DÓRA HALAS
Dóra Halas, leader of the Soharóza choral ensemble, a Rezső Lantos-awarded conductor, received her doctorate (DLA) at the Liszt Academy of Budapest in 2013. Together with her earlier choirs she is the winner of several international choir competitions and conductor prizes and has also participated at such events as member of the jury. The theme of her DLA dissertation was choral improvisation, from which her current research topic arose: experimenting with collective choral composition and as such expanding the limits of traditional choir music. Her main artistic interest lies in multidisciplinary performances, where she can combine the elements and values of her choral ensemble with that of other arts. As conductor, singer and composer she has worked in numerous theatre and dance productions, among them under the direction of Róbert Alföldi (Hungarian National Theatre), Árpád Schilling (Krétakör), Viktor Bodó (Szputnyik Theatre Company), Roland Rába (Radnóti Theatre), Gábor Goda (Artus). She has also founded and led several avantgarde singing groups. She was the Music Office Manager of the Europa Cantat International Choral Festival at Pécs in 2015. She currently lives in Vienna, but continues to work on a regular basis with her choir and colleagues in Budapest.
FRUZSINA NAGY
Fruzsina Nagy started her career in alternative theatre productions and over the past decade she has directed several individual performances using costumes as the ”main characters” on stage. She has worked with Árpád Schilling at the Krétakör theatre company, Róbert Alföldi at the Hungarian National Theater, Tamás Ascher and Gábor Máté at the József Katona Theatre, Viktor Bodó at the Szputnyik Theatre Company and many others, including international performances in Graz, Basel, Cologne, Vienna, Zurich and Heidelberg. She is highly interested in the relationship between the human body and its surrounding world, working with costumes, masks, make-up, fashion and visuals. She gained “Best Costume and Mask Award” at the Hungarian POSzT festival in 2009 and 2013 and was chosen "Costume Designer of the Year" in 2016 with her Taboo Collection costumes.
LUCERNE CITY CHOIR
The Lucerne City Choir (LCC) is a choir from Lucerne. It exists since January 2017 and is run by its founder Simon Sommer. The choir consists of 20 young singers who share a passion for music. The LCC masters a wide range of musical styles: from classical works and Swiss folk music to musical and modern pop songs, the choir offers an exciting and extensive repertoire. Another special feature of the LCC is the support of their talented solo singers, who present their skills at the concerts. This gives each concert a greater depth and makes a unique experience out of every LCC performance. Members: Joanna Sommer De Almeida, Isabelle Kathrin Braun, Adila Samera Choudry, Lea Melitta Estermann, Anna Fischer, Isabel Gutierrez Halef, Sibylle Hasenberger, Petra Infanger, Livia Mirijam Liebrand, Rachel Marti, Sandra Purtschert, Nino Marco Renggli, Tamara von Rotz, Simon Sommer (choir conductor), Milena Maria Zumbühl
