Born: 1947
Academic degree, university position: DLA
Studies:
1961-1965: Pécs Secondary School of Arts – clarinet studies
1965-1970: Liszt Ferenc College of Music – Secondary School Singing Teacher and Conducting Department
1966-1972: Liszt Ferenc College of Music – clarinet artist teacher
1973: Ossiach – master class of Prof. Hans Swarowsky
2003: earned DLA degree at the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, after a ’Summa cum laude’ defense of his doctoral thesis titled „A deklamáció szerepe Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina motettáiban” (The Role of Declamation in the Motets of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)
Teaching activities:
1971-1974: Zoltán Kodály Secondary School of Music, Debrecen (clarinet, chamber music)
1974-1976: Pécs Secondary School of Arts (solfege-music theory, choir)
1976-1986: Teacher Training College of Pécs, Janus Pannonius University
1986-1996: Gyula Illyés College of Education, Szekszárd
1990-1996: Cathedral Singing School, Pécs
1996-2007: University of Pécs, Faculty of Music and Visual Art, Head of Department
Since 1988: Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, Budapest
2004: Tokio Cantat, Japan – master class
Choir conducting activities:
1961-1965: Pécs Cathedral Youth Choir
1975-1980: IH Chamber Choir, Pécs
1977-2007: Female Choir of the Teacher Training College of Pécs, later Janus Pannonius University; „Puellae” Female Chamber Choir of the University of Pécs
Since1981: Szekszárd Madrigal Choir
Since 1988: Pécs Cathedral Palestrina Choir
1990-1996: Pécs Cathedral Singing School
Since 1994: Schola Cantorum Sopianensis
Major competition wins:
2015: Tours, France – 1st prize, special prize, choir conductor’s special prize - Schola Cantorum Sopianensis
2014: Baia Mare, Romania: mixed choir, 3rd prize - Szekszárd Madrigal Choir
2014: Arezzo, Italy – 3rd prize - Schola Cantorum Sopianensis
2013: Gorizia, Italy – three 1st prizes and one 2nd prize - Schola Cantorum Sopianensis
2012: Arezzo, Italy: mixed choir, 3rd prize, folklore 3rd prize - Szekszárd Madrigal Choir
2012: Neuchatel, Switzerland: mixed choir, 3rd prize, special prize - Schola Cantorum Sopianensis
2010: Rimini, Italy – 3rd prize – Schola Cantorum Sopianensis
2009: International Choir Competition, Pécs – two 1st prizes – Schola Cantorum Sopianensis
2006: Neuchatel, Switzerland – 1st prize, grand prize – Schola Cantorum Sopianensis
2005: Varna, Bulgaria – two 1st prizes - „Puellae” Female Chamber Choir
2005: Cork, Ireland – special prize – Szekszárd Madrigal Choir
2004: Tours, France – 2nd prize, special prize of the French Minister of Culture –„Puellae” Female Chamber Choir
2003: Camerino, Italy – 1st prize and two 2nd prizes – Szekszárd Madrigal Choir
2002: Camerino, Italy – two 1st prizes, Lassus Cup (Grand Prix) – „Puellae” Female Chamber Choir
2002: Tolosa, Spain: 1st prize, two 2nd prizes, 3rd prize - „Puellae” Female Chamber Choir
2002: Vienna, Austria – 1st prize, special prize of the City of Vienna – Szekszárd Madrigal Choir
2001: Neuchatel, Switzerland – 1st prize, 2nd prize, special prize – Schola Cantorum Sopianensis
2001: Arnhem, Netherlands – 1st prize – „Puellae” Female Chamber Choir
2000: Tours, France – mixed choir, 3rd prize - Szekszárd Madrigal Choir
2000: Llangollen, Wales – 3rd prize – Schola Cantorum Sopianensis
1999: Takarazuka, Japan – Gold medal – „Puellae” Female Chamber Choir
1999: Maasmechelen, Belgium: mixed choir, 2nd prize - Szekszárd Madrigal Choir
1998: Marktoberdorf, Germany – 2nd prize – Female Chamber Choir of the Janus Pannonius University of Pécs
1998: Rome, Italy – two 1st prizes, Lassus Cup (Grand Prix), choir conductor’s prize – Female Chamber Choir of the Janus Pannonius University of Pécs
1997: Arezzo, Italy – 1st prize, 2nd prize and 3rd prize – Female Chamber Choir of the Janus Pannonius University of Pécs
