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About Balint Varga
Balint Varga is an award -winning composer, conductor, music director, pianist, and music teacher.
Born 1982 in Budapest, Hungary, Balint started playing piano at age 4. He began his professional career in the world of musical theater at age 17 when he moved to Paris. He worked first for Bastille Opera House in Paris with the musical director Scott Alan Prouty. He was the youngest contracted piano player ever in the history of Bastille Opera House.
Balint also worked at the French Ballet Institute and in Chatelet. After he graduated from the Business College of Budapest (2006), he started his studies at Bela Bartok Conservatory in Budapest. Balint soon became involved in the theater world throughout Europe (Hungary, Belgium, Russia, Austria, France, Germany), thanks to the Dutch director Cornelius Baltus. During his work, he has earned wealth of experience in the world of mainstream musicals. He’s an excellent sight –reader and frequently hired for playing at auditions. Balint worked for many productions and shows as a music director, pianist and orchestrator. While he is a musical theater composer, he also has a great passion for classical music. As a child, he was a member of the State Opera House in Hungary. He composed a big orchestral piece “Around the World in 12 Minutes”, a chamber orchestra piece “Little Chariot”, a piano trio volume “ Les Danses Diaboliques” and several choral pieces. At the age of 23, he composed and produced “Houdini The Musical” (2005 –lyrics by Mihaly Kal Pinter), followed soon thereafter by many other musicals performed in Broadway and around the world.
Balint graduated from Berklee College of Music (Boston) in 2012 and is currently living in New York City where he teaches and performs.
For more information about Balint you can visit his website here.