Artist database

This is the Artist Database of BMC, which includes information about composers, musicians, orchestras, choirs and groups that are either Hungarian or Hungarian by origin or live in Hungary, as well as information about releases recorded with them.

Kertesi Ingrid


voice - soprano

Place of Birth
Budapest
Date of Birth
1957
Orchestra
Web

 
She started her studies at the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music at the age of nineteen - after eight years of playing the cello - and graduated in 1985 as Erika Sziklay's student on the opera faculty.

She joined the Hungarian Opera House in the same year, where she was given more and more important roles as a soloist. She regularly appears in concerts. She especially likes Baroque music, oratorios, masses and cantatas. She has sung in several competitions, and been a winner on many occasions: Leipzig (1984), Barcelona (1985), Gütersloh, Germany (1988).

She has appeared as a guest singer in various opera houses, singing main roles in many cities including Vienna, Berlin, Graz, Lugen, Amsterdam, Begenz, Paris, Strasbourg and Verona - with great successes. In 1988 she sang regularly Olympia at the Viena Operahouse, later has had a contract with the Komische Oper in Berlin.

In 1992 she was awarded the Juventus Prize of the Hungarian State Opera. Between 1997 and 98 she was a member of the Düsseldorf Deutsche Oper and the Bundesstadt Bonn Theater, during the same period she was performing at the Arena in Verona too, but also sang in the Hungarian State Opera House at the same time. Ingrid Kertesi is an important member of Törley Salon. The Hungarian Television made a one-hour portrait of her in 1996. She has given several concerts in France, Italy an Switzerland.


Awards
1995 Liszt Ferenc Award
1992 Juventus Award
1992 Bartók-Pásztory Award
2001 Merited Artist
2015 Excellent Artist Award

Current performances of Ingrid Kertesi
Koncertkalendárium (www.muzsikalendarium.hu)
 
