About Bernadett

The Hungarian mezzo-soprano appears both as a solo and an ensemble singer, at the highest level. Her repertoire covers from baroque to contemporary music. Her emblematic rich tone and her uniquely humble yet authentic performance enchants many audiences throughout Europe.

Bernadett is a regular member of the NETHERLANDS BACH SOCIETY (Shunske Sato). The ensemble has the online video project ‘All of Bach’ with the complete oeuvre of Johann Sebastian Bach being recorded. She is working regularly with a number of ensembles including NEKED8 Ensemble (Sára Dezső&Lajos Fodré), CANTICA AETERNA (Péter Mészáros) and HUNGARIAN NATIONAL CHOIR (Csaba Somos).

In the past 10 years Bernadett collaborated with great ensembles and orchestras like the Orfeo Orchestra, Budapest (György Vashegyi), Collegium 1704, Prague (Václav Luks), Gächinger Kantorei, Stuttgart (Helmuth Rilling), Budapest Festival Orchestra (Iván Fischer), 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), De Nieuwe Philharmonie Utrecht (Johannes Leertouwer) and Gödöllő Symphonic Orchestra (Gábor Horváth).  

She also had the privilege to work with significant conductors as Iván Fischer, Helmuth Rilling, René Jacobs, Philippe Herreweghe, José Cura, Jos van Veldhoven, Václav Luks, Tonu Kaljuste, Frieder Bernius, Grete Pedersen and Peter Dijkstra.

Bernadett’s most important stage performances were:  Hungarian State Opera – J. Ph. Rameau: Hippolyte et Aricie “Oenone”, Orfeo Orchestra (György Vashegyi, Csaba Káel);

MÜPA, Budapest – José Cura: Montezuma and the Red Priest “Fernando”, Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (José Cura); Festival Theater MÜPA – György Melis: The Bacchae (Domonkos Héja, András Jeles)

In the early 2000’s she was 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 was 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 Ferenc 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. 

Last updated 28.09.2023.

Bernadett is a regular member of the NETHERLANDS BACH SOCIETY (Shunske Sato). The ensemble has the online video project ‘All of Bach’ with the complete oeuvre of Johann Sebastian Bach being recorded. She is working regularly with a number of ensembles including BARUCCO VOKAL, Wien (Heinz Ferlesch), NATIONAL CHOIR, Hungary (Csaba Somos), NEKED8 Ensemble (Lajos Fodré) and CANTICA AETERNA (Péter Mészáros). 

In the past 10 years Bernadett collaborated with great ensembles and orchestras like the Orfeo Orchestra, Budapest (György Vashegyi), Collegium 1704, Prague (Václav Luks), Gächinger Kantorei, Stuttgart (Helmuth Rilling), Budapest Festival Orchestra (Iván Fischer), 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), De Nieuwe Philharmonie Utrecht (Johannes Leertouwer) and Gödöllő Symphonic Orchestra, (Gábor Horváth).

She also had the privilege to work with significant conductors as Iván Fischer, Helmuth Rilling, René Jacobs, Philippe Herreweghe, José Cura, Jos van Veldhoven, Václav Luks, Tonu Kaljuste, Frieder Bernius, Grete Pedersen and Peter Dijkstra.

In the early 2000’s she was 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 was 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 Ferenc 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.