Tóka Ágoston
organ
Place of Birth
Budapest
Date of Birth
1988
Ágoston Tóka was born in Budapest in 1988. He started his musical studies at the age of 6 at the music school in Székesfehérvár, where he studied piano, and in 2002 he began playing the organ too. In 2004 he was accepted to the organ department of the Tibor Pikéthy Music Secondary School in Vác, where he studied with Dr. Anasztázia Bednarik. He graduated with honours in 2013 from the Liszt Ferenc University of Music and Performing Arts in Budapest under the supervision of János Pálúr, István Ruppert and László Fassang. He studied piano with Ilona Prunyi, harpsichord and baroque chamber music with Miklós Spányi. He attended several master classes with world-renowned professors (David Titterington, Christoph Bossert, Olivier Latry).
He is an organist of the Újpest Baptist Congregation and the Baptist Central Choir, and organ teacher at the Baptist Theological Academy and the Gyula Erkel Music School in Újpest. He regularly performs at concerts of the National Philharmonic Orchestra, the Hungarian Radio Music Ensemble, the Angelica Choir and the Cantemus Choir of Nyíregyháza. He has also performed as a soloist in several Hungarian churches and concert halls, as well as in Slovakia, Norway, Germany and Sweden.
He has won first and second prizes in several national professional competitions, has appeared on radio recordings, and has recorded a CD with the BKM Organ Factory. In 2005 he won first prize, the Antalffy Special Prize and the Special Prize for the best competitor at the National Secondary School Organ Competition in Budapest, in 2007 he was awarded the Bach Special Prize as the second prize winner. In 2011 he won third prize at the Bach-Liszt International Organ Competition in Weimar, Germany, in 2016 he was fourth at the competition in Bethune, France, and in 2017 he was awarded second prize and the Bach Special Prize at the St. Alban's International Organ Competition. He was awarded the Republican Scholarship in 2012, the Junior Prima Prize in 2013 and the Annie Fischer Scholarship in 2015, 2018 and 2019.
He is an organist of the Újpest Baptist Congregation and the Baptist Central Choir, and organ teacher at the Baptist Theological Academy and the Gyula Erkel Music School in Újpest. He regularly performs at concerts of the National Philharmonic Orchestra, the Hungarian Radio Music Ensemble, the Angelica Choir and the Cantemus Choir of Nyíregyháza. He has also performed as a soloist in several Hungarian churches and concert halls, as well as in Slovakia, Norway, Germany and Sweden.
He has won first and second prizes in several national professional competitions, has appeared on radio recordings, and has recorded a CD with the BKM Organ Factory. In 2005 he won first prize, the Antalffy Special Prize and the Special Prize for the best competitor at the National Secondary School Organ Competition in Budapest, in 2007 he was awarded the Bach Special Prize as the second prize winner. In 2011 he won third prize at the Bach-Liszt International Organ Competition in Weimar, Germany, in 2016 he was fourth at the competition in Bethune, France, and in 2017 he was awarded second prize and the Bach Special Prize at the St. Alban's International Organ Competition. He was awarded the Republican Scholarship in 2012, the Junior Prima Prize in 2013 and the Annie Fischer Scholarship in 2015, 2018 and 2019.
| Year | Title | Publisher | Code | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Bednarik Anasztázia doktori orgonahangversenye | Magánkiadás |