Zoltán Borbély, university professor, organist, church musician

Zoltán Borbély (1977*) graduated from the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad, with Andrija Galun, and from the University of Arts in Graz, with Gunther Rost. At the Johann Joseph Fux Conservatory in Graz, he studied harpsichord and thoroughbass with Konstanze Rieckh. He has participated in numerous master classes in Austria, Germany and France. Since 1993, he has been a liturgical organist at the Name of Mary Church in Novi Sad and the Franciscan Church in Graz, to name a few. Since 2008, Borbély has been professor of organ at the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad. Since 2011, he has been the president of the Cor Jesu Foundation in Senta, the artistic director of the festival of church music in Senta and the coordinator of the technical improvement project for the organ at The Heart of Jesus Church in Senta. He has performed in eight European countries and North America. As a soloist he had collaboration among others with the Szeged Symphonic Orchestra, the Philharmonic of North Macedonia, as well as the Choir and Orchestra of the Radio Television of Serbia. After 25 years of concert-performing activity, he has no desire to realize such kind of artistic projects for the time being. Currently he studies composition on the Academy of Arts Novi Sad in the class of Zoran Mulić.