Marián Varga was born on 29th January 1947 in Skalica. He was 6 years old when he started to attend a common school of arts, and at the same time took private composition lessons from professor Ján Cikker. Later on, he became a student of the Bratislava School of Music where he studied piano in the class of Roman Berger, and composition in the class of Andrej Oèenáš.After three years of study he left the School of Music, and soon afterwards he became a member of Prúdy, the band with which he recorded the legendary album "Jingle, bells" in 1969. But suddenly, just as he left the School of Music, he abandons Prúdy, and founds the first art-rock band in Czechoslovakia, Collegium Musicum. Prevalent in the band´s repertory are instrumental compositions, comprising re-interpretations of classical music themes (Haydn, Bartók, Stravinskij ...), and original compositions bearing the first signs of artistic post-modernism (Euphony from the album Convergences), which is the essential principle of his current music. After the dissolution of Collegium Musicum (1979), Varga chose for himself the role of a lonely runner, and as one of the first musicians in the country he followed the concept of absolute improvisation, which means composing music in the real space and time. - from M. Varga's website
Artist: Collegium Musicum
Album: Marián Varga & Collegium
Year: 1973
Label: Opus 3 (1995)
Runtime: 45:55
Tracks:
1. Mikrokozmos (Bela Bartok) 7:25
2. Nech zije clovek (Marian Varga/Dusan Hajek/Ivan Belak/Josef Farkas) 16:31
3. Preludium C dur (2 miniatury) a cast z baletu Romeo a Julia (Sergei Prokofiev) 8:43
4. Hudba k vodometu c.1 (Marian Varga) 10:40
5. Nesmierny smutok hotelovej izby (Marian Varga) 2:36
Personnel:
Marian Varga (Organ and Piano)
Dusan Hajek (Drums)
Ivan Belak (Bass Guitar)
Jozef Farkas (Guitar)