Imre Kollár

Imre Kollár, chief conductor of the Kodály Philharmonia Debrecen, graduated from the Liszt Academy. From 1995 to 2008 he was the Music Director of the Debrecen Philharmonic – predecessor of the Kodály Philharmonic –, before taking up the post of Artistic Director of the MÁV Symphony Orchestra between 2008 and 2010. In 1989, he won the Audience Prize at Hungarian Television’s 6th International Conducting Competition, and later on, in 1994, took 1st prize at the Treviso Conducting Competition.

Photos: Márton Fejes