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READ MORESince its foundation in 1998, the choir, led by Soma Szabó, a Liszt Prize-winning conductor, has achieved significant results in Hungary and internationally in recent years. We celebrate this anniversary with a year-long series of concerts. The first of the four-concert series, on 20 May 2023 at 21:00, will feature Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Vespers, a masterpiece […]
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READ MOREInterview with István Párkai Kossuth Prize-winning conductor I spoke to István Párkai, 82-year-old Kossuth Prize-winning conductor, the master of generations of Hungarian choir conductors, before the first concert of the “Maestro” choir season of the Cantemus Choir of Nyíregyháza. – Conductor, pianist, retired professor, honorary president of the Association of Hungarian Choirs and Orchestras, founder […]
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The Day of Hungarian Culture has been celebrated on 22 January since 1989, in memory of the fact that – according to the manuscript – Ferenc Kölcsey cleaned and dated the manuscript of the Hymn in Szatmárcseke as part of a larger manuscript package on this day in 1823. The idea of commemorating the day […]
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Our BEETHOVEN: MISSA SOLEMNIS concert “Holy Monster” on 14 January 2023 at 18:00 is CANCELLED! Tickets can be refunded or used for the concert below. In its place, the HUNGARIAN CULTURE DAY CHOIR CONTEST will be added to our Cantemus Choir Season Ticket Series! DateSaturday 21 January 2023 at 18:00 VenueKodály Zoltán Primary SchoolKODÁLY HALL
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READ MORE‘Who brings the music close!One of this year’s recipients was already awarded an Artisjus in 2009 – but then as a performer, a member of the Cantemus Choral Institute. This time, however, the prize is for him as a teacher, since the thirty years he has spent in the field have also shown that as […]
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READ MOREOn 11 December 2022, the Music Section of the Hungarian Academy of Arts held a concert in honour of the birthdays of the Hungarian composers in the Great Hall of the Budapest Vigadó. This year, Péter Nógrádi and Ferenc Sapszon celebrated their 70th birthdays, Dénes Szabó and Kálmán Záborszky their 75th, and Károly Botvay his […]
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READ MOREThe Cantemus Mixed Choir’s “opera adventure” in Helsinki. Schubert is widely regarded as the composer of songs, piano works, chamber compositions and symphonies. Fewer people know that the short-lived composer, who created so many masterpieces but achieved so little success, also tried his hand at opera. One of the most notable of these experiments is […]
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READ MOREA 2022/2023-as Cantemus Kórusbérlet első hangversenyét, „Velence öröksége” címmel rendeztük október 29-én a Kodály Zoltán Általános Iskola hangversenytermében, melyen a SzegEd TRombone ENsemble és a Cantemus Vegyeskar közös produkcióját láthatta és hallhatta a közönség. A koncert programja szinte teljes egészében a velencei születésű Giovanni Gabrieli műveire épült, melyet Szabó Soma Liszt-díjas karnagy összekötő szövegei tettek […]
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READ MORECLASSICAL MUSIC, OPERA, THEATRE Helsinki Baroque Orchestra Conductor: Aapo Häkkinen Performers: Alfonso Patrick Grahl Estrella Lydia Teuscher Froila Krešimir Stražanac Mauregato Johannes Weisser Adolfo Arttu Kataja Featuring: Cantemus Mixed Choir (choirmaster: Soma Szabó) Helsinki Baroque Orchestra Creators: lighting design Mika Haaranen visualisation Sampo Pyhälä costume designer Elina Ström stage director Vilppu Kiljunen Schubert composed his […]
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