For the fourth time, students of our university took to the stage on the occasion of the KREaktív Talent Search Competition. On 19 October, as the opening event of the Károli Community Days, the participants showcased their talents at the Hungarian Theatre. Our international students performed brilliantly, winning in several categories and demonstrating the diversity and outstanding talent of Károli’s international student community. This year, all five faculties of the institution were represented at the event, and following the preliminary judging, 29 performances advanced to the final.
The 4th KREaktív Talent Search Competition is not merely an event serving as a platform for presenting numerous high-quality, sometimes tear-jerking performances, but also a true community occasion where students from different faculties could get to know one another, cheer each other on, and perhaps even make new friends. The event was opened by Rector László Trócsányi, who stated in his welcome speech that we all take part in the theatre called life, and that, as university students, one of the important roles in a person's life is played. The Rector emphasised that the Károli Community Days and the KREaktív Talent Search Competition provide a good opportunity for us to step outside the classroom and become part of a different kind of social life, one that is more than learning, where we can experience our belonging to one another and to the community in a different way.
Representing the Hungarian Theatre, Production Director Miklós Rázga welcomed the contestants and the university community.
Actor József Wunderlich, chairman of the jury, said during the announcement of the results that the jury had a very difficult task, as there were not only many performers, but they were also talented, diverse and varied. On behalf of the jury, he thanked everyone for all the beauty, delicacy, sensitivity and talent they had been able to hear and see that day.
The final results of the 4th KREaktív Talent Search Competition by category:
I. Poetry and Prose Recitation
1st place: Modester Nonye Alo, LL.M. in European and International Business Law (How to Carry a Home – original work)
2nd place: Duka Kunigunda Katalin, BA in German Studies (Nina's monologue – Chekhov: The Seagull)
3rd place: Kiss Réka Sára, BA in Psychology (Lőrinc Szabó: For Nothing, Completely)
II. Singing
1st place: Rex Oghenero Djagbo, BA in Psychology (James Blunt: Monsters)
2nd place: Locsodi-Nagy Karolina, BA in Kindergarten Education (Paulina Kocsis: Gift)
3rd place: Gönczi Borbála, BA in Human Resources (Green Light – original work)
III. Instrumental Music – Classical Music
1st place: Pucsok Tünde, undivided degree in Theology (Rachmaninoff: Prelude in C-sharp Minor, Op. 3, No. 2)
2nd place: Sas Veronika Luca, BA in Psychology, and Nagy Krisztina (Béla Bartók: Romanian Folk Dances)
3rd place: Klasszik Duó – Lőrincz Nikoletta, BA in Kindergarten Education, and Szelcsányi Ágnes (Habanera and the Gypsy Dance – Bizet: Carmen)
III. Instrumental Music – Popular Music
1st place: Neon Paper Birds – Jármi Bánk, Mahovics Gergő and Merucza Tibor Alex, undivided degree in Law, and Borka Zsombor and Saly Tamás (Ivan and the Parazol: Dirty Times)
2nd place: Nyáriszünet – Csémy Dávid, BA in Communication and Media Studies, Csémy Daniel, BA in International Relations, and Tóth Máté, Hevesi Sámuel and Gerencséry Erik (Together – original work)
3rd place: Bóka Patrik, BA in English Studies (YAIBA: Become the Wind)
IV. Dance
1st place: Cseh Dorottya Luca, BA in Communication and Media Studies (The Song of the Bells – original choreography)
2nd place: Moon&back – Balla Tünde, BA in Communication and Media Studies, and Pethes Boglárka (Survivor – original choreography)
3rd place: Varga Bence Miklós, BA in Recreation and Lifestyle (Kalotaszeg Men's Dance – original arrangement)
Audience Award
Paulik Gréta, a student in the Master's programme in Psychology, won with nearly 300 votes (Szilveszter Lévay – Michael Kunze: Mozart! (musical) – Gold of the Stars).
Special Awards
Duka Kunigunda Katalin received theatre tickets from actor Kata Bach. Opera singer Donatella Hunyadi awarded Riegler Csenge, a law student. Gergely Balla, frontman of the band Platon Karataev, presented Neon Paper Birds with a copy of the song lyric collection Partért kiáltó (Calling Out to the Shore). Dancer Berci Hegyes surprised Kis Ildikó, a law student, and her dance partner, Kecskeméthy Péter, with a private lesson. He also invited Prohászka Zsófi, a first-year Psychology student, to one of his group dance classes. Cellist Bence Bánkövi surprised Michael Halabi, a second-year Psychology student, with a truly special opportunity: as a prize, he offered to record a mini-album and create a Spotify profile. Bence Bánkövi also offered a podcast recording to Sas Veronika Luca and Nagy Krisztina, and invited Klasszik Duó to a concert. Actor József Wunderlich, chairman of the jury, gifted theatre tickets to Gönczi Borbála.
Our heartfelt congratulations to all our students, participants and contributors! See you next year!
