Kecskés Mónika
organ, harpsichord
Place of Birth
Budapest
Date of Birth
1971
Monika Kecskés studied with István Ruppert at the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest. She finished her studies obtaining degree Master of Music with distinction in organ, music-theory and church-music. She received her DLA degree in church-music in 2002.
She also studied with Nicholas Danby and David Titterington at the Royal Academy of Music in London as well as with Michaele Radulescu in Vienna.
She participated masterclasses with Luigi Ferdinando Tagliavini, Jesper Madsen, Olivier Latry, Jean Boyer, Jan Willem Jansen, Harald Vogel, Paolo Crivellaro, Felix Friedrich, Lorenzo Ghielmi, Bernard Foccroulle and Peter Williams.
She won several prizes of international competitions. In 1988 she won special prize of the National Youth Competition in Salgótarján (Hungary). In 1993 she was finalist of the International Buxtehude - Bach Organ Competition in Szekszárd and of the International Liszt Competition in Budapest (1999). In 1998 she won firts prizes at the First International Organ Competition in Győr, and in 1999 at the � 5 čme Concours International d�Orgue de Lorraine�.
She was awarded the Scholarship of the Hungarian State in 1996 as well as the Fisher Annie Prize of the Hungarian Ministry of National Heritage in 2001.
Thanks to the sponsorship of the Soros Found she published her first CD in 1999. On her recently recorded CD she plays works of Hungarian composers (Liszt, Sulyok, Gárdonyi, Antalffy�Zsíross,Koloss).
She has given concerts in several countries of Europe.
She also plays repertory for four hands or two organs with her husband, László Deák.
Presently she is organist of the Franciscan Church in Budapest and teacher of the Holy Stephen the King Conservatory of Music.
(Repertory-list is available via e-mail.)
She also studied with Nicholas Danby and David Titterington at the Royal Academy of Music in London as well as with Michaele Radulescu in Vienna.
She participated masterclasses with Luigi Ferdinando Tagliavini, Jesper Madsen, Olivier Latry, Jean Boyer, Jan Willem Jansen, Harald Vogel, Paolo Crivellaro, Felix Friedrich, Lorenzo Ghielmi, Bernard Foccroulle and Peter Williams.
She won several prizes of international competitions. In 1988 she won special prize of the National Youth Competition in Salgótarján (Hungary). In 1993 she was finalist of the International Buxtehude - Bach Organ Competition in Szekszárd and of the International Liszt Competition in Budapest (1999). In 1998 she won firts prizes at the First International Organ Competition in Győr, and in 1999 at the � 5 čme Concours International d�Orgue de Lorraine�.
She was awarded the Scholarship of the Hungarian State in 1996 as well as the Fisher Annie Prize of the Hungarian Ministry of National Heritage in 2001.
Thanks to the sponsorship of the Soros Found she published her first CD in 1999. On her recently recorded CD she plays works of Hungarian composers (Liszt, Sulyok, Gárdonyi, Antalffy�Zsíross,Koloss).
She has given concerts in several countries of Europe.
She also plays repertory for four hands or two organs with her husband, László Deák.
Presently she is organist of the Franciscan Church in Budapest and teacher of the Holy Stephen the King Conservatory of Music.
(Repertory-list is available via e-mail.)
| Year | Title | Publisher | Code | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Variations, Hungarian Organ Music | Magánkiadás | ACD 003 |
Own |
| 1999 | Boldog Karácsonyt | Magánkiadás | BCC 30 | |
| 2001 | Cum Maria I | Magánkiadás | KZMK 11 | |
| 2002 | Klasszikus zenetár - Évszázadok orgonamuzsikája | Arcanum | ISBN 963 9374 73 3 | MP3 format |