The soprano Mária Zádori is a soloist of the Hungarian National Philharmonic Agency. She is also a founding member of the Ars Renata Vocal Ensemble, a group specialising in Renaissance and early Baroque music. She appears frequently in the major European early music festivals of Regensburg, Halle, Innsbruck, Göttingen and Utrecht. She has worked regularly with the Capella Savaria Baroque Orchestra since its founding, and recorded a number of discs with them, including J.C. Bach’s Vauxhall Songs, J.S. Bach’s Wedding Cantatas, motets by Vivaldi, Psalms by Marcello and other sacred music by Mozart and Pergolesi. Mária Zádori was awarded the Liszt prize in 1989. She performs regularly throughout Hungary, Austria, Poland and Germany where the purity of her voice and innate musicality have gained her the highest praise.