Kati Agócs
The music of Kati Agócs delivers visceral power and otherworldly lyricism with soulful directness. Her diverse and growing body of works is often praised for its elegance and emotion. A recent Guggenheim Fellow, she is also the recipient of the lifetime achievement award in music composition from The American Academy of Arts and Letters. Her music is commissioned and performed by leading musicians including the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Boston Symphony Chamber Players, Minnesota Orchestra, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Ensemble Reconsil Vienna, Aspen Music Festival, and multiple Grammy-award winning ensemble Eighth Blackbird. The Debrecen Passion, her album with Boston Modern Orchestra Project, was one of the Boston Globe’s Top Ten Classical Recordings of 2016. The title track was nominated for Classical Composition of the Year in the Juno Awards, the Canadian equivalent of the Grammy Awards. Works by Kati Agócs are published by Kati Agócs Music and distributed internationally by Theodore Front Musical Literature.
The music of Kati Agócs delivers visceral power and otherworldly lyricism with soulful directness. Her diverse and growing body of works is often praised for its elegance and emotion. A recent Guggenheim Fellow, she is also the recipient of the lifetime achievement award in music composition from The American Academy of Arts and Letters. Her music is commissioned and performed by leading musicians including the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Boston Symphony Chamber Players, Minnesota Orchestra, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Ensemble Reconsil Vienna, Aspen Music Festival, and multiple Grammy-award winning ensemble Eighth Blackbird. The Debrecen Passion, her album with Boston Modern Orchestra Project, was one of the Boston Globe’s Top Ten Classical Recordings of 2016. The title track was nominated for Classical Composition of the Year in the Juno Awards, the Canadian equivalent of the Grammy Awards. Works by Kati Agócs are published by Kati Agócs Music and distributed internationally by Theodore Front Musical Literature.