Hungarian born Judit Varga is a Vienna-based classical music composer, film composer, pianist and university professor. She works with leader orchestras and ensembles from all over the world. She is the music composer of more than 30 theatre performances and films. In 2013, 2014 and 2020 she was the nominee of the Austrian Academy of Films in the category of “Best Soundtrack”. In 2016, the Hungarian State Opera commissioned and premiered her opera Love in Budapest with great success. In 2017, she received the Béla Bartók – Ditta Pásztory Prize for her work contribution to Hungarian contemporary music and cultural life of Hungary. In 2022 Varga was awarded the Outstanding Artist Award by the Ministry of Arts and Culture Austria. In 2019 she was appointed as university professor of composition and media composition at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna (mdw).