Pétery Dóra
organ, harpsichord
Place of Birth
Budapest
Date of Birth
1975
Dóra Pétery was born in Budapest. She studied musicology and organ playing (István Ruppert, János Pálúr) at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music, obtained a master degree in organ playing with a qualification „excellent”. 2001−2003 she studied at the Helsinki Sibelius Academy with Miklós Spányi as the first student in the history of the Academy having clavichord as main subject. During her Finland years she was teaching keyboard instruments at the Oulu Conservatory in Finland and Oulu Polytechnik. 2006-2008 was a student in Hans-Ola Ericsson’s concert organist class at the Musikhögskolan i Pitea in Sweden.
She has been guest of several different festivals (O. Messiaen Festival Stockholm, Radovljica Festival Slovenia, Nordic Historic Keyboard Festival Kuopio, Haydn Festival Budapest, Cage Festival Halberstadt, Geelvinck Fortepiano Festival Amsterdam, Bach – Maraton Budapest Gothenburg Organ Academy, Transparent Sound Festival Budapest).
She has been artistic director of Budapest Clavichord Days Minifestival. In 2014 she was one of the jurors of the First International Clavichord Competition, Kuopio. In the same year she got 1. award of the John Cage Organ Foundation of Halberstadt for performance of contemporary organ music.
She plays regularly recitals as a soloist and in different chamber music groups on the organ, clavichord and harpsichord. She has been soloist of several orchestras, among them the Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra and the Budapest Strings. Her repertoire extends from the renaissance to the contemporary and experimental music, with special focus on instrumental theatre. She has played first performances of several works working together with different composers.
She is a member of the CentriFUGA contemporary music group, and that of the Cantilene Ensemble specialized in Baroque music. As a continuo player she is active in several orhestras and chamber music groups. She is one of the artists to have been involved in a Reformation 500 CD recording project on historical organs of Lutheran churches in Hungary. Her doctoral thesis (2019) is about instrumental theatrical aspects of Kagel’s organ works.
She is assistant lecturer of the Church Music Department of the Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest. She is the organist of the Csillaghegy Lutheran Church of Budapest.
She has been guest of several different festivals (O. Messiaen Festival Stockholm, Radovljica Festival Slovenia, Nordic Historic Keyboard Festival Kuopio, Haydn Festival Budapest, Cage Festival Halberstadt, Geelvinck Fortepiano Festival Amsterdam, Bach – Maraton Budapest Gothenburg Organ Academy, Transparent Sound Festival Budapest).
She has been artistic director of Budapest Clavichord Days Minifestival. In 2014 she was one of the jurors of the First International Clavichord Competition, Kuopio. In the same year she got 1. award of the John Cage Organ Foundation of Halberstadt for performance of contemporary organ music.
She plays regularly recitals as a soloist and in different chamber music groups on the organ, clavichord and harpsichord. She has been soloist of several orchestras, among them the Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra and the Budapest Strings. Her repertoire extends from the renaissance to the contemporary and experimental music, with special focus on instrumental theatre. She has played first performances of several works working together with different composers.
She is a member of the CentriFUGA contemporary music group, and that of the Cantilene Ensemble specialized in Baroque music. As a continuo player she is active in several orhestras and chamber music groups. She is one of the artists to have been involved in a Reformation 500 CD recording project on historical organs of Lutheran churches in Hungary. Her doctoral thesis (2019) is about instrumental theatrical aspects of Kagel’s organ works.
She is assistant lecturer of the Church Music Department of the Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest. She is the organist of the Csillaghegy Lutheran Church of Budapest.
| Year | Title | Publisher | Code | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Hangversenyek a városligeti fasori református templomban | Plein-Jeux | 5999882391175 |