1996: Maasmechelen, Belgium – 1st prize, special prize – Female Chamber Choir of the Janus Pannonius University of Pécs
1995: Arnhem, Netherlands – 1st prize, 2nd prize, special prize – Szekszárd Madrigal Choir 1994: Tours, France – 2nd prize and 3rd prize, special prize of the French Minister of Culture – Female Choir of the Janus Pannonius University of Pécs
1991: Marktoberdorf, Germany : 2nd prize ( no 1st prize was awarded) – Female Choir of the Janus Pannonius University of Pécs
1991: Arezzo, Italy: Gregorian, 3rd prize - Szekszárd Madrigal Choir
1989: Tolosa, Spain – 2nd prize and 3rd prize – Szekszárd Madrigal Choir
1988: Karditsa, Greece – 1st prize and 2nd prize – Szekszárd Madrigal Choir
1986: Arezzo, Italy – two 1st prizes, two special prizes, grand prize – Female Choir of the Janus Pannonius University of Pécs
1985: Llangollen, Wales – two 1st prizes and one 2nd prize – Szekszárd Madrigal Choir
1984: Debrecen – 2nd prize - Female Choir of the Teacher Training College of Pécs
1982: Debrecen – 3rd prize - Szekszárd Madrigal Choir
1981: BBC – 1st prize – Female Choir of the Teacher Training College of Pécs
1978: Tours, France – 1st prize – Female Choir of the Teacher Training College of Pécs
1976: Ki mit tud? (talent show) – 1st prize - IH Chamber Choir
He was a jury member at several prestigious European choir competitions including the competitions in Arezzo, Gorizia, Debrecen and Montreux.
Festival participations:
2011: Hodonin International Choir Festival (Schola Cantorum Sopianensis)
2010: Regensburg -Überbrücken - Fest neuer Musikimpulse (Schola Cantorum Sopianensis)
2010: "Virgo Lauretana", Loreto, Italy (Szekszárd Madrigal Choir)
2009: "Virgo Lauretana" International Choir Festival, Loreto, Italy (Schola Cantorum Sopianensis)
2007: Autun, Fontenay, Vezelay, St. Hilaire, Epiry (Szekszárd Madrigal Choir)
2002: Roma - Sapienza di Roma – Festival of the Earliest European Universities (Schola Cantorum Sopianensis)
2001: Bayreuth („Puellae” Female Chamber Choir)
1999: Rassegna Internazionale di Cappelle Musicali Loreto, Italy (Schola Cantorum Sopianensis)
1998: Rottenburg am Neckar – Liturgical Music Festival (Szekszárd Madrigal Choir)
1997: International Musical Festival Mödling, Austria (Schola Cantorum Sopianensis)
1996: Kaposvár, 1st Europa Cantat Junior Festival (Pécs Cathedral Singing School)
1989: Oristano - Sardegna - (Female Choir of the Teacher Training College of Pécs)
1987: Arezzo-Firenze- Contemporary Music Festival (Female Choir of the Teacher Training College of Pécs)
1986: Oristano - Sardegna - (Female Choir of the Teacher Training College of Pécs)
1983: 10th Saint-Vidal International Choir Festival (Szekszárd Madrigal Choir)
1982: Fano (Olaszország) - (Szekszárd Madrigal Choir)
1981: Galánta - (Szekszárd Madrigal Choir)
Awards and honors:
2015: Tours, France – Choir Conductor’s Award
2013: ”Pro Cultura Christiana” Prize by the Hungarian Catholic Episcopal Conference
2013: ”Pro Arte” Award of the City of Pécs – as choir conductor of the Pécs Cathedral Palestrina Choir
2009: Liszt Ferenc Award
2000: The Common Good Award of the City of Szekszárd
1998: Rome, Italy – Choir Conductor’s Award
1988: Trento, Italy – 1st Prize at the 1st European Choir Conductors’ Competition
1986: Arezzo, Italy - Choir Conductor’s Award
Recordings, CDs:
1993: Claudin de Sermisy: Missa Philomena, PRELUDIO Art Agency
1994: Boys Choir of the Pécs Cathedral Singing School, Pécs DLCD 060
2000: G. P. da Palestrina: Missa Salve Regina, Missa Alma Redemptoris Mater, Szekszárd Madrigal Choir, ZENCD 2000-11
2011: From the Repertoire of Ignác Glatt, Pécs Cathedral Palestrina Choir, DLCD 349
2012: Musica Sacra Hungarica, Schola Cantorum Sopianensis, DLCD 355
2012: In Memoriam Gyula Lajos, Pécs Cathedral Palestrina Choir, DLCD 358
2013: In Memoriam Ferenc Mayer, Pécs Cathedral Palestrina Choir, DLCD 367
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