Erdélyi Miklós
conductor
Place of Birth
Budapest
Date of Birth
1928
9 February 1928 Budapest – 1 September 1993 Budapest
He studied in Budapest at the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music between 1946 and 1951, and he was pupil of András Zalánfy (organ department), János Ferencsik (conductor training department) and Rezső Kókai (composing department).
His career launched 1947 in the Comic Opera of Budapest, where he debuted with Donizetti’s Elixir of love. After the Comic Opera was closed down, he became conductor of the Harmony Concerto Orchestra between 1949 and 1951. From 1950 to 1951 he worked as deputy leader of the Hungarian Radio Chorus. From 1951 he was répétiteur of the Budapest State Opera and soon he became one of the most engaged conductors. His first independent premiere was Cosi fan tutte on 24 November, 1960. Many remarkable premieres are related to his name, like András Mihály’s Together and alone (1967), Monteverdi’s Coronation of Poppea (1968), György Ránki’s Tragedy of man (1969). He mainly had outstanding success with Mozart’s operas.
He frequently performed abroad. In 1969 he co-operated on the recording of Prokofiev’s War and Piece, requested by the Radio of Rome. He was guest conductor at the Berlin Philharmonics, the Bamberg Symphonic and the Hamburg Radio Orchestra as well. He was also constant guest conductor at the Symphonic Orchestra of the Dutch Radio between 1979 and 1982, then at the Jomiuri Nippon Symphonic Orchestra of Tokio from 1986. His great knowledge of styles and literacy in music history and literature made him a versatile conductor. His monograph on Franz Schubert was published in 1963.
Signs of appreciation of his activity are many awards, including the Liszt Prize (1960), the title Merited Artist (1967), the Kossuth Prize (1975) and the title Excellent Artist (1985). In 1993 he was awarded with Béla Bartók-Ditta Pásztory Prize.
He studied in Budapest at the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music between 1946 and 1951, and he was pupil of András Zalánfy (organ department), János Ferencsik (conductor training department) and Rezső Kókai (composing department).
His career launched 1947 in the Comic Opera of Budapest, where he debuted with Donizetti’s Elixir of love. After the Comic Opera was closed down, he became conductor of the Harmony Concerto Orchestra between 1949 and 1951. From 1950 to 1951 he worked as deputy leader of the Hungarian Radio Chorus. From 1951 he was répétiteur of the Budapest State Opera and soon he became one of the most engaged conductors. His first independent premiere was Cosi fan tutte on 24 November, 1960. Many remarkable premieres are related to his name, like András Mihály’s Together and alone (1967), Monteverdi’s Coronation of Poppea (1968), György Ránki’s Tragedy of man (1969). He mainly had outstanding success with Mozart’s operas.
He frequently performed abroad. In 1969 he co-operated on the recording of Prokofiev’s War and Piece, requested by the Radio of Rome. He was guest conductor at the Berlin Philharmonics, the Bamberg Symphonic and the Hamburg Radio Orchestra as well. He was also constant guest conductor at the Symphonic Orchestra of the Dutch Radio between 1979 and 1982, then at the Jomiuri Nippon Symphonic Orchestra of Tokio from 1986. His great knowledge of styles and literacy in music history and literature made him a versatile conductor. His monograph on Franz Schubert was published in 1963.
Signs of appreciation of his activity are many awards, including the Liszt Prize (1960), the title Merited Artist (1967), the Kossuth Prize (1975) and the title Excellent Artist (1985). In 1993 he was awarded with Béla Bartók-Ditta Pásztory Prize.