Zsolt Nagy

Hungarian Composer and Conductor

Zsolt Nagy is an opera and concert conductor. Born in Gyula, Hungary in 1957. He has been active as an opera and concert conductor since 1987 and leader of various orchestra projects and masterclasses for conductors in European conservatoires since 1992. In 1999 he was appointed Chief Conductor and Musical Advisor of the Israel Contemporary Players. Since 2002 he is Professor of Conducting at the Conservatoire National Supérieur in Paris (CNSMDP). He appears regularly in Germany, conducting orchestras such as the Deutsches Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Berlin Sinfonieorchester, WDR Cologne, SWR Stuttgart, or Ensemble Recherche, Ensemble Musikfabrik as a guest in Italy (RAI, Turin), Switzerland (Basler Kammerorchester and Ensemble Contrechamps Geneva), Norway, the UK (Contemporary Arts Ensemble of the ICA in London), France (Paris Conservatoire) and Austria where he conducted Klangforum Wien in the Lange Nacht (all-night concert) for the IGM at the Konzerthaus in March 2001.