Péter Dobszay

Péter Dobszay, Junior Prima Award-winning conductor and organist, is one of the most engaged and versatile musicians of his generation. He is the Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of the Alba Regia Symphony Orchestra, and the Music Director of the Szeged National Theatre.

He graduated from the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music in Budapest. Between 2013 and 2023, he served as the first organist of the Dohány Street Synagogue and the Church of Holy Angels in Gazdagrét, Budapest.

His operatic repertoire is very rich: he has conducted, among others, Manon Lescaut, Madama Butterfly, Così fan tutte, The Magic Flute, Cavalleria rusticana, Bánk bán and Hunyadi László.
The genre of ballet is also especially close to him, which he always experiences in an inspiring way. At the Hungarian State Opera he has conducted such works as The Nutcracker, Romeo and Juliet, and Ludwig Minkus’s La Bayadère.

He has already conducted almost all symphony orchestras in Hungary – including the National Philharmonic and the Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra – and later worked with them also in the capacity of recurring conductor. As a guest conductor, he is a regular contributor to the performances of the Budapest Operetta Theatre.

Dobszay considers the presence of contemporary music important in concert life: as a conductor he has been invited for the so-called “Z recordings” by the Hungarian National Radio, and a number of different premieres are also connected to his name.

He was a finalist and the Audience Award winner of the 2017 Maestro Solti International Conducting Competition.

He has conducted in Japan, Russia, Germany, Romania, and Italy. He has also performed as an organist in Israel, Switzerland, France, Austria, and Macedonia.