Balint Karosi plays "Vision in Flames" by Japanese composer Akira Nishimura (1953–2023) at the Cathedral of St. Philip, Atlanta, June 26, 2024.
Since winning the International Bach Competition in Leipzig in 2008, Dr. Karosi has been recognized as one of the leading interpreters of the music of J. S. Bach worldwide. In 2020, he embarked on recording the complete organ works of J. S. Bach in fourteen recitals on different organs in the U.S. and Europe. He has five recorded albums that have been received with critical acclaim.
He has given solo organ concerts in concert halls in Budapest, Leipzig, Osaka, Yokohama, and Geneva, and on some of the world’s most significant historic organs in Lübeck, Leipzig, Norden, Leer, Paris, Freiberg, Merseburg, and Naumburg, among others. He has given masterclasses in improvisation at Eastman School of Music, Yale, Oberlin, the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Seoul, South Korea, and the Cuneo Conservatory in Italy.
Dr. Karosi is the recipient numerous first prizes in organ competitions; the J. S. Bach competition in Leipzig, the International Organ Competition in Miami, and the Dublin International Organ competition that he won at age 22. He was appointed as Director of Music at First Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia in May 2024. Previously he served as Cantor at Saint Peter’s Church in New York City, where he was artistic director of the Saint Peter’s Bach Collegium, which he founded in 2015 for annual performances of J. S. Bach’s Passions, cantatas, and to commission and premier new sacred repertoire.
For information: https://karosi.org/
Bálint Karosi is represented in North America exclusively by Phillip Truckenbrod Concert Artists, LLC.
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