Born: 1968, Szentes
Academic degree, university post: associate professor
Studies:
1982-1986: Bartók Béla Secondary School of Music Budapest
1986-1989: Liszt Ferenc College of Music, Budapest Teacher Training Institute, piano department
1989-1990: Hochschule Für Musik, Munich, piano department; art diploma accredited in 1998 after completion of all course units at the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music
2015: Academy of Music, doctoral degree
Teaching activities, master classes:
1990-2002: répétiteur at the Bartók Béla Secondary School of Music Budapest, flute and bassoon department
1990-2003: lecturer at the University of Theatre and Film Arts
2002-2007: assistant professor at the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, Budapest Teacher Training Institute, flute department
from 2003: assistant professor at the University of Theatre and Film Arts
from 2008: teacher at the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music
2006 and 2007: répétiteur at the Zoltán Gyöngyössy master class, Bükk Summer Academy
2008: répétiteur for Zoltán Gyöngyössy at the Agárd Arts Master Class
2008-2015: Sárospatak Crescendo International Summer Academy, répétiteur-Christian youth mentor
2009: répétiteur at the Zoltán Gyöngyössy and Miklós Perényi Master Class, Szombathely Bartók Festival and Seminar
2010: Agárd - accompaniment and concert
from 2006: as teacher at the University of Theatre and Film Arts, constant interaction with students/professors of the Composition Department of the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music: presenting works, songs of Zoltán Jeney, János Vajda, Gyula Fekete at university events, concerts in the Bartók Memorial House and Pesterzsébet Museum
2009: Coaching, musical direction for the all-evening piece of student composer László Nyitrai (Tragedy of Man) – this work was presented to grammar school students of Pécs, then in 2013 it was added to the repertoire of the Vác Dunakanyar Theatre specialized in youth performances
2010: preparation of double-piano inserts to fairy tales by Iván Madarász, and musical management of dramatized performances in Bartók Music House, Rákoshegy
2010-13: regular youth education programmes in the Rákoshegy Bartók Music House (programme: Iván Madarász, Knight Pázmány, Mátyás and the Cobbler, Pongrác Kacsóh: János Vitéz, Renaissance, music from the age of King Matthias)
2011: Győző Lukácsházi Bon-bon Matinee – piano
2012: official répétiteur at the International Flute Competition organized by Filharmónia
2013: Bartók programme with Balázs Szokolay Dongó – Valley of Arts
2014: répétiteur at the Miklós Perényi Master Class, Szombathely Bartók Festival and Seminar
Theatre work:
Répétiteur, music management, stage and orchestral presence in several theatres in Budapest (National, Radnóti, Víg, Katona József, Pesti, Örkény, Thália) in cooperation with composers Iván Madarász, László Melis, László Sári, László Nyitrai.
Principle theatre engagements:
Vígszínház – Mike the Magnate, The Good Soul of Szechwan, Fiddler on the Roof, Peter Pan, Girls of Tündérlaki, The Threepenny Opera
Pesti Theatre – The Jungle Book, Monokli
National Theatre – Waterman in the Moon, Csongor and Tünde, Quarantine in the Grand Hotel
Radnóti Theatre – Lovers of Ancona, Cinema of Old Times, Bástyasétány 77, End of the Carnival, Bunburry, Hedda Gabler
Katona József Theatre – The Threepenny Opera
Váci Dunakanyar Theatre – The Tragedy of Man
Örkény Theatre – In the Presence of a Clown
Thália Theatre – Half Way to the Forum
Principal concerts, recordings, publications:
2006-2010: assisted in the youth concert series and CD recordings of the Budapest Festival Orchestra
2008-2010: concerts with flautist Zoltán Gyöngyössy in Szeged, Kaposvár, Kassa and Pécs
2010: assisted at the meeting of deans – Music Faculties – in Győr representing the Liszt Academy
Working on the MR3 series „Together with the Master” with László Fenyő, Zoltán Gyöngyössy, Vilmos Szabadi and Tamás Velencei (autumn 2010) during which gifted young artists presented themselves to their contemporaries, combined with music consulting and professional discussion
Pianist at the first concert (Zoltán Gyöngyössy and students) of MR3’s newly launched series Coat-of-arms of our Craft – 20 January 2011
2011-2012: regular appearances on Bartók Rádió’s series Family Concert
December 2013: Family Concert – editing and accompaniment (literature, folk music, Bartók-Kodály) partners: Mátyás Bolya, Júlia Kubinyi, Balázs Szokolay Dongó
since 2012: regular appearances with cellist Judit Faludi, organized by ConcertBudapest
2013: répétiteur for László Melis’s opera The Bacchae
20 February 2015: doctoral concert in the gala hall of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (in honour of József Sári and in memory of Zoltán Gyöngyössy – premieres of József Sári: Three Songs on the Poems of Goethe and László Melis: Last Meeting)
Recordings:
Private folk music (Balázs Szokolay Dongó)
Jadviga songs – audiobook
Publications:
Gondolataim Gyöngyössy Zoltánról /My Thoughts on Zoltán Gyöngyössy/
Prizes, awards:
1993, 1996: Richter János secondary school woodwind orchestras competition – best répétiteur
Contact: termesrita@gmail.com