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Agócs, Kati
Composer Kati Agócs (kuh-tee ah-goch) was born 1975 in Windsor, Canada, of Hungarian and American background. Bridging the gap between lapidary rigor and sensuous lyricism, her music has been hailed as original, daring and from the heart. She is fast gaining recognition as a significant voice of the younger generation. Recent commissions include St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble, Da Capo Chamber Players, PRISM Saxophone Quartet, pianist Fredrik Ullén, New York City Ballet's Choreographic Institute, Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra, New Juilliard Ensemble, and The Juilliard School (for its annual Irene Diamond Concert). Her music has been broadcast nationally on National Public Radio and, in Canada, on the CBC.Awards include a Fulbright Fellowship, a Charles Ives Scholarship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, a Jacob K. Javits Fellowship from the United States Department of Education, a Presser Foundation Award, USA International Harp Competition’s Composition Contest and honors from ASCAP in their Morton Gould Young Composer Awards (for her piano trio Caritas). Residencies include The Dartington International Music Festival (Dartington, U.K.), The Norfolk Chamber Music Festival (Yale Summer School of Music), Aspen Music Festival’s Composition Master Class with Christopher Rouse and James McMillan, and The Virginia Arts Festival. On two separate occasions while attending Juilliard, Kati Agócs had her orchestral works premiered by The Juilliard Symphony in Alice Tully Hall as a winner of the annual Composer’s Competition. In 2004, she spearheaded a groundbreaking exchange program between Juilliard and the Liszt Academy in Budapest, Hungary. Kati Agócs holds the Doctor of Musical Arts degree from The Juilliard School. She is also an alumna of the Aspen Music School, Lester B. Pearson College of the Pacific, and Sarah Lawrence College, all of which she attended on full scholarship. Her principal composition teachers are Milton Babbitt, Robert Beaser, George Tsontakis, and Zoltán Jeney.
Kati Agócs performs regularly as a soprano singer in New York and in various venues in Europe. She starred in Eve Sussman's film Solace, premiered at New York's Museum of Modern Art in 2004, and in Ridge Theater's Obie-winning production of Mac Wellman's Jennie Richee.