Dávid Farkasházi

Choral and orchestral conductor, music educator, born in 1991 in Budapest. He graduated at Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music, where he received his Bachelor’s degree in Orchestral and Choir Conducting with highest honours in 2015, and received two Master’s degrees in 2019 in Choir Conducting with highest honours and Teacher of Music Education with outstanding qualification. In 2017 and 2019 he studied two semesters at Hanns Eisler Hochschule für Musik, Berlin with Erasmus scholarship. He received his DLA doctoral degree at Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music in 2025 with summa cum laude qualification, the title of his dissertation is „Montre et Voix Humaine” – The sound of Maurice Duruflé’s Choral Works with Organ Accompaniment in the Light of the Renewal of Church Music in Paris.

He participated in several conductor masterclasses led by Peter Eötvös, Stefan Parkman, György Vashegyi, Eric Whitacre and Zoltán Kocsis-Holper. He won 1st prize at the Hungarian National Competition of Young Choir Conductors in 2016, awarded special prize at Jāzeps Vītols 6th International Choral Conductor Competition in Riga, Latvia in 2019. He won 3rd prize at Fosco Corti International Choral Conductor Competition in Torino, Italy in 2024.

He is one of the organists of Saint Anne Church, Budapest and has been the conductor of the Youth Orchestra of the Church since 2010. He was a music teacher and conductor of the Children’s Choir at Károly Kós Elementary School, Budapest from 2018 to 2025. Since 2021 he is the conductor of La mia Fonte Chamber Choir, Budapest, since 2022 he has been the Conductor of Saint Stephen’s Basilica, the main cathedral of Budapest.

In 2017 he took part in the Kodály HUB Sing. Learn. Share. international project involving The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, the Royal Conservatory of The Hague and the Liszt Ferenc Music Academy to create the Kodály HUB public online knowledge centre. He also joined the „Every day singing Programme” which is the teacher traning programme in which he introduces the Kodály HUB and demonstrates its usefulness. He first joined the Kodály Institute between 2019-2021 as a lecturer of Conducting and an Assistant Teacher of Methodology. Since 2024 he is again a lecturer at the Institute, where he teaches Choir Literature, Methodology, Choir Conducting and Score Reading.