Ferge Elizabet
harp
Elizabet Ferge began learning to play the harp at the age of eight. From 2008 to 2016 she studied under Márta P. Haraszty at the Antal Molnár Music School. In 2012 and 2015 she was awarded first prize at the National Harp Competition. In 2016 she was accepted into the Béla Bartók Conservatory, where she studied under Judit Batta, among others. In 2018 she placed second at the National Harp Competition, and performing with the conservatory’s symphony and wind orchestras, they won the first place at the National Orchestra Competition. From 2021 to 2024 she continued her studies at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest.
In 2024 she was admitted to the Mozarteum University of Music in Salzburg, where she is currently honing her artistic skills in Stephen Fitzpatrick’s class and is expected to earn her master’s degree in October 2026.
Throughout her career, she has performed at numerous prestigious venues, including the Grand Hall and the Solti Hall at the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, MÜPA Budapest, the Madách and Örkény Theaters, the Royal Palace in Gödöllő, and the Hungarian House of Music. She has also had the opportunity to perform at international venues, such as the Great Hall of the Mozarteum, the Esterházy Palace in Eisenstadt, the Musikverein in Vienna, and the Konzerthaus in Klagenfurt.
She has performed under the baton of such renowned conductors as Péter Eötvös, Ádám Medveczky, Ádám Fischer, and Ion Marin, and has collaborated with, among others, the Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Philharmonie Salzburg, Concerto Budapest and the Szolnok Symphony Orchestra. In addition, she has participated in numerous master classes, where she has studied with such outstanding harpists as Isabelle Perrin, Sivan Magen, Letizia Belmondo, Zuzanna Elster, Diana Grubisic Cikovic, Masumi Nagasawa, Catherine Michel, Catrin Finch, Anaïs Gaudemard and Alexander Boldachev.
Her repertoire ranges from Baroque to contemporary music, and she feels a special commitment to Hungarian music. As a soloist, her repertoire includes works by J. S. Bach, Scarlatti, C. P. E. Bach, Fauré, Debussy, Ravel, Renié, Glière, Jacques de la Presle, Hindemith, Britten and Nino Rota. Her own transcriptions are particularly important to her: she regularly performs works by Béla Bartók and Zoltán Kodály. In her chamber music activities, she performs works by Debussy, Ravel, Saint-Saëns, Jolivet, Jean Cras, Astor Piazzolla, Manuel de Falla and Nino Rota.
From 2022 to 2024, she was a harp teacher at the Andor Ilona Elementary School of the Arts in Budapest. As a member of the Creative Music Workshop (Kreatív Zenei Műhely) - founded by her father, music teacher Béla Ferge - she teaches at summer music camps and tours the country and the world (Switzerland, Serbia, Romania) with musical performances.
She has contributed to several recordings, including the album Forráshangok by the Creative Music Workshop, which features arrangements of folk songs and a collection of Béla Bartók’s writings.
In 2024 she was admitted to the Mozarteum University of Music in Salzburg, where she is currently honing her artistic skills in Stephen Fitzpatrick’s class and is expected to earn her master’s degree in October 2026.
Throughout her career, she has performed at numerous prestigious venues, including the Grand Hall and the Solti Hall at the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, MÜPA Budapest, the Madách and Örkény Theaters, the Royal Palace in Gödöllő, and the Hungarian House of Music. She has also had the opportunity to perform at international venues, such as the Great Hall of the Mozarteum, the Esterházy Palace in Eisenstadt, the Musikverein in Vienna, and the Konzerthaus in Klagenfurt.
She has performed under the baton of such renowned conductors as Péter Eötvös, Ádám Medveczky, Ádám Fischer, and Ion Marin, and has collaborated with, among others, the Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Philharmonie Salzburg, Concerto Budapest and the Szolnok Symphony Orchestra. In addition, she has participated in numerous master classes, where she has studied with such outstanding harpists as Isabelle Perrin, Sivan Magen, Letizia Belmondo, Zuzanna Elster, Diana Grubisic Cikovic, Masumi Nagasawa, Catherine Michel, Catrin Finch, Anaïs Gaudemard and Alexander Boldachev.
Her repertoire ranges from Baroque to contemporary music, and she feels a special commitment to Hungarian music. As a soloist, her repertoire includes works by J. S. Bach, Scarlatti, C. P. E. Bach, Fauré, Debussy, Ravel, Renié, Glière, Jacques de la Presle, Hindemith, Britten and Nino Rota. Her own transcriptions are particularly important to her: she regularly performs works by Béla Bartók and Zoltán Kodály. In her chamber music activities, she performs works by Debussy, Ravel, Saint-Saëns, Jolivet, Jean Cras, Astor Piazzolla, Manuel de Falla and Nino Rota.
From 2022 to 2024, she was a harp teacher at the Andor Ilona Elementary School of the Arts in Budapest. As a member of the Creative Music Workshop (Kreatív Zenei Műhely) - founded by her father, music teacher Béla Ferge - she teaches at summer music camps and tours the country and the world (Switzerland, Serbia, Romania) with musical performances.
She has contributed to several recordings, including the album Forráshangok by the Creative Music Workshop, which features arrangements of folk songs and a collection of Béla Bartók’s writings.