Petra Pelles

ABOUT ME AND MY MUSIC

 

   I was born on 18th May, 1981. Music has been

playing an important role in my life since my

childhood.

   I strated playing the piano at the age of six and continued it until the age of twenty. Classical music has always had a big influence on me, therefore I love listening to it nowadays as well. I have been singing since my childhood and have created a lot of music in my head which, luckily, I still remember. At that time I did not know how to sound different parts so that others could also hear them just as I can in my head.       However, I had to wait years to be able to realize this idea. I started stage singing when    I attended the primary school choir. Later I participated in folk song competitions, and at the age of fourteen I became a determining member of a student musical company. I learnt singing operas between 2000-2002, but exactly at this time I got a lot of opportunities for pop singing. At these two genres are not in compliance I decided to choose the seemingly more successful pop career. I am member of Moulin Rouge, a vocal trio founded in 2001, and nowadays we still have performances. During this time I got to know Edvin Marton, whose band I regularly have been touring with since that time all over the world. Apart from this job I am also involved in advertisement singing. I have also been working as a vocalist for several Hungarian musicians on their records and I am a permanent singer of two party bands: Hello Group/Pelles Project and Zenith Band. Altough I am really attracted by the stage my main dream is to work as a composer.

 

   It is difficult to define the genre of my music. I think it is simply a type of special crossover music. Within this genre I have composed symphonic pop music, but I also have pieces of music satisfying the criteria of classical music in a more inventive way.    In my soul classical music is in the centre, but nowadays hardly anybody feels like sitting down or has time to sit down to listen to a 30-40 minute long piece of music. Therefore I strive to satisfy people's needs interested in classical music taking into consideration their expectations in such a way that instead of a lengthy piece of music I realize them in a 4-5 minute long lighter pop song.

   I feel that regarding style and tone my music is a very close to the impulsive effects of film music. Just relax in your armchair and let the music touch you.

 

 

TECHNICAL BACKGROUND

 

   This is still simple and embryonic. I started to deal with

composing music intensively only in spring 2010, and

during this short time I haven't had the possibility to get

very deep in getting to know the complexity of music

writing programs. Currently, my studio consists of a

synthesizer and a laptop.
       I use the program named Reason 4 for composing.