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Adriana Hölszky (born June 30, 1953) is a talented music teacher, composer, and pianist. She was born in Romania and has lived in Germany since 1976.

Biography

Adriana Hölszky was born in Bucharest, Romania. From 1959 to 1969, she studied piano with Olga Rosca-Berdan at a music school in Bucharest. Later, in 1972, she started studying composition alongside her piano studies at the Bucharest Music Conservatory.

In 1976, Adriana moved to Germany with her family. She continued her music education there. From 1977 to 1980, she studied composition at the Musikhochschule in Stuttgart. She also studied chamber music, which is music for a small group of instruments. During her studies, she played piano in a group called the Trio Lipatti. Her twin sister, Monika Hölszky-Wiedemann, played the violin, and Hertha Rosa-Herseni played the cello.

Adriana also attended important music workshops. She went to the International Mozarteum Summer Academy in 1977 and 1978. From 1978 to 1984, she regularly attended the Darmstadt Summer Courses for New Music. These courses are famous for exploring new and modern music.

Her career grew steadily. In 1980, she started teaching at the State University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart. She received a special grant in 1983. In 1986, she won first place at a composers' event during the Darmstadt Summer Courses. She also received a scholarship from the Ministry of Culture in 1987.

Adriana Hölszky's music became known around the world. In 1992, she led composition workshops in Tokyo and Kyoto, Japan, and at the IRCAM center in Paris, France. Her growing fame was clear when she performed three concerts in Athens, Thessaloniki, and Boston in 1993.

From 1997 to 2000, Hölszky was a professor of composition at the Rostock University of Music and Theatre. Since 2000, she has been a professor of composition at the Mozarteum University of Salzburg in Austria. In 2002, she became a member of the Academy of Fine Arts in Berlin.

Awards

Adriana Hölszky has won many awards for her amazing compositions:

• 1978 Prize of the International Chamber Music Competition in Florence
• 1979 1st Prize of the Valentino Bucchi Composition Competition in Rome
• 1980 Prize of the International Chamber Music Competition in Colmar (France)
• 1981 Gaudeamus Prize, Bilthoven (Netherlands)
• 1982 Max Deutsch Paris Prize, Prize of the City of Stuttgart, Composition Prize of the East German Cultural Foundation
• 1985 1st Prize Ensemblia Composition Competition, Monchengladbach
• 1985 Johann Wenzel Stamitz Prize, Mannheim GEDOK Price
• 1988 Prize of the City of Stuttgart
• 1989 1st Prize at GEDOK International Composition Competition
• 1990 Artist Award Heidelberg and Mainz Schneider-Schott Music Prize
• 1991 Rome Prize of the Villa Massimo
• 2003 Bach Prize of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg

Works

Adriana Hölszky has created many different types of musical works. She is especially known for her stage works, which are like operas or musical plays.

Stage works

Other works

Adriana Hölszky has composed many other pieces for various instruments and groups. These include works for piano, string quartets, orchestras, and choirs. She has also written pieces for unique combinations of instruments like accordion, percussion, and different wind instruments. Her compositions often explore new sounds and ways of using instruments.

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