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This is the Artist Database of BMC, which includes information about composers, musicians, orchestras, choirs and groups that are either Hungarian or Hungarian by origin or live in Hungary, as well as information about releases recorded with them.

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Záborszky Kálmán

conductor, cello
Place of Birth
Budapest
Date of Birth
1947
 
Cellist and conductor Kálmán Záborszky studied at the Budapest and then, the Vienna Music Academies. He taught chamber music and cello at the Pécs Academy, later moving to the Budapest Bartók Conservatoire. He is currently the director of the St Stephen Music School. Since 1968, he has worked with the St Stephen Orchestra, formed by his father, of which he is now the conductor. Since 1981, he has been the conductor of the Oratorio Choir as well. He has held courses in Austria and Finland and helped initiate the Tihany Festival.

Prizes:

1990 Artisjus Prize
2000 László Lajtha Prize
2002 Apáczai Prize
2007 Prima Primissima Prize
2012 Liszt Prize
2015 Merited Artist
2018 Excellent Artist
2023 Kossuth Prize