Classical Singer | University Lecturer | Vocal Coach
Andrea Csereklyei is an Artisjus Award-winning classical singer and university lecturer with an extensive career in both performance and higher music education. She holds degrees in Music Theory and Teaching, Classical Singing and Chamber Music, and Vocal Performance and Teaching. She received her doctoral degree from the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music in 2018 and her habilitation in autumn 2025.
Since 2015, she has been a lecturer in Classical Singing at the Bartók Béla Faculty of Music of the University of Miskolc, where she teaches classical vocal students at various levels. Since 2014, she has also worked as a vocal training instructor at the Department of Conducting and Choral Conducting of the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music in Budapest.
Her teaching career also includes positions at the University of Debrecen, the Hermann László Secondary School of Music and Arts School in Székesfehérvár, and the Kodály Zoltán Hungarian Choral School in Budapest. She has extensive experience in examination work, regularly serving as chair of examination committees at secondary and higher music education institutions.
Her international teaching activities include vocal courses and masterclasses in the Czech Republic, China, Poland and Slovakia. She taught at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing and, within the Erasmus mobility programme, gave masterclasses at the Karol Lipiński Academy of Music in Wrocław. In 2025, she taught at the Jozef Adamovič and Peter Dvorský Conservatory in Košice. She has also served as a jury member at international singing competitions in Slovakia and Hungary.
In recognition of her educational work, she has received several distinctions, including the Outstanding Educator of the University of Miskolc (2023), as well as multiple certificates for academic supervision and student preparation.
As a performer, Andrea Csereklyei made her opera and concert debut in 1998. Her repertoire focuses primarily on Baroque and Classical opera and oratorio, while she is also an active performer of art song and contemporary music. She has appeared regularly as a soloist with leading Hungarian ensembles, including the Dohnányi Orchestra Budafok, the Orfeo Orchestra and Purcell Choir, the Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra, the Budapest Strings, and the Miskolc Symphony Orchestra.
She has performed at major Hungarian festivals and concert venues and has an extensive international performing career. Her engagements have taken her to Germany, Italy, Austria, the United Kingdom, Mexico, Romania, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Russia, the United States, Canada and China. Among her international appearances are performances with the Munich Philharmonic under Helmuth Rilling, a concert at the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence with the Orfeo Orchestra, appearances at the Toujours Mozart festivals in Vienna and Salzburg, and performances in London as part of the Hungarian Magic series.
She has collaborated with numerous distinguished conductors, including Helmuth Rilling, Zoltán Kocsis, Ádám Fischer, György Selmeczi, György Vashegyi, Tamás Vásáry, Gábor Hollerung, Zsolt Hamar, Graeme Jenkins, Pier Giorgio Morandi, Umberto Benedetti Michelangeli and Laurent Petitgirard, among others.
Her artistic work includes numerous radio and television recordings and several World Premiere recordings of early music released by Hungaroton. She has also appeared in opera films and television productions and has been a regular performer in the Studio Concerts series of Bartók Radio since 2015.
Her artistic distinctions include the Best Performer Award at the Dalmaraton of the Hungarian State Opera (2024), scholarships from the Hungarian Academy of Arts and the Annie Fischer Scholarship, the Special Prize at the International Handel Singing Competition (2007), and Third Prize at the Johann Strauss International Singing Competition in Vienna (1999).
Alongside her performing career, Andrea Csereklyei is actively involved in the education and professional development of young classical singers. Her pedagogical work focuses on the development of healthy vocal technique, stylistically informed interpretation, and a broad knowledge of the European vocal repertoire.
