Katalin Károlyi
The mezzo Katalin Károlyi concentrated on repertoire from baroque opera, chamber and contemporary music. She has sung under the direction of conductors such as Lord Yehudi Menuhin, William Christie, Philippe Herreweghe, Reinbert de Leeuw, Thomas Adès, Georges Benjamin, Susanna Mälkki. She has performed at many festivals including Aix-en-Provence, Ravinia Chicago, NODO, Ostrava Days, Festival del Centro Histórico México, Festival Internacional Cervantino, Festival d´Ile-de-France and also appeared with leading opera companies worldwide including the Opéra National de Paris, Teatro alla Scala, Teatro Colón, and in concert at Carnegie Hall, Wigmore, Royal Albert and Barbican Halls, Los Angeles Walt Disney Concert Hall, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Cité de la Musique...
In 2000 György Ligeti composed for her and the Amadinda Percussion Group the cycle Síppal, Dobbal, Nádihegedűvel and she has subsequently given numerous worldwide performances. She recorded the piece with Amadinda by Teldec Classics and released as part of their ongoing Ligeti Series.
There are many other compositions written for her and she engaged to promote all over the world new creations such as Gyökér by Thomas Adès, John Woolrich’s The Sea and Its Shore, Addiamento by Jan van de Putte, Yannis Kyriakides’s An Ocean of Rain, the role of Gwendolen in Gerald Barry's new opera The Importance of Being Earnest or the Angel in Nathan Davis’s Hagoromo. She gives regular worldwide concerts with Amadinda Percussion Group, International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), Tambuco, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Asko/Schönberg Ensemble, London Sinfonietta, BCMG, Ictus Ensemble, Ostravska Banda, SŌ Percussion… Katalin Károlyi has broadcast and recorded also with Les Arts Florissants, Amadinda Percussion Group, Solistes de Lyon, Le Parlement de Musique and La Chapelle Royale. The live recording of the European premier of Gerald Barry's The Importance of Being Earnestwas Grammy Award nominated for 2016. Since 2009, she regularly performs at both Ostrava Days and NODO festival.
