Closing concert of the 4th Tallér Zsófia International Contemporary Composition Competition

Composer Zsófia Tallér, who contributed music to theatre productions and films, passed away young in 2021. As one of the creators and teachers of applied composition programmes at the Liszt Academy and the Academy of Drama and Film, she was an inspiration to an entire generation. Her memory is honoured with a festival and composition competition, held now for the fourth time. Entries to the composition competition were to reflect on some work by Zsófia Tallér. The chamber cantata Mum’s Old Picture was composed to poems by Dezső Kosztolányi and Judit Tallér, and is Tallér’s personal remembrance of her mother, in her characteristic, highly emotional musical language. Competitors were to create original compositions inspired by the atmosphere and theme of Zsófia Tallér’s cantata – without quoting its music or lyrics.