Pinchas Steinberg and the Symphony Orchestra of the Liszt Academy A Zeneakadémia saját szervezésű programja

Conductor Pinchas Steinberg, who was born in Israel, has been leading the orchestra of the Philharmonic Society since 2014. He pursued his music studies in the US and Berlin, where he first conducted in front of an audience in 1974. Since then he has guided virtually all the major symphony orchestras of Europe and taken to the stage of the biggest-name opera houses (Covent Garden, Paris Opera House, Munich Opera House) as guest artist. He debuted at Milan’s La Scala in 2010, where he conducted a series of three concerts. Since first appearing in Cleveland he has been a regular guest at American music forums. He was music director of the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra for seven years. He compiled the programme of Liszt and Wagner works on the occasion of Ferenc Liszt’s birthday for the Liszt Academy Symphony Orchestra, which he directs for the first time. Cooperation with the maestro represents a significant challenge for students because there have been few more virtuoso orchestral works written than the overture to The Mastersingers of Nuremberg, while Isolde’s Love-Death is a highly demanding composition both technically and emotionally. Soloist of the Liszt piano concerto is László Váradi, who celebrates his 20th birthday in 2015; he attended the class for outstandingly talented musicians of the Liszt Academy and is currently a first-year student at the Budapest institution.