Dr. Bálint Karosi has been cantor and director of music, classical at Saint Peter’s Church in Midtown Manhattan since 2015. He is known for his interpretation of Bach’s organ music, his Baroque-style improvisations, and his compositions, which include an eclectic reconstruction of J. S. Bach’s St Mark’s Passion BWV 247, five organ concerti, cantatas, choral, orchestral, and various instrumental works. His Toccata in Memory of Bartók was the compulsory work for the 2022 National Young Artists Competition in Organ Performance (NYACOP) competition; his Kodály Triptych won the first prize of the Hungarian Philharmonia’s 2022 composition competition; and his organ concerto Syöjätär was awarded the Kaija Saarijaho prize in Helsinki, Finland in 2023. Dr. Karosi earned his D.M.A. in composition at the Yale School of Music in 2017.
