Cathedral Festival Bruges - Levente Kuzma (HU)

De Hongaarse organist Levente Kuzma was born in Gothenburg, Sweden. He began piano lessons at a young age with his father, Robert Kuzma, who also played the organ. He obtained a bachelor's degree in music pedagogy and two master's degrees in organ performance and organ pedagogy at the Universiteit van Szeged with organ teacher László Csanádi. Levente is also certified according to the method and art of Zoltán Kodály. He won prizes at numerous organ competitions, including the Organi Storici del Basso Friuli in Muzzana del Turgnano in 2009, the Internationale Orgelwedstrijd Vicenza in 2010, and the Alexander Goedicke Internationale Orgelwedstrijd in Moscow in 2011. He achieved first place at the international organ competition "Timorgelfest" in Timișoara (Romania) in 2009. Mr. Kuzma is a regular guest as a performer and pedagogue at notable music festivals around the world: Dillinger Orgelsommer and Ingolstadter Orgelsommer, TimOrgelfest, Podkarpacie Organ Festival, Orgelcomitee Melsele, Semana Internacional De Órgano De Madrid, Festival Organistico \"Harmonia Saeculi\" and \"Soli Deo Gloria\" Festival. He has performed with the Hongaars Nationaal Orkest, the Symfonieorkest van Szeged, and the Filharmonica Banatul Timisoara and the Filharmonica Arad in Romania. His repertoire extends from the Renaissance to the 21st century, including world premieres of works by Hungarian composers. Levente Kuzma is currently organ professor at the Béla Bartók Faculteit der Kunsten of the Universiteit van Szeged, music director of the Piarist Church in Szeged, and also director of the \"Lieto\" School for Music and Art. Since September 2018, Mr. Kuzma has been the artistic director of the Cathedral Concert Series in the Kathedraal van Onze-Our-Lady in Szeged. His debut solo album, Masterworks, was released in 2017 by Waltman's Artists (UK).