The Szeged Symphony Orchestra (''Szegedi Szimfonikus Zenekar'') is an
orchestra based in
Szeged,
Hungary.
History
The Szeged Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1969 by Viktor Vaszy, and is active both in the concert hall and for operatic performances in Szeged.
[Conrad Mátra. Note for Hungaroton SLPX; Liszt Hungarian Rhapsodies, 1979.]
Since 2012 it has been titled Hungarian National Symphony Orchestra Szeged.
Principal conductors
*1969−1975 Viktor Vaszy
*1975−83 Tamás Pál
*1983−89 Géza Oberfrank
*1989−91 Tamás Pál
*1991−99
Ervin Acél
*1999−2008, 2018− Sándor Gyüdi
Managing directors
*2008−2013 Gábor Baross
*2013−2018 Győző Lukácsházi
Music directors
*1999−2004
Ervin Lukács
*2004−2007
János Fürst
János Fürst (8 August 1935 – 3 January 2007) was a Hungarian-born conductor and violinist.
Biography
Fürst originally studied the violin at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in his native Budapest. After the 1956 Soviet invasion of Hun ...
*2008−2018 Sándor Gyüdi
Guest conductors have included
Karl Richter,
Alexander Frey,
Lamberto Gardelli
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,
Carlo Zecchi
Carlo Zecchi (8 July 190331 August 1984) was an Italian pianist, music teacher and conductor.
Zecchi was born in Rome. A pupil of F. Baiardi for piano and of L. Refice and A. Bustini for composition, he began his career as a concert pianist at o ...
,
Roberto Benzi
Roberto Benzi (born 1937) is a French conductor and former child actor.
Early life
Roberto Benzi was born on December 12, 1937, in Marseille, France.
His parents discovered his musicality when he was very young, and taught him solfège and piano. ...
,
Libor Pešek
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,
Zoltán Kocsis,
Tamás Vásáry
Tamás Vásáry (; born 11 August 1933) is a Hungarian concert pianist and conductor.
Biography and career
Vásáry was born in Debrecen, Hungary, and made his stage debut at the age of 8, performing Mozart's Piano Concerto in D major, K.107 ...
and
Günter Neuhold
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Born in Graz, he attended the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Graz and graduated in 1968 with a master's degree. He later studied conducting with Franco Ferrara i ...
.
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The orchestra has toured to Europe, Taiwan, Singapore, China and Brazil, and has made records for Hungaroton (Liszt, Madarász).
References
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Hungarian orchestras
Musical groups established in 1969