CONDUCTING MASTERCOURSE
15-22 AUGUST 2022 • NYÍREGYHÁZA / HUNGARY
Life and Works
He is an outstanding figure of Hungarian and international choral life. He studied music in Miskolc and Budapest. He founded the Cantemus Children’s Choir in 1975 which has grown into an independent organization since with the inclusion of two other international standard choirs, the Pro Musica Girls’ Choir and the Cantemus Adult Mixed Choir. The Cantemus Choral Institute has been working with Dénes Szabó as the director since 2003. Dénes Szabó is a highly sought after lecturer at international choir festivals, mastercourses and conferences (USA, Slovenia, Japan, Germany, Taiwan, Spain and Hungary)and he has been a member of several judging panels at international choir competitions (Budapest, Debrecen, Neerpelt, Tokyo, Bremen Choir Olympics, Celje).
References
Several recordings have preserved the performances of the two choirs he leads including radio and TV recordings, CDs and a DVD. To acknowledge his artistic achievements in choral conducting and his devoted work in music education he received the Liszt Ferenc prize in 1985, the Bartók Béla-Pásztory Ditta prize in 1993, the Kossuth prize and the Hungarian Cultural Heritage prize - both in 2004, in 2014 he was awarded the title of Artist of the Nation, IFCM Lifetime Achievement Award in 2013, the Order of Gold and Silver Rays of the Rising Sun in 2017, and the KÓTA Lifetime Achievement Award in 2019.
What does the master course offer
Dénes Szabó Kossuth-díjas karnagy vezetésével, a nyíregyházi Cantemus Gyermekkar és a Pro Musica Girls' Choir közreműködésével betekintést nyerhet a kórusvezetés titkaiba. A hét során pályakezdők és gyakorló karvezetők egyaránt hasznos karvezetés-technikai és előadói tapasztalatokat gyűjthetnek. A kurzust a Cantemus Gyermekkar és a Pro Musica Leánykar különleges hangversenye zárja, melyet a résztvevő karvezetők vezényelnek. A kurzus résztvevői a mesterkurzussal https://uicivf.org/ egy időben megrendezésre kerülő XIII. Cantemus Nemzetközi Kórusfesztivál eseményeinek is részesei.
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