Festival Artists
Image courtesy of Budapest Music Center, Hungary

Festival Artists

2026 Signs, Games, & Messages Festival Artists

Benjamin Hochman, Festival Artistic Director
Demian Austin
Demian Austin
Trombone
Lucy Fitz Gibbon
Lucy Fitz Gibbon
Soprano
Ryan McCullough
Ryan McCullough
Piano
Benjamin Appl
Benjamin Appl
Baritone
Benjamin Hochman
Benjamin Hochman
Piano
Marcus Rojas
Marcus Rojas
Tuba
James Baillieu
James Baillieu
Piano
András Kemenes
András Kemenes
Piano
András Szalai 
András Szalai 
Cimbalom
Luosha Fang
Luosha Fang
Violin
Alexandra Knoll
Alexandra Knoll
Oboe

The 2026 festival will also feature additional faculty and students of the Bard College Conservatory of Music.

  
The Kurtág Festival has been permanently endowed through the generous support of László Z. Bitó '60 and Olivia Cariño.