Zsuzsanna Zsoltné Szesztay, Author at The IFCM Magazine

Zsuzsanna Zsoltné Szesztay

Dr. Zsuzsanna Zsoltné Szesztay is an expert music educator and violin teacher at the Zoltán Kodály Music School in Debrecen, Hungary, and also a teacher-training professional at the Faculty of Music, University of Debrecen. She studied in Budapest and Pécs with prominent Hungarian figures from the world of music, and her special interests include solfeggio, voice training, chamber and orchestral music. Her professional awards include the Apáczai Csere János Award and the Zathureczky Ede Lifetime Achievement Award for her work furthering educational practice. She has also been a keen and active observer of Debrecen’s choir competitions since 1975. For many years she also assisted her husband, conductor Zsolt Szesztay in managing Debrecen’s local Lajos Bárdos Female Choir which won numerous prizes at various competitions and festivals. She has also been the donator of the “In Memoriam Zsolt Szesztay” Conductor’s Special Prize for the Béla Bartók Choir Competition since 2010.

A Report on the European Grand Prix for Choral Singing 2014, Debrecen, Hungary

By: Zsuzsanna Zsoltné Szesztay

On: October 16, 2014

In: Choral World News

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By Zsuzsanna Zsoltné Szesztay, music educator and violin teacher

On March 21-22, 2014, the attention of the European choral world once again turned to Debrecen, Hungary – the long established home of the biennial Béla Bartók Interna…Read More →