Basel Composition Competition

BCC Programmheft 2025

Uncertain Journey to the Tai Shan

2022

Aures Moussong

Music Composer

Aurés Moussong is a Mexican-Hungarian composer. He obtained his Master’s degree from the Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest and the Universität der Künste Berlin through the Erasmus program. He later completed a two-year postgraduate specialization in composition with Daniel D’Adamo at the Conservatoire de Strasbourg. Recently, he studied composition with Swiss composer Dieter Ammann at the Hochschule Luzern – Musik.

Some of his works have been recognized with international awards, including the Ibermúsicas 2021 Prize, the Second Prize at the CHINA-CEEC Chamber Music Academies Competition in Hangzhou, China, and First Prizes at the Egidio Carella Composition Competition in Italy and the WoCe Competition organized by the Hungarian Composers Association. His work Dialogue à quatre premiered at the 2023 Musica Festival in Strasbourg, and he was a finalist at the Basel Composition Competition with Macabre Carnaval.

He is currently based in Lyon, France.

Articles & Events

Synesthesia Lab Festival 2025

Synesthesia Lab Festival 2025

The RITUAL project invited several composers to create works that would bridge the spirit of club music with the language of contemporary composition. Aurés Moussong contributed the piece GN-∆lon for contrabass clarinet and electronics, performed by Ignat Krasikov, in...

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Questions for string orchestra

Questions for string orchestra

Inspired by the reflective and melancholic tone of the poem, this piece unfolds as a lyrical meditation on longing and introspection. Premiered at the Orsegi Festival in Hungary, 2021. The original title, Questions, refers to the poem by Juhász Gyula.MilleniArt...

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