Debrecen, Hungary

6th - 16th July 2016

Debrecen, Hungary

Peter Broadbent

(Great-Britain)

Peter Broadbent is the founding conductor of Joyful Company of Singers, one of the most well-known choirs in Europe. The choir has an extensive repertoire mainly of contemporary music, including many first performances. Peter Broadbent is a genuine interpreter of Hungarian choral works. Besides performing all Bartók’s music for female choir and Kodály’s more important works he conducts works by the most prominent contemporary composers. He was awarded the honour of the Pro Cultura Hungarica Award by the Hungarian government in recognition of his services to Hungarian music.

Máté Szabó Sipos

(Hungary)

Máté Szabó Sipos is the conductor of Kodály Choir Debrecen. He gained a degree in choral and orchestra conducting. He has been the leading conductor of the Symphonic Orchestra of Eger since 1996. From 1994 he held conducting seminars at Liszt Ferenc Academy. From 2000 he was the artistic director and conductor of Kodály Choir, then the chorus master of the Hungarian State Opera. Since 2016 he has been the conductor of Debrecen Kodály Choir again, and member of the artistic committee of the Béla Bartók International Choir Competition. He gives courses both in Hungary and abroad.

Kodály Choir Debrecen

The Debrecen Kodály Choir was founded in 1955 by György Gulyás and is one of Hungary's oldest and most highly regarded professional concert choirs. The choir is mainly sponsored by the city of Debrecen. They have an extensive repertoire, ranging from the a cappella pieces through the European classical oratorios to the latest contemporary choral works. Also, they have an impressively long list of first performances of Hungarian and other European compositions. They have many audio-visual and CD recordings. Since its foundation the choir has given more than 2000 concerts in 40 countries of Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas. Brilliant conductors, such as Miklós Erdélyi, János Ferencsik, István Fischer, Ervin Lukács, Ádám Medveczky, Tamás Vásáry, Pierre Cao, Lamberto Gardelli, Martin Haselböck, Jürgen Jürgens, Dmitrij Kabalevszkij, Kobayashi Ken-Ichiro, Ennio Morricone, John Nelson, Helmuth Rilling, Karolos Trikolidis, Howard Williams, Peter Broadbent and Zoltán Kocsis conducted the choir.

Musicians, performers, composers and pedagogues are getting more and more interested in how to construe and interpret the choral works of the 20th and 21st century. Following this need the Artistic and the Managing Committee of the Béla Bartók International Choir Competition announces an international masterclass with a subject-matter of choral compositions of the 20th and 21st century.

This masterclass is unique because a professional choir, the Kodály Choir Debrecen is going to be at service for conducting practice as a laboratory choir. Professors of the masterclass are well-known conductors chosen from the international jury of the competition. Teaching language of the class is English.

Taking part at the masterclass is possible for active, as well as passive student. Active students are conducting at the final concert. Participation will be proved with a bilingual certification drawn up by University of Debrecen Faculty of Music.

Professors:

Peter Broadbent (Great-Britain)

Máté Szabó Sipos (Hungary)

Date of the Masterclass:
6th - 16th July 2016.
Application deadline:
30th April 2016.
Application form can be downloaded:

Conditions of participation:

Musical curriculum vitae, references of own choir or suggestion of the professor in conducting, knowledge of the English music terminology.

Contacts:

Professional requests:

Ágnes Török – conductor, artistic secretary

Other requests:

Zsófia Tóth – secretary of the competition

Subjects of the masterclass:

1. Style analysis:

analysis

choral literature

2. Conducting:

conducting techniques

laboratory choir/choral singing

3. Contemporary choral literature in practice:

visiting the programmes of the Béla Bartók International Choir Competition

interpretation analysis

Expected costs of the class:

Participation fee:

For active conductors:300 €

For active students:200 €

For passive conductors:100 €

For passive students: 50 €

Accommodation:150 €

The above mentioned price does not include the costs of travelling, meals and the compulsory literature.

Bank address:

OTP Bank Nyrt.

(H-4025 Debrecen, Pásti u. 1-3.)

Account No:

SWIFT/BIC: OTPVHUHB

IBAN: HU17 1176 3385 2498 3882 0000 0000

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Account holder:

FŐNIX Rendezvényszervező Közhasznú Nonprofit Kft. (H-4026 Debrecen, Hunyadi J. u. 1-3.)

Address:

FŐNIX Events Organizing NPO

H-4026 Debrecen, Hunyadi J. u. 1-3.