Hollerung Gábor
conductor
Place of Birth
Budapest
Date of Birth
1954
He studied choral and orchestral conducting at the Liszt Academy of Music and attended the master classes of Eric Ericson, Kurt Masur and László Somogyi. From 1979 he was the assistant conductor of the Miskolc Symphony Orchestra. He taught choral conducting and music theory at the music faulty of the University of Pécs, where he also conducted the female choir of the university. Parallel to this he was the conductor of the semi-professional symphony orchestra of the KPVDSZ. He has been the principal conductor of the Dohnányi Orchestra Budafok since 1989. Thanks to their rapid development under his hands, the amateur ensemble received a professional status in 1993, becoming the youngest professional symphony orchestra in Hungary. He has been the Music Director of the Budapest Academic Choral Society since 1980. He enjoyed a unique series of successes, winning first prizes at all recognised European choir competitions including the Grand Prix of the Béla Bartók International Choir Competition in Debrecen (Hungary). Under his leadership the BACS was awarded the title Choir of the World at the Llangollen International Choir Competition (Wales). He was awarded the prize for best conductor in Debrecen in 1984. He has toured all over the world with his ensembles. They gave many concerts in England, Spain, France, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, Taiwan, Australia and Mexico. His choir was among the 30 best choirs of the world to be invited to the 4th IFCM World Symposium on Choral Music in Sydney (Australia).
In addition to his European engagements as a guest conductor he is regularly invited to Israel, to Taiwan and to the United States. He appeared at such reputed concert halls as the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, De Doelen Rotterdam (the Netherlands), the Royal College of Music London (England), Frankfurter Alte Oper (Germany), Wiener Concerthaus (Austria), Palau de Música Valencia (Spain), the Henry Crown Symphonic Hall Jerusalem (Israel), the Sydney Opera House (Australia) and the Taipei National Concert Hall (Taiwan) just to name but a few. He is engaged in training young conductors and he has regularly given master classes on conducting since 1986 both in Hungary and abroad e.g.: Belgium, Finland, Germany, Taiwan and Israel. He led a master class at the IFCM European Symposium in Ljubljana in 1995.
In 1988 he initiated the foundation of a choir competition with a revolutionary new artistic concept in Budapest, which has grown to be an internationally renowned event series during the past decade. A whole family of choral events were born following the example of the Budapest International Choir Competition under the name Musica Mundi in Italy, Germany, Israel, and the United States. The greatest festival of the series was the 1st Choir Olympics in Linz (Austria) in the year 2000. Gábor Hollerung is one of the artistic directors of Interkultur International Music Competitions Foundation, the Musica Mundi International Choir Competitions and the Choir Olympics. He is the president of the Association of Hungarian Choir Competitions and Festivals founded in 1998.
Awards:
2004 Liszt Award
2015 Merited Artist
2023 Prima Primissima Audience Prize
In addition to his European engagements as a guest conductor he is regularly invited to Israel, to Taiwan and to the United States. He appeared at such reputed concert halls as the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, De Doelen Rotterdam (the Netherlands), the Royal College of Music London (England), Frankfurter Alte Oper (Germany), Wiener Concerthaus (Austria), Palau de Música Valencia (Spain), the Henry Crown Symphonic Hall Jerusalem (Israel), the Sydney Opera House (Australia) and the Taipei National Concert Hall (Taiwan) just to name but a few. He is engaged in training young conductors and he has regularly given master classes on conducting since 1986 both in Hungary and abroad e.g.: Belgium, Finland, Germany, Taiwan and Israel. He led a master class at the IFCM European Symposium in Ljubljana in 1995.
In 1988 he initiated the foundation of a choir competition with a revolutionary new artistic concept in Budapest, which has grown to be an internationally renowned event series during the past decade. A whole family of choral events were born following the example of the Budapest International Choir Competition under the name Musica Mundi in Italy, Germany, Israel, and the United States. The greatest festival of the series was the 1st Choir Olympics in Linz (Austria) in the year 2000. Gábor Hollerung is one of the artistic directors of Interkultur International Music Competitions Foundation, the Musica Mundi International Choir Competitions and the Choir Olympics. He is the president of the Association of Hungarian Choir Competitions and Festivals founded in 1998.
Awards:
2004 Liszt Award
2015 Merited Artist
2023 Prima Primissima Audience Prize
| Year | Title | Publisher | Code | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Purcell, J.S.Bach, Mozart, Rossini | Magánkiadás | |||
| 2017 | László Dubrovay: The Complete Piano Concertos | Hunnia Records | HRCD1737 |