András Gábor Virágh: Monochrome for Clarinet and String Orchestra
(2021)

Gábor Varga - Clarinet
conducted by Gregory Vajda

Featuring the Hungarian Naztional Philharmonic

András Gábor Virágh: MONOCHROME

András Gábor VIRÁGH - Les couleurs des vagues
for violin and orchestra

Soloist: Ernő Kállai - violin
Conducted by Balázs Kocsár

Featuring the Hungarian State Opera Orchestra

András Gábor VIRÁGH - Les Couleurs Des Vagues - Audio

The term SPECTRE (Wraith) can be found in many countries and cultures, and is also present in Hungarian folklore. However, the word has many different meanings: a ghost can be fairy, spooky or creepy, and sometimes it is related to the word witch. But in the case of a piano piece, what does a nightmare mean? The musical illusion of a dreamy spell? Or will the musical act paint the illusion of a creepy, terrifying spectre? These are the questions András Virágh Gábor's piano piece Spectre sought to answer. 

The composition performed by Mira Nagy on piano.

Spectre

András Gábor Virágh: WINDERLAND for wind orchestra

Zsolnay Wind Orchestra
conducted by artistic director András Major

Recorded live in 2022 in Pécs (HU)

Ismeretlen album (2022. 11. 22. 11:36:59)

Winderland

Honvéd Male Choir

Conducted by Tibor Lógó artistic director

Virágh András Gábor - Könyeim

The constellation of Eagle, seen at the crossroads of the celestial paths, affects several areas at once. The Eagle appears in almost all myths as the bird of the sun. The eagle facing the sun symbolises the vision of divine mysteries, but also embodies the will of the heavens.

Conducted by Gergely Ménesi 
Featuring the Symphony Orchestra of the Liszt Academy

Recorded live in 2023

125_23-2 231130 ZAK Kamarazkar - Menesi 

Aquila

András Gábor Virágh: Mirage for Piano

Performed by Míra Nagy
Sound engineer: Bence Bobák

Recorded in 2024 in The Pannonia Studio, Budapest.

András Gábor VIRÁGH - Mirage

András Gábor Virágh: SONATINE for violin and violoncello

Performed by Éva Dúlfalvy - violin and Mátyás Hotzi - violoncello
Sound engineer: Bence Bobák

Recorded in 2024 in the Pannonia Studio of Budapest

Graphic by Peter Illes

Sonatine

András Gábor VIRÁGH - Rossignol

The oratorio was written for the 50th anniversary of the International Kodály Society and was first performed on 6 March 2024 in Matthias Church in Budapest. The piece was performed by Csilla Csővári, a soprano soloist, and the University of Pécs Choir and Orchestra, which was conducted by Professor Tamás Lakner.

Andras Gabor VIRAGH - Pange lingua

András Gábor Virágh is one of the most sought after composer and organist of his generation.
Mr. Virágh has been the titular organist of the St. Stephen’s Basilica, Budapest, also assistant lecturer for forms and analysis, and solfeggio at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music and the board member of the Hungarian Composers’ Union.
His biggest recent achivements are the two national organ –, three domestic and three international composition awards, including first prize of the Los Angeles international composition competition in 2006 (where there were no other prizes), the Oradea international composition competition in 2008, and the ISA (International Summer Academy, Austria) international composition competition in 2012 (where there were no other prizes). In 2007/08 he won the National Scholarship, and for 2010/11 the Annie Fischer Performers Scholarship. In 2009 he recieved the Superior Student of the Faculties of Sciences award of the University of Debrecen – which is an award won by 8 students out of 30.000.

In 2011 he awarded the Junior Prima Prize, which is the highest honour of the young generation. Mr Virágh graduated in 2013 at the Liszt Academy with a degree in Music Composition as the student of prof. Gyula Fekete, and he won the Composition Prize of the „Aurora Musis Amica” foundation and the Composition Prize of the Hungarian Academy of Arts. In 2015 and in 2017 Mr. Virágh awarded the Benedek Istvánffy composition prize and in 2017 he was honoured with the annual Ferenc Erkel Composer Award. The Metamorphosis for 14 players for ensemble was composed in 2017 at the invitation of the Warsaw Autumn Contemporary Music Festival, which celebrates its 60th anniversary. In 2018, the composition was aired more than 50 times by the radio channel France Musique.

In 2020 Mr. Virágh has awarded the Classical Composition of the Year award for his composition Gregorian notes for viola and organ.
Mr. Virágh’s compositions are published by the Ostinato Musikverlag (Germany), by the Norsk Musikforlag (Norway), by the Editions BIM (Switzerland) by the Kontrapunkt Music Publisher (Budapest) and by the EMB (Editio Musica Budapest). As an organist and as a composer he has performed in several countries in Europe in the UK, in Israel and in the USA as well.

E-mail: a.g.viragh@gmail.com
Web: www.viragh.hu/en/
YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZjL_1JR8IiSd5QxsHUuWrkPc1kz3F0vF&si=Y0TsqCRo1wHs27WZ

András Gábor Virágh

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