Prof. Zsuszánna Mindszenty

Hungary

Zsuzsánna Mindszenty DLA, was born in 1954. She graduated as music teacher and choir conductor at the Academyof Musics Ferenc Liszt in Budapest in 1978. She is conductor and artistic director of Musica Nostra Female Choir, and ELTE Pro Musica Mixed Choir. With her choirs they won several prestigeous prizes at international choir competitions like Arezzo, Tours, Marktoberdorf, Bratislava, Namestovo, Debrecen, Pécs , etc. She is ass. professor at the Department of Music at University ELTE-Budapest, teaches conducting and choir practice. Zsuzsanna Mindszenty is the president of the Association of Hungarian Choirs and Orchestras-KÓTA. She regularly teaches the Kodály-method in Europe and in the USA, and serves as jury member at international choir competitions. She has several times received the ARTISJUS-award (artistic award in contemporary musics), and in 2003 she received the Ferenc Liszt award (State award for high level artistic activity).