About Bernadett
Music and sensibility is beloning to Bernadett’s family heritage. As early as the age of 10 it became obvious, that being a musician is the only path she should follow. 20 years later her emblematic rich tone and her uniquely humble yet authentic performance enchants many audiences across Europe.
The hungarian mezzo-soprano appears at the highest level both as a solo and an ensemble singer. Her repertoire covers from baroque to contemporary music. Since season 2019. she has got the privilege to be one of the core members of the NETHERLANDS BACH SOCIETY (artistic leader: Shunske Sato) She is also a member of the NATIONAL CHOIR, Hungary (Csaba Somos).
In the past 10 years Bernadett collaborated with great ensembles and orchestras like the Netherlands Bach Society (Shunske Sato), Orfeo Orchestra, Budapest (György Vashegyi), Savaria Baroque Orchestra (Pál Németh), Anima Musicae Chamber Orchestra (László G. Horváth), Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (Zoltán Pad), Hungarian National Philharmonic (Zsolt Hamar), Budapest Strings (Salamon Kamp), Mendelssohn String Orchestra (Péter Kováts) and De Nieuwe Philharmonie Utrecht (Johannes Leertouwer).
She also had the privilege to work with significant conductors as Iván Fischer, Helmuth Rilling, René Jacobs, Philippe Herreweghe, José Cura, Jos van Veldhoven, Vaclav Luks, Tonu Kaljuste, Frieder Bernius, Grete Pedersen and Peter Dijkstra.
In the early 2000’s she has been a regular participant in the World Youth Choir and its Chamber Choir sessions as a section leader and solo singer as well. This experience led her to become a section leader in the Hungarian National Choir between 2016-2019. (Csaba Somos). Occasionally she is invited to lead and coach the alto-section of the Berkshire Choral International since 2017. For many years she is a returning member of the Hungarian Jury for the WYC auditions in Budapest.
Bernadett holds a Bachelor and a Master degree in singing and choir-conducting. Her Alma Maters are: Royal Conservatory, The Hague where she studied with Sasja Hunnego and Phyllis Ferwerda and F. Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest where she studied with Péter Erdei and Éva Kollár. At that time as a member of the Discantus Vocal Ensemble, Budapest (Péter Mészáros, artistic leader) she learned an enormous segment of the renaissance polyphonic music and started her ensemble singing career. Looking for diversity, colors and different opinions she attended several masterclasses during the years with Klára Kolonits, Katalin Halmai, Nancy Argenta, Judit Németh and Krisztina Laki. At the moment her vocal coach is István Viszló.
The hungarian mezzo-soprano appears at the highest level both as a solo and an ensemble singer. Her repertoire covers from baroque to contemporary music. Since season 2019. she has got the privilege to be one of the core members of the NETHERLANDS BACH SOCIETY (artistic leader: Shunske Sato) She is also a member of the NATIONAL CHOIR, Hungary (Csaba Somos).
In the past 10 years Bernadett collaborated with great ensembles and orchestras like the Netherlands Bach Society (Shunske Sato), Orfeo Orchestra, Budapest (György Vashegyi), Savaria Baroque Orchestra (Pál Németh), Anima Musicae Chamber Orchestra (László G. Horváth), Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (Zoltán Pad), Hungarian National Philharmonic (Zsolt Hamar), Budapest Strings (Salamon Kamp), Mendelssohn String Orchestra (Péter Kováts) and De Nieuwe Philharmonie Utrecht (Johannes Leertouwer).
She also had the privilege to work with significant conductors as Iván Fischer, Helmuth Rilling, René Jacobs, Philippe Herreweghe, José Cura, Jos van Veldhoven, Vaclav Luks, Tonu Kaljuste, Frieder Bernius, Grete Pedersen and Peter Dijkstra.
In the early 2000’s she has been a regular participant in the World Youth Choir and its Chamber Choir sessions as a section leader and solo singer as well. This experience led her to become a section leader in the Hungarian National Choir between 2016-2019. (Csaba Somos). Occasionally she is invited to lead and coach the alto-section of the Berkshire Choral International since 2017. For many years she is a returning member of the Hungarian Jury for the WYC auditions in Budapest.
Bernadett holds a Bachelor and a Master degree in singing and choir-conducting. Her Alma Maters are: Royal Conservatory, The Hague where she studied with Sasja Hunnego and Phyllis Ferwerda and F. Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest where she studied with Péter Erdei and Éva Kollár. At that time as a member of the Discantus Vocal Ensemble, Budapest (Péter Mészáros, artistic leader) she learned an enormous segment of the renaissance polyphonic music and started her ensemble singing career. Looking for diversity, colors and different opinions she attended several masterclasses during the years with Klára Kolonits, Katalin Halmai, Nancy Argenta, Judit Németh and Krisztina Laki. At the moment her vocal coach is István Viszló.