Barnabás Hegyi (Counter-tenor)

Born: 1980 - Budapest, Hungary

The Hungarian counter-tenor, Barnabás Hegyi, was born as an overture of a family that by now is proud of having brought up 9 children. He studied conducting, singing, church music, composition and organ playing at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest. He was recently awarded the Bachelor degree in Early Music singing at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague as a student of Michael Chance, Rita Dams, Jill Feldmann and Peter Kooy. Presently he attends Tilburg Music Academy where he is completing his Master's in Early Music Singing He has won awards at several singing competitions; 1st prizes at the National Singing Competition for Secondary Music Students in 2001 as well as at the National Simándi Singing Competition in 2002. Later, in 2003 he was awarded 3rd prize at the singing competition in Irun, Spain, which same competition he came as first in 2005.

In 2007 Barnabás Hegyi faced three major challenges. First he gained the only counter-tenor role for Monteverdi’s Orfeo at the competition organized to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the piece in Verona and thus sang Pastore at the piece’s gala performance in Mantova. Soon after this he sang successfully at two singing competitions in Hungary; he won 3rd prize at the International Handel Singing Competition and 1st prize at the International Oratory Singing Competition. In the former he also won a special prize, which gave him a registration at the internet protal MusiciansWho.hu, while the latter secured him an appearance at Zemplén Festival, where he gave two concerts in the summer of 2008. In the same year he also gave a solo concert at Hebden Bridge Arts Festival in England.

Barnabás Hegyi's co-operation with Budapest Chamber Opera is also due to his competition results. He sang with the organization in 2002 for the first time, and since then he has played more than half a dozen opera roles in around 40 performances both in Hungary and abroad such as Monteverdi: Il ritorno d’Ulisse (L’humana fragilita, and the roles of the Third Suitor), Monteverdi: L’incoronazione di Poppea (Amore), Monteverdi: Orfeo (Pastore), Monteverdi: Il ballo delle ingrate (Amore), George Frideric Handel: Semele (Athamas), Antonio Vivaldi: Il Tigrane (Clearte).

Besides, Barnabás Hegyi has sung in A:N:S Choir and Purcell Choir, and in vocal ensembles Voces Aequales and Arpa d’O. He sings regularly with ensembles such as the Huelgas Ensemble, Nederlands Kamerkoor and Nederlandse Bachvereniging (Director: Jos van Veldhoven).

Barnabás Hegyi can be heard on more than 30 CD recordings as soloist, choir- or vocal ensemble singer, or piano/organ accompanist.

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Sources:
Ensemble Vox Luminis
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (May 2014)

Recordings of Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works

Conductor

As

Works

Fabio Bonizzoni

Alto

Member of Nederlandse Bachvereniging:
AOB Video: BWV 56, BWV 57, BWV 84

Marcus Creed

Alto

Member of Nederlandse Bachvereniging:
NBV-AOB [AB-10] (2018, Video): BWV 10
NBV-AOB [AB-147] (2018, Video): BWV 147

Peter Dijkstra

Alto

Member of Nederlandse Bachvereniging:
AOB Video: BWV 69 [2017], BWV 119 [2017], BWV 137 [2017]

Peter Van Heyghen

Alto

R. Keiser: Brockes-Passion

Sigiswald Kuijken

Alto

Member of Nederlandse Bachvereniging:
AOB Video: BWV 22, BWV 23, BWV 75

Patrick van der Linden

Alto

[V-1] (2016, CD/DVD): BWV 244

Stephan MacLeod

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Member of Nederlandse Bachvereniging:
NBV-AOB [AB-225] (Video, 2016): BWV 225
NBV-AOB [AB-226] (Video, 2016): BWV 226
NBV-AOB [AB-228] (Video, 2016): BWV 228
NBV-AOB [AB-229] (Video, 2016): BWV 229
NBV-AOB [AB-A159] (Video, 2016): BWV Anh 159

Lionel Meunier

Alto

Member of Vox Luminis:
C-3 (2014, Video): BWV 196
C-2 (2016): BWV 150, BWV 131, BWV 12
Motets of Bach Family, including:
Johann Christoph Bach: Motet Der Gerechte, ob er gleich zu zeitlich stirb
J.S. Bach: Motet Ich lasse dich nicht, BWV Anh 159
Johann Christoph Bach: Motet Merk auf, mein Herz und sieh dorthin, BWV Anh 163
[V-2] (2016, Audio): BWV 227, BWV 236, BWV 243 [1^st recording]

Raphaël Pichon

Alto

Member of Ensemble Pygmalion:
V-3 (2011): BWV 232: Kyrie & Gloria (1733 Version)

Hans-Christoph Rademann

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Member of Nederlandse Bachvereniging:
AOB Video: BWV 65, BWV 158

Jos van Veldhoven

Alto

C-3 Video (2013): BWV 36 [1^st], BWV 61 [1^st], BWV 62 [1^st]
AOB Video: BWV 29, BWV 36 [2^nd], BWV 61 [2^nd], BWV 62 [2^nd]

Jos van Veldhoven

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Member of Nederlandse Bachvereniging:
AOB Video: BWV 44 [2018], BWV 62, BWV 67, BWV 78 [2018], BWV 99, BWV 100, BWV 102, BWV 105 [2018], BWV 106, BWV 120, BWV 131, BWV 144, BWV 196 [2^nd], BWV 206
NBV-AOB [AB-104] (2018, Video): BWV 104
NBV-AOB [AB-140] (2018, Video): BWV 140
NBV-AOB [AB-231] (2014, Video): BWV 231
NBV-AOB [AB-232] (2016, Video): BWV 232 [3^rd recording]

Links to other Sites

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