Soprano Agnes Kovacs was born in Budapest and comes from a family of musicians. After
studying conducting at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, where she graduated with
honours in 2003, she studied singing with Heidrun Kordes at the Frankfurt University of Music and
Performing Arts, for which she was awarded the Hungarian State Eötvös Scholarship. She
supplemented her studies with masterclasses with Anna Reynolds, Walter Moore, Beata Heuer-
Christen, Helen Donath, Edith Wiens, Nancy Argenta, Anna Korondi and Jonathan Alder.

Agnes Kovacs has worked with conductors such as Howard Armann, Ivor Bolton, Olof Boman,
Jonathan Cohen, Ivan Fischer, Nicolas McGegan, Thomas Hengelbrock, Aapo Häkkinen, Riccardo
Minasi, Helmuth Rilling, Christoph Rousset, Michael Schneider, Steven Sloane and György
Vashegyi. She has performed with orchestras such as the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin,
Balthasar Neumann Ensemble, Berliner Philharmoniker, B`Rock Orchestra, Festival Orchestra
Budapest, Helsinki Baroque Orchestra, Konzerthausorchester Berlin, NDR Sinfonieorchester, MDR
Sinfonieorchester, Les Talens Lyriques, Orchestra of the Hungarian Radio and the Orfeo Orchestra
Budapest. Guest engagements have already taken the soprano to renowned festivals such as the
Musikfest Berlin, the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, the Rheingau Music Festival and the
Salzburger Festspiele.
She cooperates with outstanding chamber music partners such as Malcolm Bilson and the Lied
pianist Hilko Dumno.

Current CD releases:
Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel: “Ein Lämmlein geht und trägt die Schuld” , Glossamusic 2018, György
Vashegyi, Orfeo Orchester (World premiere recording)
Gregor Joseph Werner: “Der gute Hirt”, Accent 2019, György Vashegyi, Orfeo Orchester (World
premiere recording)
Schumann: Missa Sacra, Sony Classical 2020, Thomas Hengelbrock, Balthasar-Neumann-
Ensemble.
Graun-Bach-Telemann: Wer ist der so von Edom kömmt 2021, Glossamusic, György Vashegyi,
Orfeo Orchester

In preparation:
Georg Philipp Telemann: Kantaten - Französischer Jahrgang 1714/1715 Vol. 3., 2024,
Gutenberg Soloists, Neumeyer Consort, Felx Koch, SWR-CPO (World premiere recording)
Georg Philipp Telemann: Kantaten - Französischer Jahrgang 1714/1715 Vol. 4., 2025,
Gutenberg Soloists, Neumeyer Consort, Felx Koch, SWR-CPO (World premiere recording)