Artist database

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.

Ács János


conductor

Place of Birth
Kiskunhalas
Date of Birth
1952

 
The world famous Hungarian conductor made his debut in Genoa in 1979. His first appearance in America took place in 1987 at the Colorado Opera in Denver where he later worked for seven years. As an Italian citizen he has recently worked quite often with opera companies in Rome, Florence and Venice.

His repertoire includes more the 150 operas and symphonic works. He is an eminent expert of the Italian traditions in opera performance. During his career he has already conducted all of Puccini's and Bellini's works as well as Verdi's greatest operas. He has worked with such great singers of international opera as Luciano Pavarotti, Samuel Ramey, Raina Kabaivanska, and Giuseppe Giacomini.

He has been the conductor at all the concert of the Three Tenors for years now. At present, he is musical director of the Verdi Theatre in Salerno and art director of the Falioni Chamber Orchestra at the Hungarian State Opera.