Réka Nagy tenor viola da gamba

Réka Nagy is a Hungarian viola da gamba and Baroque cello player, currently completing her master’s studies at the Universität Mozarteum Salzburg under the guidance of Vittorio Ghielmi and Marco Testori. Before specialising in early music, she earned degrees in cello performance and music education at the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music in Budapest.
 
For many years, Réka has been the solo viola da gamba and continuo player of the Orfeo Orchestra, and she has recorded several French Baroque operas in collaboration with the Centre de musique baroque de Versailles. She has performed with early music ensembles across Europe, including I Barocchisti, Concerto Spiralis, Collegium Marianum, BachWerkVokal Salzburg, and the Budapest Bach Consort, and has appeared as a soloist with both the aforementioned Orfeo Orchestra and the Savaria Baroque Orchestra.
 
She has drawn inspiration from masterclasses with distinguished musicians such as Bruno Cocset, Balázs Máté, Christoph Urbanetz, Enrico Onofri, Lucile Boulanger, Mónika Tóth, and François Lazarevitch.
 
Teaching is also an important part of her work. Réka has taught viola da gamba and Baroque chamber music at the Crescendo Summer Institute on two occasions. Since the summer of 2023, she has led the Basso Continuo for Strings masterclass at the Early Music Days in Vác.