Kovács László
conductor
Place of Birth
Nyíregyháza
Date of Birth
1956
After his studies at the Franz Liszt Music Academy in Budapest, he made his conducting debut at the Hungarian State Opera in his early twenties. After graduation he studied at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow and at the Bolchoi Theater with Yuri Simonov. In 1986 he won the János Ferencsik Memorial Prize and was the guest of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in England. Since 1984 he has been the artistic director and principal conductor of the North-Hungarian Symphony Orchestra of Miskolc, and due to his mastership he raised them to the highest level of performance within Hungary. He made numerous recordings and CD's (with Pro Brass in London, at the Abbey Road Studio in 1993 and in different countries). He is regularly invited to several international conductors competitions as a jury member. He conducts an average of 70 concerts a year. Awards: Liszt Award (1987), Bartók-Pásztory Award (1993), Pro Urbe City of Miskolc (1996), eMeRTon Prize (1998), Merrited Artist (2007), Outstanding Artist of Hungary (2017). László Kovács has conducted in 17 European countries, and also in Asia and South-America.