Monika Lukács

MONIKA LUKÁCS
Monika Lukács was born in Miskolc (Hungary). She is a coloratura soprano, highly trained in Belcanto tradition.

She graduated with the highest honours at the King Stephen’s Conservatory of Budapest in 1997. She studied at Conservatory "G. Verdi" with Adele Bonay and then with Maestro Vittorio Terranova in Milan.
In 2005 she graduated in Vocal Chamber Music with Stelia Doz, and specialized in lieder music.
She also attended many advanced courses with Katalin Szőke, Jùlia Hamari, Silvana Manga , Renato Bruson, Teresa Berganza, Helmut Deutsch, Erik Battaglia.
Since 1996 she gives concerts in Austria, Poland, Hungary, Slovenia, Germany, France, Croazia, Israel. In Italy she sang for Serate Musicali, Società del Giardino, Società del Quartetto and Amici del Teatro alla Scala Association. She took part to many opera recitals in Milan, Brescia, Rome, Lodi, Mantua, Bergamo, Florence, Naples, Venice. She performed with the Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, the Theater National in Miskolc, the Opera House "Erkel Ferenc" in Budapest. She sung at the "Festival György Ligeti" with the Orchestra Giuseppe Verdi in Milan, at the "Festival Liszt - Mahler" in Milan. She took part in the Second International festival of Chamber Music under Marcello Abbado’s artistic direction, at Lugano Auditorium in Switzerland, Teatro Bibiena in Mantua, Teatro Sociale in Como, Teatro Mancinelli in Orvieto. She also won national and international competitions.
She recorded for the Sarx Records and for Stradivarius. She recorded for Swiss Radio, for the Hungarian Radio, for RAI 3 and RAI International, and for Japanese TV. She collaborated with Teatro alla Scala in Milan. She is often a member in the jury panel in competitions and holds Masterclasses in Europe.