Mihály Berecz was born in Budapest in 1997. He played the violin when he was only seven and started playing the piano two years later under the supervision of music teacher Edit Major. He gave his first performance in the Budapest-based Palace of Arts on 30th May 2013, where he played Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G Major conducted by Zoltán Kocsis. He cooperated with several outstanding Hungarian conductors including Zoltán Kocsis, Tamás Vásáry, György Vashegyi, Kálmán Záborszky, Gergely Ménesi and Tamás Gál. He developed his talent at masterclasses offered by Attila Némethy, Gábor Csalog, Barnabás Kelemen, András Kemenes, Malcolm Bilson, Ian Fountain, Hamish Milne and Michail Markov. Mihály Berecz has an exceptionally wide repertoire: he plays works by diverse composers ranging from Bach to contemporary ones. Several music critics acknowledged his refined, stylistically appropriate and faithful but, at the same time, light-hearted and energetic interpretations.

Éva Bátori started her studies of singing at Franz Liszt Academy of Music and the Vienna-based Wiener Staatsoper’s Studio. In the scope of her international debut, she initially sang parts in Mozart operas. She continued her career in Cologne (Germany), where her parts got extended with an Italian repertoire ranging from Madama Butterfly to Aida. She debuted in parallel roles of Tosca in the USA, and her performances as guest artist climaxed in a wonderful concert in the New York-based Avery Fisher Hall. In the past few years, she performed in roles of much lesser-known and much less often played operas, for example in Prokofiev’s The Fiery Angel and in Reimann’s Lear. Her exceptionally wonderful concerts include the following: the oratorio entitled The Legend of Saint Elizabeth with Zoltán Kocsis, and Richard Strauss’ Last Four Songs with the Hungarian Radio Symphonic Orchestra. She is devoted to interpreting contemporary Hungarian music works, and she is currently recognised primarily as a singer engaged in performing this repertoire.

Programme:

BARTÓK: Op.15 – Five Songs for Medium Voice and Piano

BARTÓK: Three Etudes, Op.18

BARTÓK: Op.16 – Five Songs on Poems by Endre Ady for Voice and Piano

BARTÓK: Out of Doors

BARTÓK: Village Scenes

Organizer: Hungarian Academy of Arts’ Section of Music

Entry to the concert is free but you must register prior to the event.

REGISTRATION TO THE EVENT OPENS ON 6th SEPTEMBER.