Fazekas Children’s Choir

The Fazekas Children Choir started its work in 1963 when their school the Fazekas Street Primary School was founded.

The children of the choir can study singing and music by so called “Kodály method”. The method’s remarkable results are proved by the successful work of our choir both in national and international festivals and competitions: Budapest, Debrecen, Várna, Arezzo, Tolosa, Neerpelt, Llangollen, Cantonigros, Celje, Grado, Olomouc, and Choir Olympic Games: Linz, Bremen (Gold Medal).

In 2011, the choir received the “Prize of Muse” given by the city of Miskolc.The choir got its latest result in the International Choir Festival and Competition in Krakow in 2012. It was a Golden Diploma and the first prize. During the past years the choir was a successful participant of Miskolc International Opera Festival, where they performed children operas composed by Erzsébet Szőnyi.

The repertory of the choir is very wide, from the Gregorian age to contemporary composers.

Ildikó Balás has been the conductor since September 2008. She got a teacher-certificate at Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music in Miskolc in 1988, on faculties of solfegio, musical theory and choir-leading in 1988. Her teacher was János Reményi. She took part in an advanced course of choir leaders, where she was a student of István Párkai 1994-1997. She has been the conductor of Forrás Chamber Choir since 1986. With this choir they received several international prizes and awards. Since 1994 she has been a music teacher at Fazekas Music School. She teaches 6 to 16 year-old children. For 8 years she was the conductor of Fazekas Mini Choir.

Miskolc is the third biggest city in Hungary. It is a cultural centre of the country with remarkable folk, dance, and choir festivals and several cultural events including the Bartók + International Opera Festival held every year. Fazekas Primary and Music School is one of the most successful educational and art institutes of the city.

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