Competitors passed through to the Semi-Final

Vásáry. André

Vásáry. André

No. 56

Voice type: Tenor/Countertenor

Country: Hungary

Date of birth: 17 July, 1980

André Vásáry has established his present popularity after more than 12 years of hard work. He studied in Boston, won the Miskolc Opera Contest and got into the final of the International Music Contest in Rome. He has had several performances in Paris, Vienna and in other European cities and participated in the Adoro Tour in Germany. He was heard by Ricardo Muti and was also invited to the Staatsoper in Vienna.

He has appeared at the Pest Theatre and had three seasons as a guest actor in the Hungarian National Theatre playing a special role written exclusively for his particular voice in Schiller's drama Intrigue and Love, acting together with acknowledged Hungarian actors on the same stage.

He has been invited to perform with the Debrecen Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Ádám Medveczky, by the Dohnányi Symphonic Orchestra at concerts held in the Italian Culture Institute and in the Palace of Arts in Budapest, and he appeared in the Mozart concert given by internationally recognized organist Xaver Varnus. He has performed in Dome Square in Szeged, in the Reformed Great Church of Debrecen and in the Basilica of Esztergom. In 2009 he was awarded second prize at the Hungary's Got Talent Competition.

Competition Repertoire

Preliminary

Liszt F.: Oh! Quand je dors (V. Hugo)

A. Vivaldi: Griselda - Agitata da due venti

G. F. Händel: Atlanta - Care Selve

Semi-final

W. A. Mozart: Artaserse - Fra cento

N. Jommeli: Demofoonte - Non odi consiglio

Final

G. Verdi: Un ballo di maschera - Volta la terrea

Erkel F.: Hunyadi László - Házunk nemes baráti

Haydn: L'anima del filosofo, ossia Orfeo ed Euridice - Al tuo seno