Marián Varga
{{Short description|Slovak musician (1947–2017)}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Marian Varga
| image = Marianvarga.jpg
| caption = Varga in 2004
| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1947|1|29|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Skalica, Czechoslovakia
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2017|8|9|1947|1|29|df=yes}}
| death_place = Bratislava, Slovakia
| occupation = {{Unbulleted list|Composer|Organist}}
| instrument = Organ, Piano, Moog synthesizer
| website = {{URL|http://www.marianvarga.sk}}
}}
Marián Varga (29 January 1947 – 9 August 2017) was a Slovak musician, composer and organist. In the context of Czech-Slovak musical culture of the second half of the 20th century, Varga was a significant figure in the field of autonomous, modern classical music, rock music, as well as improvised or experimental music. In 1967, he became a member of the band Prúdy, with whom he recorded and co-wrote the legendary album Zvoňte, zvonky. Influenced by Brian Auger and Keith Emerson, Marián Varga founded the band Collegium musicum in 1969, whose albums Konvergencie, Zelená pošta, Collegium Musicum Live and Divergencie represent the main pillars of Czech-Slovak rock music. He died on 9 August 2017 after several health problems, including cancer and lung disease. {{Cite news|first=Oliver|last=Rehák|title=Vo veku 70 rokov zomrel Marián Varga, hudobník, skladateľ a jedna|url=https://dennikn.sk/minuta/846963/|website=Denník N|publisher=N Press|access-date=9 August 2017|language=sk}}
Discography
=With Prúdy=
- 1968: Zvoňte, zvonky
= Collegium Musicum =
- 1970: "Hommage à J.S.Bach / Ulica plná plášťov do dažďa" (SP)
- 1971: Collegium Musicum
- 1971: Konvergencie
- 1973: Collegium Musicum Live
- 1975: Marián Varga & Collegium Musicum
- 1978: Continuo
- 1979: On a Ona
- 1981: Divergencie
- 1997: Collegium Musicum '97 (Live)
= With Pavol Hammel =
- 1972: Zelená pošta
- 1976: Na II. programe sna (along with Radim Hladik)
- 1978: Cyrano z predmestia
- 1989: Všetko je inak
- 1993: Labutie piesne
= With Vladimír Merta =
- 1992: Cestou k ... Stabil - Instabil
= Solo albums =
- 1984: Stále tie dni
- 2003: Solo in Concert (Live)
- 2006: Marián Varga & Moyzesovo kvarteto
= Anthology =
- 2006: Hommage à Marián Varga
Awards
- Hall of Fame ZAI Award – Grand Prix{{Cite web|url=http://zai.eu.sk/historia/ |title=História {{!}} Výročné ceny ZAI {{!}} Víťazi pre rok 1992|url-status=dead|website=ZAI|access-date=14 April 2015|language=sk|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903103410/http://zai.eu.sk/historia/|archive-date=3 September 2014}}
- Aurel Award – Lifetime Achievement{{Cite web|title=Aurel {{!}} Víťazi Aurel 2002|url=http://www.ifpi.sk/vitaz.htm|url-status=dead|website=Národná skupina IFPI Slovenskej republiky|publisher=SNS IFPI|access-date=14 April 2015|language=sk|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20030416202221/http://www.ifpi.sk/vitaz.htm |archive-date=16 April 2003}}
- Pribina Cross – 2nd Class{{cite web|url=http://www.sme.sk/c/7587984/varga-vilikovsky-zemko-prezident-kiska-udelil-svoje-prve-vyznamenania.html|title=Varga, Vilikovský, Zemko. Prezident Kiska udelil svoje prvé vyznamenania {{!}} Marián Varga|newspaper=Sme|publisher=Petit Press|date=13 January 2015|access-date=14 April 2015|language=sk}}
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.marianvarga.sk Official website] {{In lang|sk}}
{{Hall of Fame ZAI Award}}
{{Aurel Award for Lifetime Achievement}}
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