Dr. Ádám-Sándor Fazakas – Lecturer
Assistant Lecturer
Contact:
adam.fazakas@ubbcluj.ro
fzksadam@gmail.com
Academic Degree: PhD
Academic Position: Assistant Lecturer
Courses Taught: Organ, Liturgical Accompaniment, Piano
Academic Employment:
Since 2022 – Faculty of Reformed Theology and Music, Babeș-Bolyai University.
Previous Employment:
2015–2024 – Reformed Parish of Cluj-Napoca–Dâmbul Rotund, Cantor and Choir Director.
Education:
2020–2025 – National Academy of Music “Gheorghe Dima”, Sigismund Toduță Doctoral School (Cluj-Napoca, Romania), PhD.
Research topic: The Revival of the Harmonium in the Twenty-First Century.
2016–2018 – National Academy of Music “Gheorghe Dima”, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, Master’s Degree in Musical Performance, Organ.
2012–2016 – National Academy of Music “Gheorghe Dima”, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, Bachelor’s Degree in Musical Performance, Organ.
2008–2012 – Kodály Zoltán Secondary School of Music, Debrecen, Hungary, Organ.
Additional Qualifications:
2022 – Special Needs Education Teacher (Pedagog de recuperare), European Counselling and Study Centre.
2015 – Cantor’s Certificate, Cantor Training Institute of the Reformed Church District of Dunamellék, Budapest, Hungary
2012, 2016 – International Early Music Masterclasses, Vannes, France.
Concert Activity (Organ, Harmonium and Chamber Music):
Romania: Cluj-Napoca, Zalău, Oradea, Arad, Timișoara, Cisnădioara, Turda, Târgu Mureș, Râșnov, Sfântu Gheorghe, Miercurea Ciuc.
Hungary: Debrecen, Budapest, Szeged, Dévaványa.
Italy: Bologna.
Germany: Ingelheim.
France: Quelven, Carnac, Obernai.
Republic of Moldova: Chișinău.
Invited Harmonium Masterclasses:
2025 – Faculty of Music, University of Debrecen.
2026 – Béla Bartók Faculty of Arts, University of Szeged.
Awards:
2015 – Hans Peter Türk Prize, Timorgelfest International Organ Competition, Timișoara.
Publications
- The Use of the Harmonium in Opera. Studia UBB Musica, LXIX(1), 2024, pp. 181–196.
https://doi.org/10.24193/subbmusica.2024.1.13 - The Evolution of the Harmonium: From Ancient China to Beloved Instrument in France. Studia UBB Musica, LXIX(1), 2024, pp. 229–240.
https://doi.org/10.24193/subbmusica.2024.1.17 - The Evolution and Technical Refinement of the Harmonium in the 19th and 20th Centuries. Studia UBB Musica, 2026.
https://studia.reviste.ubbcluj.ro/index.php/subbmusica/article/view/10509/10173
Conference Presentations:
2023 – Anglo-Saxon Hymn Arrangements, Church Music Conference, Cluj-Napoca.
2022 – The Possibilities of the Harmonium in the Liturgical Space, Church Music Conference, Cluj-Napoca.
Other Professional Activities:
Regular concert performances in Romania and abroad.
Collection and restoration of keyboard instruments.
Online Presence
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@fazakasadam9330
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adamusic_93/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fazakas.adam