ELTE Pro Musica

Hungary

The ELTE Pro Musica Choir was founded in 1984. The members study at the ELTE Univerity - Faculty of Humanities- Department of Music, they will be music teachers at primary and secondary school. (ELTE- that is the name of the biggest and oldest University in Budapest: Eötvös Lorand Tudomány Egyetem – Eötvös Loránd: famous Hungarian physicist) The Pro Musica choir won several prizes at international choir competitions in Germany, France, Grece and Italy. In the last 30 years the choir was conducted by Eva Kollár, Ákos Erdős, and – like this year- by Zsuzsanna Mindszenty. The choir regularly gives concerts at the University, in the concert-life of Hungary and in different cities of Europe. The repertoire consists of pieces from early ages and also contemporary musics. At the selection of the works the most important goal is, that the students familiarize themselves with the famous choir pieces of the Hungarian and world literature.