Melinda Kothencz – I was born 1974, in Budapest. My interest in music and the arts manifested early on.  I initiated my musical studies in Kiskőrös and later completed my high school and university years in Szeged. In 1998, I graduated from the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music in Szeged with an excellent qualification as an oboist, and oboe professor.

During my university years, I was a permanent collaborator with the Musica Parlante and Weiner Leó Chamber Orchestras. In 1990, I served as the principal oboist of the European Youth Orchestra in Darmstadt, Germany. From 1993 to 2001, I was a member of the Salieri Chamber Orchestra and the Orchestra of the Szeged National Theatre and Open-Air Plays. These orchestras performed successful concerts and opera productions in various European countries, including Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Norway, Spain, and the Netherlands. I attended the Baja Pro Musica International Summer Academy several times and actively participated in masterclasses by Nicholas Daniel (UK), Hadady László (FR), and Rong Yi Liu (Korea).

In 2001, I obtained a teaching position at the Liszt Ferenc Music School in Szekszárd, where I taught flute and oboe. I also taught oboe, chamber music, music theory, and previously music management at the Pécs School of Arts and Crafts, where I currently teach. From 2008 to the present, I have been a flute and oboe teacher at the Pécs Kontrasztok Artistic School. From 2010 to 2012, I actively participated in Pécs musical life as a member of the Pannon Philharmonic Orchestra. From 2014 to 2019, I held the position of deputy director and head of music education at the Pécs School of Arts. Since 2002, I have been an active teacher in the career orientation program of the Pécs School of Arts, and since 2010, I have been the school’s contact person for the Talent Point program. 

In 2019, with my organization, the X. National Oboe Camp took place in Pécs. I have served as a jury member in various music competitions, regional and national, and as a member of the international jury of the Serbian National Oboe Competition in Belgrade.

As a mentor teacher for the Messzehangzó Talents Foundation and the Géniusz Mentor Network, I am actively involved in talent-supporting work. In 2002, with my husband, Radics Miroslav, a clarinet teacher and clarinet professor, and we founded the Művészfaragó Cultural Association, which supports disadvantaged talented students with mentorship and professional background.

Personal Awards:

Csupor László Regional Woodwind Competition Kaposvár- Teacher Preparation Award

XV. National Oboe Competition Veszprém- Teacher Preparation Award

Rotary Award – Active Humanism

MOL Talent Development Award (Masterm Award)

XIII. National Oboe Competition Sopron- Teacher Preparation Award

VII. National Chamber Music Competition Szeged- Teacher Preparation Award

Ohrid Pearls International Music Competition Macedonia – Teacher Preparation Award

Bonis Bona – For the Nation’s Talents Award

National Professional Award Budapest- Hungarian Oboe Society

National Chamber Music Competition 1st Prize Budapest

Concertino Praga International Music Competition- Honorable Prize

My students have won numerous awards in various competitions, and many of them have been accepted into prestigious music institutions.

My students have participated in masterclasses led by prominent musicians such as Hadady László (professor at the Conservatoire de Paris), Lencsés Lajos (principal oboist of the Stuttgart Radio Orchestra), Kiss József (professor at the Detmold Academy of Music), Bartók Tamás (oboist of the Porto Symphony Orchestra), Hideki Machida (oboe artist with the Orchester Jakobsplatz München), Clara Dent-Boganyi (principal oboist of the Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester Berlin), and Kai Frömbgen (professor at the Düsseldorf Robert Schumann Hochschule).

In addition to regular orchestral performances, I currently teach students aged 7 to 19 in four different schools.