Szeged Symphony Orchestra

The Szeged Symphony Orchestra is an orchestra based in Szeged, Hungary.

WWW symph-szeged.hu

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.
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
2008−2018 Sándor Gyüdi

Guest conductors have included Karl Richter, Alexander Frey, Lamberto Gardelli, Carlo Zecchi, Roberto Benzi, Libor Pešek, Zoltán Kocsis, Tamás Vásáry and Günter Neuhold.
The orchestra has toured to Europe, Taiwan, Singapore, China and Brazil, and has made records for Hungaroton. Other records include Dvorák Violin & Cello Concertos, Kabalevsky Symphonies, Liszt piano concertos, Dohnányi, Mozart piano concertos, Ravel, Roussel, Ives, Debussy and Bartók.