Szerekován János
voice - tenor
Place of Birth
Marosvásárhely (Tirgu Mures)
Date of Birth
1975
János Szerekován (tenor) was born in Marosvásárhely, a Transylvanian city in Romania. He began studying violin in the local music school and later graduated in the voice section of the Marosvásárhely School of the Arts. His teacher was Mária Papp. In 1998 he was accepted into the local Philharmonic Chorus.
He began his solo career in 2000 singing in Mozart’s Requiem. That year he also participated in a number of national and international competitions, winning first place in the Brasso Sacred Competition.
In 2001 János Szerekován was accepted into the Hungarian Radio Chorus and sang a solo with the chorus in the Schütz Christmas Oratorio. He also began studying under Boldizsár Keönch, dean of the voice faculty at the Franz Liszt Music Academy in Budapest. He debuted at the Hungarian State Opera in 2003 in a production of Rossini’s L'Occasione fa il Ladro. He has been awarded both the Nívó and the Lajtha vocal awards in Hungary.
Szerekován participated in the Majk International Mastercourse with Ionel Pantea and Zsuzsa Misura and studied in a mastercourse with Thomas Houser in Pennsylvania, USA in 2007. He is a regular guest artist at the Debrecen Csokonai Theater and the Szeged National Theater. He has appeared on numerous recordings of the Hungarian Radio.
Szerekován has a broad oratorium repertoire, enjoying particular success internationally as the Evangelist in Bach’s Passions. He regulary sings with Hungary’s top orchestras as well as those of other countries. He is a permanent soloist with the Szeged Symphonic Orchestra and the Vaszy Viktor Chorus as well.
János Szerekován worked with such famous conductors as Florentin Mihăescu, Robert Houlihan, Fahrettin Kerimov, Michael Gläser, János Czifra, Sándor Gyüdi, Mátyás Antal, Lóránd Szalman, Tamás Pál, Romeo Rimbu, László Molnár, László Gerhát, Árpád Dárdai, Ferenc Nagy, Miklós Cser, Gergely Ménesi, Gergely Kaposi, György Vashegyi, János Fürst, József Horváth, Gábor Hollerung, László Kovács, Csaba Somos, Pál Németh, Ilona Meskó, Ferenc Sapszon, Péter Erdei, Ilarion Ionescu Galati, Somogyi-Tóth Dániel, Márton Rácz, dr. Gábor Baross, Gábor Oláh, István Zimányi, Gábor Kardos, Ferenc Koczka, Kálmán Strausz
His major roles are:
Legény/Boy (Kodály: Székelyfonó/Spinning Room), Almaviva (Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia), Ramiro (Rossini: La Cenerentola), Fenton (Otto Nicolai: Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor), Don Ottavio (Mozart: Don Giovanni), Lord Arthuro (Donizetti: Lammermoori Lucia - with Andrea Rost), Ernesto (Donizetti: Don Pasquale - with József Gregor), Lindoro (Rossini: L'italiana in Algeri), Paolino (Cimarosa: Il matrimonio segreto), Le Comte Ory (Rossini: Le Comte Ory).
He began his solo career in 2000 singing in Mozart’s Requiem. That year he also participated in a number of national and international competitions, winning first place in the Brasso Sacred Competition.
In 2001 János Szerekován was accepted into the Hungarian Radio Chorus and sang a solo with the chorus in the Schütz Christmas Oratorio. He also began studying under Boldizsár Keönch, dean of the voice faculty at the Franz Liszt Music Academy in Budapest. He debuted at the Hungarian State Opera in 2003 in a production of Rossini’s L'Occasione fa il Ladro. He has been awarded both the Nívó and the Lajtha vocal awards in Hungary.
Szerekován participated in the Majk International Mastercourse with Ionel Pantea and Zsuzsa Misura and studied in a mastercourse with Thomas Houser in Pennsylvania, USA in 2007. He is a regular guest artist at the Debrecen Csokonai Theater and the Szeged National Theater. He has appeared on numerous recordings of the Hungarian Radio.
Szerekován has a broad oratorium repertoire, enjoying particular success internationally as the Evangelist in Bach’s Passions. He regulary sings with Hungary’s top orchestras as well as those of other countries. He is a permanent soloist with the Szeged Symphonic Orchestra and the Vaszy Viktor Chorus as well.
János Szerekován worked with such famous conductors as Florentin Mihăescu, Robert Houlihan, Fahrettin Kerimov, Michael Gläser, János Czifra, Sándor Gyüdi, Mátyás Antal, Lóránd Szalman, Tamás Pál, Romeo Rimbu, László Molnár, László Gerhát, Árpád Dárdai, Ferenc Nagy, Miklós Cser, Gergely Ménesi, Gergely Kaposi, György Vashegyi, János Fürst, József Horváth, Gábor Hollerung, László Kovács, Csaba Somos, Pál Németh, Ilona Meskó, Ferenc Sapszon, Péter Erdei, Ilarion Ionescu Galati, Somogyi-Tóth Dániel, Márton Rácz, dr. Gábor Baross, Gábor Oláh, István Zimányi, Gábor Kardos, Ferenc Koczka, Kálmán Strausz
His major roles are:
Legény/Boy (Kodály: Székelyfonó/Spinning Room), Almaviva (Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia), Ramiro (Rossini: La Cenerentola), Fenton (Otto Nicolai: Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor), Don Ottavio (Mozart: Don Giovanni), Lord Arthuro (Donizetti: Lammermoori Lucia - with Andrea Rost), Ernesto (Donizetti: Don Pasquale - with József Gregor), Lindoro (Rossini: L'italiana in Algeri), Paolino (Cimarosa: Il matrimonio segreto), Le Comte Ory (Rossini: Le Comte Ory).