Csányi Valéria
conductor, chorus master
Place of Birth
Budapest
Date of Birth
1958
Born in Budapest in 1958, Valéria Csányi completed her piano studies at the Bartók Conservatory in 1977, continuing at the Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, where she gained her chorus-master degree in 1982 and conducting degree in 1984, with further study in Vienna and Salzburg.
In 1983 she joined the Hungarian State Opera, first as a répétiteur, later as conductor. Since 1995 she has worked mainly in ballet, having been appointed First Ballet Conductor in 2003. Her career has brought tours with the Hungarian State Opera and a number of appearances with the Stockholm Strauss Orchestra. For Naxos she has recorded the operetta Fürstin Ninetta by Johann Strauss II and King Stephen by Ferenc Erkel.
In 1983 she joined the Hungarian State Opera, first as a répétiteur, later as conductor. Since 1995 she has worked mainly in ballet, having been appointed First Ballet Conductor in 2003. Her career has brought tours with the Hungarian State Opera and a number of appearances with the Stockholm Strauss Orchestra. For Naxos she has recorded the operetta Fürstin Ninetta by Johann Strauss II and King Stephen by Ferenc Erkel.