Hamar Zsolt
conductor
Zsolt Hamar, conductor, was born in 1968. He started playing the piano at the age of six, then he studied composing as a pupil of István Fekete Győr at the Béla Bartók Secondary School of Music. At the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music he studied composition with Professor Emil Petrovics, and in his final year he also took up conducting. His teachers were Ervin Lukács and Tamás Gál. He got his degree in 1995.
In the same year, he won Second Prize in the Hungarian Television's International Conductor's Competition and won the Public's Award, too. In 1996, in the Conductor's Competition organized in Cadaques, Spain, he was again ranked second. In 1997, however, he was awarded First Prize at the Portuguese Radio's International Conductor's Competition.
From 1995, he worked with Tamás Vásáry for a year and conducted the Hungarian Radio's Youth Symphony Orchestra. In October 1996, he was Sir Yehudi Menuhin's partner in conducting the Gala Concert of the World Music Day. From 1996 to 1998 he was assistant professor at the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music.
He has been engaged to conduct the Budapest Philharmonic Society, the MATÁV Symphony Orchestra, the Hungarian State Opera and the orchestra of the Csokonai Theatre of Debrecen. In the autumn of 1997, on the recommendation of Zoltán Kocsis musical director, he was appointed the First Permanent Conductor of the National Philharmonics (formerly the Hungarian State Concert Orchestra).
In 1998, at the invitation of Dr. Hans Landesmann, he had the opportunity to study Verdi's opera, Don Carlos with Lorin Maazel at the Salzburg Music Festival. In the same year he conducted the Weiner Kammerorchester at the Konzerthaus in Vienna, the Polish Radio's Symphony Orchestra in Warsaw at the invitation of Sigmund Krause, and also the opening concert of the Sudbohemian Festival with the Southern Czech Philharmonic Orchestra.
He was principal conductor and artistic director with the Pécs Symphony Orchestra (today: Pannon Philharmonics) from 2000 to the autumn of 2009. He has regularly conducted performances at the Hungarian State Opera House since 2001, and appeared as a guest conductor in Italy, the United States and Japan.
In 2001 he received the Liszt Prize, in 2006 the Hungarian Republic Order of the Cross (civil section) and he began a Merited Artist in 2017.
In the same year, he won Second Prize in the Hungarian Television's International Conductor's Competition and won the Public's Award, too. In 1996, in the Conductor's Competition organized in Cadaques, Spain, he was again ranked second. In 1997, however, he was awarded First Prize at the Portuguese Radio's International Conductor's Competition.
From 1995, he worked with Tamás Vásáry for a year and conducted the Hungarian Radio's Youth Symphony Orchestra. In October 1996, he was Sir Yehudi Menuhin's partner in conducting the Gala Concert of the World Music Day. From 1996 to 1998 he was assistant professor at the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music.
He has been engaged to conduct the Budapest Philharmonic Society, the MATÁV Symphony Orchestra, the Hungarian State Opera and the orchestra of the Csokonai Theatre of Debrecen. In the autumn of 1997, on the recommendation of Zoltán Kocsis musical director, he was appointed the First Permanent Conductor of the National Philharmonics (formerly the Hungarian State Concert Orchestra).
In 1998, at the invitation of Dr. Hans Landesmann, he had the opportunity to study Verdi's opera, Don Carlos with Lorin Maazel at the Salzburg Music Festival. In the same year he conducted the Weiner Kammerorchester at the Konzerthaus in Vienna, the Polish Radio's Symphony Orchestra in Warsaw at the invitation of Sigmund Krause, and also the opening concert of the Sudbohemian Festival with the Southern Czech Philharmonic Orchestra.
He was principal conductor and artistic director with the Pécs Symphony Orchestra (today: Pannon Philharmonics) from 2000 to the autumn of 2009. He has regularly conducted performances at the Hungarian State Opera House since 2001, and appeared as a guest conductor in Italy, the United States and Japan.
In 2001 he received the Liszt Prize, in 2006 the Hungarian Republic Order of the Cross (civil section) and he began a Merited Artist in 2017.
| Year | Title | Publisher | Code | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 |
Liszt Ferenc: Szimfonikus költemények
(The Symphonic Poems of Ferenc Liszt) |
BMC Records | BMC CD 009 |
Own |
| 1998 |
Lendvay Kamilló: 5 Concerto
(Five Concertos) |
Hungaroton | HCD 31787 | |
| 1999 | Weiner Leó album | BMC Records | BMC CD 018 | |
| 2000 |
Fekete Gyula: Római láz; Elégia
(Fekete, Gyula: Roman Fever; Elegia) |
Hungaroton | HCD 31914 | |
| 2001 |
Dubrovay László: Művek a magyar Milleniumra
(Dubrovay, László: Works for the Hungarian Millenium) |
Hungaroton | HCD 32065 | |
| 2003 | Inspiration | Magánkiadás | DLCD 225-226 |
Own |
| 2005 | Mahler, Gustav: Titan | Hungaroton | HCD 32338 |
Own |
| 2014 | Emanuel Moór: Cello Concertos | Hungaroton | HCD 32728 |