Marián Varga

2004

Marián Varga (born January 29, 1947, Skalica, Slovakia) is a Slovak musician, composer and organ player.

Biography

He has played piano since the age of six. He studied piano and composition at the conservatory in Bratislava. He left the conservatory after three years to become a member of the group Prúdy, and contributed to the legendary album Zvoňte zvonky. He left Prúdy as suddenly as he had left conservatory only to establish the first Czechoslovak art rock band Collegium Musicum.

The repertoire of Collegium Musicum, comprising mostly instrumental pieces, included reinterpretations of the themes of classics such as Joseph Haydn, Béla Bartók and Igor Stravinsky, complemented by original compositions. Already at this stage his work bore signs of postmodernism (Eufónia of the album Konvergencie), which later became the basic principle of his work.

When Collegium Musicum disbanded in 1979, Varga started a solo career. Among other achievements, he became a pioneer of absolute improvisation (real-time composition) in Slovakia. In the meantime he continued to contribute to popular music. His ongoing collaboration with Pavol Hammel led to five successful albums and to the first rock musical in Slovakia.

Discography

with Prúdy

Collegium Musicum

with Pavol Hammel

with Vladimír Merta

Solo albums

Anthology

Awards

See also

References

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  2. ↑ "Aurel > Víťazi Aurel 2002". Národná skupina IFPI Slovenskej republiky (in Slovak). SNS IFPI. 2003. ifpi.sk. Archived from the original on 2015-04-27. Retrieved 2015-04-14.
  3. ↑ "Varga, Vilikovský, Zemko. Prezident Kiska udelil svoje prvé vyznamenania > Marián Varga". SME (in Slovak). Petit Press. 2015-01-13. sme.sk. Retrieved 2015-04-14.

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