Publications

Mónika Kecskés

Academic Studies:

  • Royal Conservatoire Antwerp (Koninklijk Conservatorium Antwerpen) – Master’s Degree in Harpsichord Performance
  • IMEP – Institut supérieur de Musique et de Pédagogie, Namur – Specialized Master’s Degree in Early Music Studies
  • Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, Budapest – Degrees in Music Theory, Sacred Music, Harpsichord and Organ Performance
  • Royal Academy of Music, London – Supplementary Studies in Organ and Church Music
  • University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien) – Supplementary Studies in Organ and Harpsichord
  • Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest – MA in Music Education (School Music Teacher Qualification) and MA in Educational Leadership
  • Budapest University of Technology and Economics – MA-level Qualification in Educational Leadership and Teacher Training (Pedagogical Professional Examination)

Professional experience:

  • Associate Professor, Széchenyi István University, Faculty of Arts, Department of Music (current position since 2004)
  • Courses taught: Organ (major subject), Harpsichord (compulsory subject), Historical Musical Practices, Historically Informed Performance, Solfège, Music Theory
  • Director of Sacred Music, Franciscan Church of the Inner City (since 2002)
  • Participation in Professional Training on the Maintenance of Keyboard Instruments: Greifenberger Institute for Musical Instrument Research (2024)
  • Previous teaching positions: Eötvös Loránd University; Nyíregyháza College; Bartók Béla Secondary School of Music; St. Stephen King Secondary School of Music

Awards and Scholarships:

  • Győr International Organ Competition – 1st Prize (1998)
  • Lorraine International Organ Competition – 1st Prize (1999)
  • Liszt Ferenc International Organ Competition, Budapest – Finalist (1999)
  • Sweelinck Competition, Amsterdam – Finalist (2014)
  • Hungarian State Scholarship (1995)
  • Annie Fischer Scholarship (2000)
  • Faculty Commendation for Scientific Publications (2006)
  • Bach Festival Award, Budapest Bach Festival (2018)
  • Certificate of Recognition from the Ministry of Culture and Education (2021)
  • Tagliavini Collection Scholarship (2021–2022)
  • Grant of the National Cultural Fund of Hungary (2022 and 2024)

Further Research Areas:

  • Performance Practice of 17th–18th Century Harpsichord Works with Obligato Instruments
  • The Practice of Basso Continuo in the Light of Bruckner’s Kurze Generalbass Regeln (WAB 258c)
  • The Role of the Harpsichord in Contemporary Performance Art – Literary and Interdisciplinary Perspectives
  • Music and Inclusion: Living and Working with People with Autism, and Addressing This Topic in Teacher Education as a Continuous Element of My Scholarly Work
  • Keyboard Settings of the Four Seasonal Marian Antiphons (Alma Redemptoris Mater, Regina caeli, Ave Regina coelorum, and Salve Regina) between the 15th and 17th Centuries, with Particular Attention to Performance Practice

Publications (Selected Scholarly Works from the Past Five Years):

  • How Do I See Ligeti? – Subjective Interviews from the Perspective of the Harpsichord
  • Valóság – Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. LXVII, No. 12 (2024), pp. 102–111.
  • The Idea of Sustainability in the Light of Kodály’s Principles
  • In: Research in Music and Music Pedagogy, University of Debrecen (2024) – Abstract
  • “…sopra la Rebellione d’Ungheria” – An Analysis of Alessandro Poglietti’s Partita ex E
    Master’s Thesis, Royal Conservatoire Antwerp, 68 pages (2024)
  • Sacred Dances and Their Representation in Contemporary Music
    Valóság – Journal of Civic Science, 2023/4, pp. 23–32.
  • Keyboard Instruments and Their Pedagogy in the 18th-Century Sources of the Marianus Order
    In: 3rd Music Pedagogy Conference, University of Debrecen, 2023 – Abstract

Complete List:

CD Recordings:

  • Orlando di Lasso – Lagrime di San Pietro (2011)
  • Il Poverello di Christo – Liszt 200 (2012)
  • Hungarian Organ Music (VTCD 1999)