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Gergely Kesselyák

Gergely Kesselyák

Principal conductor, director
 

Gergely Kesselyák graduated from the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music in 1995 as a student of Ervin Lukács, after also taking part in two of Yuri Simonov's master classes. He took third place at the Arturo Toscanini International Conducting Competition in Parma in 1994 and third prize at the MTV International Conducting Competition in Budapest in 1995. Since 1993, he has been a regular fixture at the helm of Hungary's leading symphony orchestras, including the Hungarian National Philharmonic, the Budapest Philharmonic, the Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Concerto Budapest (previously known as the Matáv Symphony Orchestra) and the MÁV Symphony Orchestra. He was the head of the Hungarian Radio Youth Orchestra from 1995 until 1997, when he established the opera department of the National Theatre of Miskolc, whose musical director he remains. In 2001, he also became the founding music director of the Bartók Plus Opera Festival. He started guest conducting at the Hungarian State Opera in 1994, and has been a regular conductor there since 2001. He also took up the artistic director posts of the Budapest Summer International Opera and Ballet Festival in 2004 and, from 2005 until 2012, of the Szeged Open-Air Festival. Since 1993, he has conducted more than one hundred productions at 12 different musical theatres (the Hungarian State Opera, the Budapest Operetta Theatre, the Hungarian Opera of Kolozsvár [Cluj-Napoca], the national theatres of Szeged, Miskolc, Győr and Pécs, Debrecen's Csokonai Theatre, Szolnok's Szigligeti Theatre, Veszprém's Petőfi Theatre, Kecskemét's Katona József Theatre and Kaposvár's Csiky Gergely Theatre). He resumed the musical direction of the Bartók Plus Opera Festival in 2011 and established the Bartók Plus Opera Writing Competition in 2013.
Kesselyák was appointed the Hungarian State Opera's first conductor in 2016. He has also made guest appearances in numerous countries (Ukraine, Romania, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Croatia, Serbia, Germany, Austria, Italy, France, Spain, Egypt, Japan, Chile, Peru, Oman and China). Since 1999, he has also been involved in directing, having staged Verdi's Rigoletto and Nabucco, Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore, Bartók's Bluebeard's Castle and Puccini's Turandot and Tosca. At the Opera House, he has staged Don Giovanni. His production of Nabucco was performed at the Szeged Open-Air Festival to great acclaim.
He received the Liszt Award in 2005 and was named an Artist of Merit in 2012.

Performances

September 22. 18:00
contemporary opera 14 rehearsal
Giacomo Puccini

TOSCA

Hungarian State Opera
September 24. 19:00
contemporary opera 14 premiere
Giacomo Puccini

TOSCA

Hungarian State Opera
01. Opera Premier season ticket
September 28. 19:00
contemporary opera 14
Giacomo Puccini

TOSCA

Hungarian State Opera
17. Kováts Kolos season ticket
September 30. 19:00
contemporary opera 14
Giacomo Puccini

TOSCA

Hungarian State Opera
39. Miller Lajos season ticket
October 2. 20:00
contemporary opera 14
Giacomo Puccini

TOSCA

Hungarian State Opera
October 7. 19:00
contemporary opera 14
Giacomo Puccini

TOSCA

Hungarian State Opera
07. Lukács Gyöngyi season ticket
October 9. 19:00
contemporary opera 14
Giacomo Puccini

TOSCA

Hungarian State Opera
October 13. 19:00
contemporary opera 14
Giacomo Puccini

TOSCA

Hungarian State Opera
33. Misura Zsuzsa season ticket
October 15. 19:00
contemporary opera 14
Giacomo Puccini

TOSCA

Hungarian State Opera
October 16. 19:00
contemporary opera 14
Giacomo Puccini

TOSCA

Hungarian State Opera
December 3. 19:00
classic opera 12
Giacomo Puccini

LA BOHÈME

Hungarian State Opera
December 7. 19:00
classic opera 12
Giacomo Puccini

LA BOHÈME

Hungarian State Opera
12. Róka István season ticket
December 9. 19:00
classic opera 12
Giacomo Puccini

LA BOHÈME

Hungarian State Opera
07. Lukács Gyöngyi season ticket
December 11. 11:00
classic opera 12
Giacomo Puccini

LA BOHÈME

Hungarian State Opera
08. Tokody Ilona season ticket
December 15. 19:00
classic opera 12
Giacomo Puccini

LA BOHÈME

Hungarian State Opera
December 25. 19:00
classic opera 12
Giacomo Puccini

LA BOHÈME

Hungarian State Opera
December 30. 19:00
classic opera 12
Giacomo Puccini

LA BOHÈME

Hungarian State Opera
16. Kincses Veronika season ticket
March 10. 18:00
contemporary opera 8 premiere
Pongrác Kacsóh

JOHN THE VALIANT

Hungarian State Opera
11. Pitti Katalin season ticket
March 12. 11:00
contemporary opera 8
Pongrác Kacsóh

JOHN THE VALIANT

Hungarian State Opera
14. Berczelly István season ticket
April 22. 19:00
mixed opera 8
Levente Szörényi – János Bródy

STEPHEN, THE KING

Hungarian State Opera
April 26. 19:00
mixed opera 8
Levente Szörényi – János Bródy

STEPHEN, THE KING

Hungarian State Opera
36. Medveczky Ádám season ticket
April 28. 19:00
mixed opera 8
Levente Szörényi – János Bródy

STEPHEN, THE KING

Hungarian State Opera
13. Szinetár Miklós season ticket
April 30. 19:00
mixed opera 8
Levente Szörényi – János Bródy

STEPHEN, THE KING

Hungarian State Opera
May 3. 19:00
mixed opera 8
Levente Szörényi – János Bródy

STEPHEN, THE KING

Hungarian State Opera
May 5. 19:00
mixed opera 8
Levente Szörényi – János Bródy

STEPHEN, THE KING

Hungarian State Opera
May 7. 11:00
mixed opera 8
Levente Szörényi – János Bródy

STEPHEN, THE KING

Hungarian State Opera
18. Kiss-B. Atilla season ticket