Chroma's first summer ran from 9 to 19 July 2026 at the Bartók Béla Music Institute in Miskolc. Students worked with the piano and composition faculty in individual lessons, masterclasses and seminars, performed in the festival's concert series, and gave a public open-air concert in the centre of Miskolc. Composers heard their scores played by the festival's performing artists.
What follows is who was there, and what it looked like.
Ethan Aguilar
San Antonio, TX
Susan Bernard
Perrysburg, OH
Vivian Chou
Taiwan
Maria Drakontou
Kavala, Greece
Vincy Fung
Los Angeles, CA
Jim Horwitz
Cleveland, OH
Anne Hunter
Cleveland, OH
İdil Küner
Istanbul, Turkey
Clara Moniz
Toronto, Canada
Perry Moskowitz
Ipswich, MA
Luke Reske
St. Louis, MO
Linda Singer
Fair Lawn, NJ
Shuai Wang
Artistic Director
Robert Satterlee
Piano Faculty, Composition Ensemble
Kate Boyd
Piano Faculty
Hsin-Ni Liu
Piano Faculty
Catherine Kautsky
Piano Faculty
Geoffrey Burleson
Piano Faculty, Composition Ensemble
Yerin Kim
Piano Faculty, Composition Ensemble
Brendan Shea
Composition Ensemble
Brad Cherwin
Composition Ensemble
Andrew Rindfleisch
Composition Faculty
Maria Tegzes
Guest Artist
Bálint Zsoldos
Piano Guest Artist
"My favorite part of the festival has been the piano masterclasses. It is very informative to see the art of interpretation played out in front of you. To see great pianists interpret great works really helps me know how better to write for the piano."
Josh Beacom
Composition Institute · North Canton, Ohio · Chroma 2026
"My favorite part of the festival has been the student recitals and the composition forum. They are both opportunities where I get to see other people's works, their compositions, and playing things they have been working on for months and months. It is so great to be inspired by what other people are doing."
Clara Moniz
Composition Institute · Toronto, Canada · Chroma 2026
"We have a lot of masterclasses, lectures and individual lessons, and we are also doing duo-piano work. So we get to work with and collaborate with a lot of people, and we get a lot of perspectives from each other."
İdil Küner
Young Artist Program · Istanbul, Turkey · Chroma 2026
"The lectures we have here are very career-oriented, by people that have just gotten into this career. It is very interesting for us, being at school and seeing the next level of this journey."
Maria Drakontou
Young Artist Program · Kavala, Greece · Chroma 2026
Moments from the inaugural festival — masterclasses and recitals at the Bartók Institute, and the public concert in Miskolc's main square.
Dates, faculty and applications for Chroma 2027 will be announced here.
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