Ágnes Ratkó
Ágnes Ratkó was born in Budapest, Hungary and studied harpsichord with Anikó Horváth at the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music in Budapest and with Gordon Murray and Augusta Campagne at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna. As a scholarship recipient, she completed her education with a postgraduate study in clavichord with Miklós Spányi in Oulu, Finland.
Ágnes Ratkó performs regularly at home and abroad as a soloist on the harpsichord and clavichord as well as occasionally on the fortepiano. In addition, she has appeared as a harpsichordist in numerous ensembles, including a regular collaboration with the Budapest Chamber Opera where she has worked with conductors such as Catherine Mackintosh and Philip Pickett. She can be heard on several CD and radio recordings, so on the fortepiano in Hungaroton‘s collection with works by Johann E. Fuss.
Between 1995 and 2013 she taught at the Music Faculty of the University of Szeged and since 2003 at the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music in Budapest. In addition, she regularly teaches harpsichord and clavichord as a specialist in various courses at home and abroad. She is a co-founder of the Budapest Clavichord Days where she has been working as a soloist, lecturer and artistic director since 2010.
In 2010, Ágnes Ratkó received her doctorate in musical arts summa cum laude with a dissertation on historical tuning from the viewpoint of the performing artist.
Ágnes Ratkó performs regularly at home and abroad as a soloist on the harpsichord and clavichord as well as occasionally on the fortepiano. In addition, she has appeared as a harpsichordist in numerous ensembles, including a regular collaboration with the Budapest Chamber Opera where she has worked with conductors such as Catherine Mackintosh and Philip Pickett. She can be heard on several CD and radio recordings, so on the fortepiano in Hungaroton‘s collection with works by Johann E. Fuss.
Between 1995 and 2013 she taught at the Music Faculty of the University of Szeged and since 2003 at the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music in Budapest. In addition, she regularly teaches harpsichord and clavichord as a specialist in various courses at home and abroad. She is a co-founder of the Budapest Clavichord Days where she has been working as a soloist, lecturer and artistic director since 2010.
In 2010, Ágnes Ratkó received her doctorate in musical arts summa cum laude with a dissertation on historical tuning from the viewpoint of the performing artist.
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