Biography
Since 1987 she has been teaching to play the organ at the School of Music in Vác, as well as in Tibor Pikéthy Conservatory since 1988, where she was a deputy school master, later principal. From September 2013 she is the principal of the Béla Bartók Music School of Vác. She is the organist of the Franciscan Church in Vác. Besides taking an active role in the musical life of Vác she has given several concerts both in Hungary and abroad. The organ artist cooperates with different choirs on a regular basis all over the country and has been a guest artist in many other countries. Anasztázia Bednarik was given the Artist Prize of the Foundation 'Anna Neufeld' in 1993 and she was also given pedagogic honour of the 'Váci Katedra' in 1998. She was a jury member at the National Organ Competition of Music Schools in 2004 and in 2007. The artist also deals with recording. Anasztázia Bednarik took a doctor's degree at the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music in November 2007 with 'Summa cum laude'. Her dissertation was: Organ compositions of Tibor Pikéthy. She was given the 'Artist Prize of Vác' in 2009. Her recordings are as follows: Orgonamuzsika / Organ music (2004); A Barokk Orgonazene gyöngyszemei / Pearls of Baroque Organ Music (2005, 2CD-set); 30 éves a váci Zeneiskola orgonája / J. S. Bach works (2006). She also participated in several chamber music recordings with her organ and harpsichord plays. Back to top |
She started her organ studies, simultaneously with her piano studies, under the hands of her father at the age of 11. Anasztázia Bednarik was the student of Ferenc Gergely and József Kárpáti. Between 1978-82 she studied at Béla Bartók Conservatory in Budapest then continued her organ studies at the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music as the student of Gábor Lehotka. She graduated with excellent certification in 1987 and acquired her organ artist and organ and music teacher certificate. She also participated in the master courses of Milan Slechta and David Titterington. In 1983 the organist won the Kodály Prize at the Liszt competition in Budapest, and in 1988 the Prize IV.