”Where Are You, Mama?” – Composer Péter Zombola's Path from the Orphanage to Worldwide Fame
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This programme is held in Hungarian.
That music and art heal wounds is by now almost a cliché – and yet, meeting a living creator whose severe childhood traumas were processed with the help of the new musical world he created is a truly unique experience. The main protagonist of our concert is Péter Zombola, one of Hungary’s most successful composers, gaining increasing international recognition, whose highly individual works are enjoying success from the United States to East Asia. Few people know, however, that behind the composer’s sombre, archaic sonorities lie years in an orphanage, adoptive parents, and the trauma of a mother who was kept secret and could no longer be found once he reached adulthood. At the concert, Zombola’s works will be interwoven among movements by his favourite master, Franz Schubert, performed by the Danubia Orchestra under the baton of Máté Hámori, the originator of the evening and the composer’s friend. Scenes from a film – directed by Kornél Mundruczó – based on the personal confession that unfolds through their conversation will also complement the musical pieces.
Péter Zombola was born in Budapest in 1983. He pursued his composition studies at the Béla Bartók Secondary School of Music as a student of Miklós Kocsár and Miklós Csemiczky, then studied composition at the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music under Zoltán Jeney and György Orbán. He received his diploma with honours in 2006, and a year later was likewise awarded his music theory teaching degree with honours. Between 2006 and 2009 he was a student of the Doctoral School of the Liszt Academy, obtaining his doctoral degree in 2010 and completing his habilitation there in 2018. Many of his works have been presented at the most prestigious Hungarian and international festivals; he is also a regular participant in contemporary music and arts courses. He has written several film scores for Hungarian and foreign films, and he also regularly composes music for commercials, theatre productions and other applied music, while being an active member of professional organisations. The focal point of his creative activity is orchestral and choral music, as well as oratorio and stage works, among which the opera titled Echo, premiered in 2019, stands out, along with his most monumental work to date, the Oratorio Trilogy composed for mixed choir and symphony orchestra (Requiem, 2012; Passio, 2015; Kaddish, 2026).
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