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Márton Illés was born in Budapest in 1975 and received his early training in piano, composition and percussion at various Kodály schools in Győr. From 1994 to 2001 he attended the Basle Academy of Music, where he studied with László Gyimesi (piano) and Detlev Müller-Siemens (composition). This was followed from 2001 to 2005 by studies in Karlsruhe with Wolfgang Rihm (composition) and Michael Reudenbach (theory). Later he received fellowships to the Villa Massimo in Rome (2009), the Villa Concordia in Bamberg (2011) and the Civitella Ranieri Centre in Umbria (2012). His catalogue of works includes pieces for solo instrument, chamber music, string quartets, vocal works, ensemble compositions, electronic music, two pieces of music theatre and works for string orchestra and full orchestra. He has been performed at leading international festivals and concert halls. He has worked with the Ensemble Modern, the Ensemble Intercontemporain, the Minguet Quartet and the Munich Chamber Orchestra. In 2001 he played the solopart of his piano concerto Rajzok II in the Cologne Philharmonie with the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Jonathan Nott. He has taught theory at Karlsruhe University of Music since 2005 and composition at Würzburg University of Music since 2011. His works are published by Breitkopf & Härtel. Among his awards and honours are the Christoph and Stephan Kaske Prize (2005), the composers prize of the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation (2008), the Schneider-Schott Prize and the Paul Hindemith Prize.
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