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If you secretly enjoy singing in the bathroom, or if your neighbors got tired knocking at your door trying to make you stop pretending you are Mick Jagger or, God forbid, Britney, may be it is time to think about joining CEU Choir? In order to know more how, where and when all of us can open and develop the vocal talent, we have talked to the leader of the CEU Choir, Viktor Halasz.
Maryna Shevtsova (CEU Weekly): Thank you for finding time for us, Viktor. Please, tell us more about the CEU Choir: when was the first CEU Choir organized and how many students have been its participants since then?
Viktor Halasz: First ceu choir was organized by László Nemes around 2002, who was later my professor at Liszt Academy of Music at the choral conducting faculty. Every year, there are 15-25 participants.
MS: Since when are you managing the Choir and why do you continue doing that?
VH: I started to lead the CEU choir 6 years ago during my studies as a choral conductor (Franz Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest), my professor offered me his place, because he was so busy teaching and conducting professional choirs on concerts. I enjoy the multi-cultural environment and the friendly attitude of CEU students.
MS: What are the main requirements to become a part of the CEU Choir? Do people have to possess special talents or may be even musical education? Why, do you think, it may be interesting for CEU students to become a part of it?
VH: There are no formal requirements to join, I always try to keep the choir open for every student/worker of CEU. I know it's hard to sing alone, in a choir even a beginner has the chance to become a member of a music-loving community. I always encourage students to practice, and during the recent years many students developed professional singing skills.
I'm always happy to work with professional musicians of course, and it is an advantage if someone can read the score, but the challenge is bigger for me with amateurs or semi-professionals. They work hard and reach great results, I respect them very much. What's very important for me is building and maintaining a friendly atmosphere, where nobody feels ashamed because of differencies in musical knowledge. We sing together, and I think music really breaks the barriers between cultures. We form a multi-cultural music-lover community inside CEU.
MS: What are the Choir’s main activities now? Are you planning to take part in CEU’s events? When and where will we be able to listen to the CEU Choir?
VH: We sing every year on two CEU events, Christmas Concert /early December/ and Graduation Ceremony /mid June/.
MS: Thank you, Viktor and good luck with your work!
By the way, as CEU Weekly has been informed, The CEU Choir is now preparing for the Christmas performance, which is going to take place on December 7th. There will be 5 rehearsals till then, please come to these rehearsals (on Thursdays from 6 p.m. in the usual place: Zrinyi 14, Room 311) in order to have the performance as beautiful as it can get.
Maryna Shevtsova
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