Bényi Tibor
conductor, cello
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Cellist Tibor Bényi founded the Salzburg Festival Orchestra in 2001 and remains its director. He completed his studies at the Franz Liszt Music Academy but has lived in Salzburg since 1991. He twice won the Hungarian International Cello Competition (1978, 1984). He regularly sits on competition juries and since 1998, has conducted masterclasses in Bolzano. He is the conductor and soloist of the Salzbug Mozart Chamber Orchestra and the artistic director of the Chamber Music Academy.