Judit Varga (composer)

Judit Varga (born 12 January 1979 in Győr) is an Erkel Ferenc Prize and Béla Bartók - Ditta Pásztory Award winner composer, pianist and university lecturer.

She started her studies at the Liszt Ferenc Music School in Győr, where she played the piano and the flute.

In 2008 she led the piano class of the Maria Regina Volksschule in Vienna and she was a silent film pianist as well.

Beside contemporary classical music, she is particularly interested in scoring motion pictures and theatre pieces, and in the compositions written for multimedia events.

In 2013, when the Prima Primissima Prize has undergone a complete renewal, she was entrusted to design the new musical image.

In 2014 the Academy of Austrian Film awarded best soundtrack to Deine Schönheit ist nichts Wert (Your Beauty is Worth Nothing...).