Bálint Karosi

Bálint Karosi organist is known for his historical organ improvisations and his interpretation of the music of J. S. Bach, but he is an avid interpreter of a wide variety of organ repertoire, including new works. He is the winner of the 2008 International Bach Competition in Leipzig, Germany.

Bálint Karosi has a special interest in writing new music for period instruments and creative combinations of acoustic instruments and voices, especially for his own instruments the organ and clarinet. He has had commissions form the Hungarian State Opera, the Boston Modern Orchestra Project and the Spectrum Symphony of New York.

Bálint Karosi has conducted about forty of Bach’s cantatas, his two passions, Kodaly’s Psalmus Hungaricus at Lincoln Center and his own works at the Hungarian National Concert Hall and at Sprague Hall at Yale University. He currently serves as Cantor at Saint Peter’s Church in New York City.