Year Title Publisher Code Remark
Great Opera - 10-CD Box Set Naxos 8.501054
The Flowering of Love - Beautiful Arias and Sacred Songs of the Baroque Naxos 8.570156-57
Klassik Ohne Krise: Vergnügen Operette Naxos 8.551318-19 2 CDs
1988 A Bride's Guide to Wedding Music Naxos 8.503134 3 CDs
1992 Bach, Johann Sebastian: Christmas Oratorio BWV 248 Naxos 8.550428-30 3 CDs
1993 Rossini, Gioachino: Il Barbiere di Siviglia Naxos 8.660027-29 2 CDs
1993 The A to Z of Classical Music (Második, bővített kiadás)
(The A to Z of Classical Music (2nd Expanded Edition))
Naxos 8.555319-20 2 CDs
1994 Bach, J.S.: Cantatas BWV 80 and BWV 147 Naxos 8.550642
1994 Bach, J.S.: Coffee Cantata; Peasant Cantata Naxos 8.550641
1994 Kodály Zoltán karművészete 6.
(The Choral Music of Kodály 6.)
Hungaroton HCD 12948 Reissue of Hungaroton SLPD 12948 (1989)
1994 Bach, J.S.: Cantatas BWV 51 and BWV 208 "Hunt" Naxos 8.550643
1995 Klassiska Favoriter Vol.2 Naxos 8.550554
1995 Dohnányi Ernő: Simona néni
(Dohnányi, Ernst von: Tante Simona)
Hungaroton HCD 31973 First recording
1995 Druschetzky Georg: Missa solemnis; Bengraf: Templomi zene
(Druschetzky, Georg: Missa solemnis; Bengraf: Sacred Music)
Hungaroton HCD 31609
1996 Best of Operetta, Vol. 3 Naxos 8.550943
1996 Best of Operetta, Vol. 1 Naxos 8.550941
1996 Best of Operetta, Vol. 2 Naxos 8.550942
1996 The Best of Operetta Vol.1 Naxos 8.570049
1997 Hungaroton Classic - 1998 Hungaroton HCD 31774 Sampler CD
1997 Ave Maria - Sacred Arias and Choruses Naxos 8.553751
1997 Donizetti & Rossini: Dalok és duettek
(Donizetti & Rossini: Songs & Duets)
Hungaroton HCD 31544 Own
1997 Haydn, Joseph: Az énekesnő; B-dúr szimfónia No. 35
(Haydn, Joseph: La Canterina; Symphony in B flat major No. 35)
Hungaroton HCD 31664
1997 Klassiska Favoriter: Opera
(Classical Favourites: Opera)
Naxos 8.503021
1997 Rossini, Gioachino: Il Barbiere di Siviglia Naxos 8.553436
1997 Fantasia Naxos 8.551166
1998 The Centre Vol 2. Naxos 8.554903-04DX 2 CDs
1999 Bach, Johann Sebastian: Christmas Oratorio (Highlights) Naxos 8.554508
1999 Anglar
(Angels)
Naxos 8.503096
1999 Operetta Favourites - Klassiska Favoriter Operett Naxos 8.503095 3 CDs
1999 Voices of Angels Naxos 8.503071
2000 A Classical Christmas: Songs of Praise Naxos 8.555292
2000 Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: The Marriage of Figaro (Highlights) Naxos 8.554172
2000 Classics at the Movies: Divas Naxos 8.556806
2000 A to Z of Opera Naxos 8.555037-38
2000 Bach, J.S.: Favourite Cantatas Naxos 8.554042
2001 50 éves a Hungaroton - Énekművészek (1951-2001)
(Fifty Years of Hungaroton - Singers)
Hungaroton HCD 32096-98 3 CDs
2001 Klassiska Favoriter Guld - Det bästa av det bästa ur Klassiska Favoriter
(Gold Classical Favorites)
Naxos 8.503129
2002 Life & Works of Bach Naxos 8.558051-54 4 CDs
2003 Love and Peace Naxos 8.557362DX
2003 Enkelin Aanin
(Angel's Voices)
Naxos 8.503147
2003 Cinema Classics 2003 Naxos 8.556696
2003 A Bride's Guide to Wedding Music Naxos 8.557246-47 2 CDs
2004 Bach for Meditation Naxos 8.557485
2004 Family Symphony Naxos 8.557479DX
2004 Toner till trost
(Music for Comfort)
Naxos 8.503158
2005 Ave Maria - Sacred Arias and Choruses Naxos 8.570064
2005 Discover Music of the Baroque Era Naxos 8.558160-61
2005 Heavenly Voices - Bach, J.S.: Arias Naxos 8.557947-48 2 CDs
2006 Perfect Winter Wedding Naxos 8.557977
2006 Perfect Autumn Wedding Naxos 8.557978
2006 Perfect Spring Wedding Naxos 8.557976
2006 Perfect Summer Wedding Naxos 8.557979
2006 Perfect Wedding Naxos 8.557975
2007 Hallelujah! - Sacred Arias and Choruses Naxos 8.571095
2007 Operetta Highlights Naxos 8.571083
2007 Ave Maria - Les plus beaux Ave Maria et chants a la Vierge
(Ave Maria - The Most Beautiful Ave Marias and Songs to the Virgin)
Naxos 8.570886-87 2 CDs
2007 The Spirit of Christmas Naxos 8.503195
2008 Ave Maria: Madonna Mystica Naxos 8.551267
2008 101 Classics - The Best Loved Classical Melodies Naxos 8.508004
2008 The Genius of Bach Naxos 8.570384 2 CDs
2008 Panda Classics - Issue No.4: Toon Time Naxos 8.578011-12 2 CDs
2009 Lendvay Kamilló: A mennyei város; Requiem
(Lendvay, Kamilló: The Heavenly City; Requiem)
Hungaroton HCD 32574
2009 Unger-Hamilton, Clive: Discover Music of the Baroque Era (Unabridged) Naxos NA495912 4 CDs
2010 The Ultimate Opera Album Naxos 8.578037-38 2 CDs
2010 Mystic Vioces - Divine Music from the Heavens Naxos 8.570169-70 2 CDs
2010 Schubert, Franz: The Naxos Schubert Album Naxos 8.578134
2012 Great Sacred Masterpieces (10-CD Box Set) Naxos 8.501062 10 CDs
2012 Sacred Music Naxos 8.578210
2014 The A to Z of Opera - 2nd expanded edition Naxos 8.558216-17 2 CDs
2016 Ferenc Farkas: Orchestral Music, Volume Four. Music for Flute and Strings.
(Ferenc Farkas: Orchestral Music, Volume Four. Music for Flute and Strings.)
Toccata Classics TOCC 0230 Includes World Première Recordings
2017 Dopplef, Franz and Carl: Flute Music (Complete) Vol.2 Naxos C5296
2017 The Anniversary Collection - 30 CDs to Celebrate 30 Years of Naxos Naxos 8.503293