Tünde Szabóki

Born in Budapest, soprano Tünde Szabóki first studied piano at the Franz Liszt Academy in her home town, and went on to study voice at the University of the Music and the Performing Arts in Graz. As a member of the NOVA Ensemble she has guested at renowned festivals including Salzburg, Bregenz, and the Berlin Musikbiennale.

As a soloist, Tünde Szabóki has sung at Rheingau Festival, the Schleswig-Holstein Festival, Styriarte in Graz, the Bernstein Festival in Jerusalem, Festival de Montpellier, and the Budapest Spring Festival.

Later she was able to embark on the path to the opera stage: Szabóki has covered the roles of Leonore (Fidelio), the Countess (The Marriage of Figaro), Vitellia (Titus), Donna Elvira (Don Giovanni), Marschallin (Rosenkavalier), Ariadne, Elisabeth (Tannhäuser), Elsa (Lohengrin), Sieglinde (Die Walküre), Kundry (Parsifal), Judith (Bluebeard’s Castle) and a multitude of further roles in Baroque and contemporary opera.
Under the baton of Adám Fischer, Tünde Szabóki has sung solo with the Hungarian Radio Choir and Orchestra, as well as at the Budapest Wagner Festival and Budapest State Opera. Further musical collaborations have taken place with Ivan Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra, with Krysztof Penderecki on the occasion of the première of his Eighth Symphony in Budapest, and with Stephan Soltesz in a Rosenkavalier production at Budapest State Opera.
2019 saw the release of her latest CD recording with chamber music works by Ferenc Farkas on the Toccata Classiks label (CH), as a continuation of her recording of Farkas’ art songs for Hungaroton.
In 2011, the Hungarian State awarded Tünde Szabóki the Franz Liszt Prize.