Artist database

This is the Artist Database of BMC, which includes information about composers, musicians, orchestras, choirs and groups that are either Hungarian or Hungarian by origin or live in Hungary, as well as information about releases recorded with them.

Csengery Adrienne


voice - soprano

Place of Birth
Amberg [Németország]
Date of Birth
1946

 
After being accepted to the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music in 1965, she became pupil of Éva Kutrucz and graduated in 1970.

She debuted in the role of Fanchette (Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro) 1969 in the Hungarian State Opera House and from the next year she became soloist there. In 1973 she was awarded with first prize at the international competition in 's-Hertogenbosch, and next year at the Fauré Competition in Paris she won grand prize. From 1974 to 1977 she was member of the Munich Opera House where she primarily sang Mozart opera roles. She has taken part in several festivals in Vienna, Salzburg, London, Milan, New York, Glyndebourne, etc. She has performed with conductors such as Lovro von Matacic, Pierre Boulez, Claudio Abbado, Péter Eötvös and Bernard Haitink.

Her recordings have been acknowledged by many international awards. As a highly competent and dedicated interpreter of contemporary music she has presented many new Hungarian works winning considerable acclaim, especially with György Kurtág’s works. Both as concert singer and early music performer she has gained international reputation. She’s been holding master courses at the Bartók Seminar since 1995.

Major roles: Pamina (Mozart: The Magic Flute), Susanne (Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro), Zerlina (Mozart: Don Giovanni), Fiordiligi (Mozart: Cosí fan tutte), Idamante, Elektra (Mozart: Idomeneo), Mimi, Musette (Puccini: La Boheme), Lauretta (Puccini: Gianni Schicchi), Marie (Alban Berg: Wozzeck), Lulu (Alban Berg: Lulu), Anne (Stravinsky: The Rake’s Progress), Euridice (Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice) and Frugola (Puccini: Il tabarro).

Adrienne Csengery was awarded with the Liszt Prize (1981), the title Merited Artist (1984), the Sándor Veress Prize (2001) and the title Excellent Artist (2008).
 
Year Title Publisher Code Remark
1983 Hungaroton SLPD 12543-44 LP
1984 Hungarian Folk-Songs for Chorus
(Estéli nótázás)
Hungaroton SLPX 12570 LP
1986 Decsényi, János: Sándor Weöres' Twelfth Symphony; Roads; String Quartet; Epitaph from Aquincum
(Decsényi János: Weöres Sándor Tizenkettedik szimfóniája; Utak; Vonósnégyes; Sírfelirat Aquincumból)
Hungaroton SLPX 12556 LP
1987 Hungaroton HCD 12374-2
1990 Pannon Classic PCL 8006
1994 Kurtág, György - Portraitkonzert - Salzburg, 10. 8. 1993.
(Kurtág György - Portraitkonzert - Salzburg, 1993. augusztus 10.)
Col Legno WWE 31870 2 CDs
1995 Hungaroton HCD 31624
1995 Kurtág, György: Kafka-Fragments, Op. 24
(Kurtág György: Kafka-töredékek, Op. 24)
Hungaroton HCD 31135 Own
1995 Contemporary Music from Transylvania
(Kortárs zene Erdélyből)
Hungaroton HCD 31636
1997 Decsényi, János: Old Hungarian Texts
(Decsényi János: Régi magyar szövegek)
Hungaroton HCD 31713
1997 HEAR Studio-Hung. Rad. HEAR 103
1998 Let's Save the Liszt Academy!
(Mentsük meg a Zeneakadémiát!)
Hungaroton HCD 31841
1998 Kurtág, György: Works for Soprano
(Kurtág György: Művek szoprán hangra)
Hungaroton HCD 31821 Own
1998 Nouva Era 7324/25
1999 Bach, J. S. / Händel, George Frideric / Haydn, Joseph: Favourite Oratorio Choruses
(Bach, J. S. / Händel, George Frideric / Haydn, Joseph: Népszerű oratórium kórusok)
Hungaroton HRC 1018 Echo Collection
1999 Hungaroton HCD 31819
2000 Mozart, W. A.: Die Zauberflöte / The Magic Flute (excerpts)
(Mozart, W. A.: A Varázsfuvola (részletek))
Hungaroton HCD 11539
2001 Fifty Years of Hungaroton - Singers
(50 éves a Hungaroton - Énekművészek (1951-2001))
Hungaroton HCD 32096-98 3 CDs
2001 Hungaroton HCD 31955
2001 Chamber Music
(Kamarazene)
Hungaroton HCD 31991
2002 Hungaroton HCD 31727