Dukay Barnabás

Márta Ábrahám
A violonist with a mission

He is the founder and concertmaster of the Ábrahám Consort
A budapesti Liszt Ferenc Zeneművészeti Egyetem tanára
Baroque music specialist, Bach analyst
Creator of the Colorful BACH technique
Co-author of the book Details from Eternity (2017) and the sheet music series Special Edition of Bach’s Fugues For Solo Violin (2021)
Author of the Chaconne Handbook (2022)

From an early age, Márta Ábrahám studied with world-renowned violinists and masters such as Ruggiero Ricci, Nathan Milstein, David Takeno, Natasa Sós and Dénes Kovács. He has performed in 24 countries around the world, is a celebrated soloist in prestigious concert halls, and is one of the most versatile violinists of his generation. Since 2005, he has been a teacher at the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, in 2013 he obtained a doctorate and then a habilitation teaching degree. He regularly participates in judging international violin competitions. His main source of inspiration as a violinist and teacher is the music of J.S. Bach. He and the composer Barnabás Dukay have been passionately researching and analyzing the movements of Sonatas and partitas written for solo violin for more than ten years. Publishing the fascinating discoveries of the research, the book and sheet music editions are epoch-making results of 21st century Bach research. The scientifically sophisticated analysis of the three fugues and the Chaconne sheds light not only on the structural structure of the works, but also on their themes and symbolic meaning. Márta Ábrahám is committed to conveying the reinterpretation of Bach's works to her students and the public, both as a violinist and as a teacher.

Barnabás Dukay
Composer

A budapesti Liszt Ferenc Zeneművészeti Egyetem tanára
Bach Analyst
Percussion and keyboard performer
Winner of the Ferenc Erkel Prize and Bartók–Pásztory Prize, Merited Artist of Hungary
Full member of the Széchenyi Academy of Literature and Arts
Co-author of the book Details from Eternity (2017) and the sheet music series Special Edition of Bach’s Fugues For Solo Violin (2021)

Born in 1950 Dukay began his musical studies at the Music Secondary School of Győr under Ilona Unger (piano) and István Fekete Győr (composition). Between 1969 and 1974 he studied composition at the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music with Rezső Sugár, receiving his diploma in 1976. He was member of the New Music Studio from 1970 to 1990 working as composer and performer. He taught solfege and music theory at the Béla Bartók Conservatory from 1974 to 1991, then became a professor at the Department of Musical Theory of the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music. He received a Music Fellowship from the Soros Foundation in 1997 and was honoured with the Erkel Prize in 2000. He was awarded the Bartók-Pásztory Award in 2007.