Budafok Dohnányi Orchestra A Zeneakadémia saját szervezésű programja

This season the educational series of the Budafok Dohnányi Orchestra conducted by Gábor Hollerung pays tribute to ‘Global Citizens of Hungarian Music’. This concert remembers István Kertész, one of the most phenomenally talented Hungarian conductors of the 20th century, who died tragically at the peak of his career, aged just 44 (he drowned while swimming in Israel). A student of Kodály and Weiner at the Liszt Academy, he emigrated in early 1957, received a scholarship in Rome, after which he worked in German theatres, debuting at the Salzburg Festival in 1961. Afterwards he regularly conducted the greatest orchestras (in Berlin, London, Israel and elsewhere). By the 1970s he had become one of the most sought-after conductors and had made many legendary recordings, including Rossini’s Stabat Mater. This is the work that has been chosen to recall his memory, performed by Gábor Hollerung and his ensemble along with selected soloists.