des Grossen Bären'' 2003 Solo voice(s) with solo instrument(s) *''Hesse-Fragments - Cycle for Voice and Piano'' 2006 *''Musica Dolorosa'' 1985 String orchestra *''Ad Parnassum für Strings Inspired by Pictures of Paul Klee'' 2005 String orchestra *''Homewards'' 1997 Symphony orchestra

References

External links

Music Centre Slovakia: Iris Szeghy Profile

Works by Iris Szeghy

Personal website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Szeghy, Iris 1956 births Living people 20th-century classical composers Slovak women composers Slovak classical composers Hungarian classical composers Hungarian women classical composers 20th-century women composers