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The Hungarian soprano, Orsika Pataki-Tóth, started to show an interest in music at a young age. She has been dealing with singing and playing the guitar since her secondary school years. At the Conservatoire in Szeged she was Andrea Bozóki’s student (Class of 2005); then she graduated with honours as guitarist from Béla Bartók Institute of Music, Miskolc University (Classof 2008), as a student of Sándor Papp and as a private student of Jozef Zsapka, Ede Roth, Norma Lutzemberger and Ramiro Martinez Pina. Her teachers at Szeged University, where her major was solo singing, were Edit D. Szécsi, Mária Temesi and Ilona Adorján. She got her degree in art of singing in 2005. She has improved her skills at several master’s courses and as a private student of Adrienne Csengery, Julia Hamari, László Polgar, Éva Marton, Katalin Halmai and László Kéringer. She has participated in several prominent competitions. In 2000 she was rewarded with the Extra Prize in the 2nd Simándy Competition and in 2004 she became the third.
Orsika Pataki-Tóth regularly takes part in significant events of Hungarian music and cultural life, besides which she has also accepted invitations from abroad including Denmark, Germany, China, Romania and USA. Toledo City Council declared her as an Honorary Citizen of the City of Toledo in 2008. She performed with László Kéringer in Istanbul Opus Amadeus Festival in 2017.
Orsika Pataki-Tóth taught at the Liszt Ferenc Music Academy of Budapest from 2018 (September 2018-June 2024). She currently studies there Music mentor and practice leader (September 2024-June 2026)
The programme in her solo concerts contains popular and classical opera hits, songs and pieces rooted in folk music by contemporary Hungarian composers sung in their original and Hungarian languages. It is unique in her concerts that she sings popular classical songs, while playing the guitar. She is a solo singer of Symphonic Orchestra István Vántus (Szeged), Presto Ensamble (Budapest) and Albinoni Orchestra (Budapest). She currently lives in Budapest, Hungary. |
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"The twenty-five year old Orsika Tóth has such a bright and penetrating soprano voice that shows the greatest hopes to her. While singing the first aria of Mimi’s in Puccini’s La Bohème, the wonderful and young singer made an Italian-sounding impression. Then she showed her wide lyrical scale in Lauretta’s aria by Gianni Schicchi." - Criticism of concerts in the Váci Napló, 2006
"Orsika Tóth, a captivating soprano from Budapest, fascinated the audience in the Mosaikken by the wide scale of her talent in singing." - Denmark, 2004 |
