Somogyiné Kovács Andrea & Szalárdiné Szondy Adrien

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Adrien graduated in 1993 from the University of Nyíregyháza and since then she taught in various schools in Nyíregyháza, Budapest and Gödöllő. Besides her job as a teacher Adrien works as a conductor from the beginning and she performs with her choirs on local, regional and national stages. On the series of the ‘Singing Youth Qualification Competition’ her choirs usually receive gold or gold with a diploma qualification. In 2018 her choir received a special prize of the Kodály Association and a gold diploma on the 8th Zoltán Kodály National Choir Competition. Adrienn participated on the International Kodály Seminar and completed the postgraduate conductor course of the Hungarian Cultural Institute and ever since she participates on master courses like the Cantemus Conductor Master Course last summer. Andrea graduated from the University of Eger in 1991 and has led school’s choirs since then in Miskolc and Gödöllő in additional to her educational work. On the series of the ‘Singing Youth Qualification Competition’ her choirs usually receive gold or gold with a diploma qualification. An important milestone of her career was winning 1st prize on the Olomouc International Choir Competition in 2014, a conductor special prize and a silver diploma on the 7th Zoltán Kodály National Choir Competition in 2015, gold diploma on the 8th Zoltán Kodály National Choir Competition and the 3rd Laurea Mundi International Competition in 2018. Andrea completed the postgraduate conductor course of the Hungarian Cultural Institute and regularly participates on master courses ever since to keep up with the new techniques and practices in conducting.