Soprano Agnes Zsigovics' voice has been described as "hauntingly beautiful, creamy, velvety, bell-like" (The Morning Call, 2010) and "a dream to experience" (The Record, 2009). A master's graduate of the University of Toronto, Agnes Zsigovics has toured internationally, appearing with leading choirs and orchestras across Canada, the United States, Europe and South America. Ms. Zsigovics made her debut with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra in Bach's St. John Passion under the direction of Maestro Helmuth Rilling in 2007.


The Sony Classical/BMG CD: The Voice of Bach on which Ms. Zsigovics appears in duet with Daniel Taylor was nominated for a Juno award in 2009. She also appears on The Ottawa Bach Choir's most recent CD entitled Jesu meine Freude.


Some of her most recent engagements include the Bethlehem Bach Festival where she performed Pergolesi's Stabat Mater with Daniel Taylor, as well as Bach's Mass in b minor, Magnificat and Cantata 147.


"I recall a ring of my mother's, a basket-weave pattern of strands of silver and gold, the two metals intertwined in a tight embrace. That's the best way I can describe the melding of the voices of countertenor Daniel Taylor and soprano Agnes Zsigovics in Giovanni Battista Pergolesi's Stabat Mater. The Stabat Mater, in its festival debut, was for me the highlight of an entire evening of lovingly performed music."(The Morning Call, 2010)

Other recent performances include Bach's St. John Passion with Chorus Niagara, Bach's Christmas Oratorio under the baton of Maestro Rilling in Stuttgart, Handel's Salve Regina and Dixit Dominus with the Toronto Chamber Choir and Allegri's Miserere with The Ottawa Bach Choir.


She has also performed Bach's St. John Passion with the Toronto Bach Consort under the direction of Yannick Nezet-Seguin and Handel's Messiah with the Windsor Symphony Orchestra as well as the Bach Elgar Choir and Chorus Niagara.


Ms. Zsigovics was a regular guest artist at the Ottawa Chamber Music Festival where she performed in concerts with Nancy Argenta, Daniel Taylor, James Bowman and Charles Daniels; her performance was called "ravishing" (Ottawa Citizen). Since the summer of 2005, she has been a guest artist in Maestro Helmuth Rilling's prestigious summer program and a regular soprano soloist under Maestro Rilling in the Toronto International Bach Festival Cantata Lecture Series.


Some of the highlights of Ms. Zsigovics' 2010-2011 season include a tour with the Ottawa Bach Choir, a recital for the Primavera Concert Series in St. Catherine's, a CBC recording of Buxtehude and Bach, a recording and tour of Bach's St. John Passion with Les Voix Baroques and the Arion Baroque Orchestra and a concert at Carnegie Hall, New York.

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