Dr. Bence Asztalos - Associate Professor
Eszterházy Károly University Eger, Hungary
Eger, Hungary
Eger, Hungary
Dr. Bence Asztalos - Associate Professor
Eszterházy Károly University Eger, Hungary
Bence Asztalos studied violin and singing at the Liszt Academy in Budapest, continuing his education in Vienna in K.S. Robert Holl’s Lied-class. He has been playing in the Budapest Festival Orchestra since 1994, working with conductors, such as Iván Fischer, Sir George Solti, Charles Dutoit etc. His singing career allowed him to develop close relations with the Deutsche Oper am Rhein and the Hungarian State Opera, where he sang Don Fernando/Fidelio, Ariodates/Xerxes, Bartolo/Figaro etc. In 2010 he was appointed as associate professor at the University of Szeged Department of Music Education, in 2017 at the Eötvös Loránd University Budapest and in 2019 at the Eszterházy Károly University Eger.
The Hungarian part of the Schools@Concerts project took place in the Palace of Arts Budapest Bartók Béla National Concert Hall with 9 children (10/11 year old pupils). A world-famous symphony orchestra played pieces from Reinecke, Corigliano and Schumann.