József Horváth

József Horváth

conductor

Curriculum vitae

Recommendation:

“Mr. Horvath participated in my Masterclass in the city of Gotha, in October 2005. Mr. Horvath has good conducting qualities and he can have a successful career as a conductor.”

Prof. Ghennady Rozhdestvensky

Gotha, 13.10.05

General

information:

Year of birth: 1975

E-mail: johorvath@yahoo.com

Website: www.horvath.ro

Mobil: + 40 - 744477739

Languages: hungarian, romanian, english, spanish

Studies:

Born in 1975 in Cluj, Romania, József Horváth started to play the piano and the violin at the age of six. He studied at the Music School from Cluj until 1993, then studied choir conducting at the “Gheorghe Dima” Conservatory in Cluj. He graduated in 1999 and conducted Rossini’s Stabat Mater for his recital-exam. Beside choir conducting, he studied orchestra conducting with Petre Sbarcea and was awarded his degree in 2001 and conducted Verdi’s Macbeth. Between 1995 and 2000 he studied canto with a private teacher.

Masterclasses:

1994 -1998

2004 - 2006

Between 1994 and 1998 he studied Bach interpretation with Dr. Christfried Brödel (Dresden) in courses organized by the Bach-Academy from Stuttgart in co-operation with the “Gh. Dima” Conservatory in Cluj.

Between 2004 and 2006 he studied with:

János Fürst - Szeged, Hungary - Szeged Symphonic Orchestra

George Pehlivanian – Valencia, Spain - Valencia Symphonic Orchestra

Gennady Rozhdestvensky – Gotha, Germany - Thüringen Philharmonic

Kurt Masur – Wroclaw, Poland - Wroclaw Philharmonic Orchestra

Conducting

experience:

permanent positions:

spanish debut:

guest performances:

In November 2006 he was named conductor of the Romanian National Opera from Cluj, Romania.

Since October 1999, he is also conductor of the Hungarian Opera from Cluj, Romania and for two years he was the Chorusmaster of the same theatre.

Spanish debut concert on November 2008, in front of Spanish Radio (RTVE) Symphony Orchestra Madrid, conducting Beethoven’s 7^th Symphony from memory, transmitted live on Radio Clasica, recorded and transmitted later on TVE 2.

Spanish Radio Symphony Orchestra Madrid

Hungarian Radio Chorus Budapest

Romanian Radio Symphony Orchestra

Romanian Radio Chamber Orchestra

Bucharest National Opera

Iasi National Opera

Timisoara National Opera

Craiova Romanian Opera

Arad Philharmonic Orchestra

Bacau Philharmonic Orchestra

Brasov Philharmonic Orchestra

Cluj Napoca Philharmonic Orchestra

Oradea Philharmonic Orchestra

Ploiesti Philharmonic Orchestra

Satu Mare Philharmonic Orchestra

Sibiu Philharmonic Orchestra

Targu Mures Philharmonic Orchestra

Timisoara Philharmonic Orchestra

Opera, operetta,

musical and ballet

repertoire:

(in order of debuts)

2000 January	F.Erkel: *Hunyadi László*
2000 March	Huszka J.: *Baroness Lili*
2000 June	F.Schubert: *Das Dreimäderlhaus*
2000 November	G.Verdi: *Nabucco*
2001 May	G.Verdi: *Macbeth*
2002 February	G.Bizet: *Carmen*
2002 May	G.Rossini: *Il Barbiere di Sevilla*
2003 April	P.Mascagni: *Cavalleria Rusticana*
2003 May	G.Puccini: *Suor Angelica*
2003 May	G.Puccini: *Gianni Schicchi*
2003 June	W.A.Mozart: *Die Zauberflöte*
2003 November	G.Donizetti: *Don Pasquale*
2004 January	S.Prokofiev: *Cinderella*
2004 April	R.Leoncavallo: *I Pagliacci*
2004 November	G.Verdi: *Rigoletto*
2005 March	G.Puccini: *Tosca*
2006 June	G.Puccini: *La Boheme*
2007 January	F.Lehar: *Die lustige Witwe*
2007 February	G.Verdi: *Don Carlos*
2007 May	G.Verdi: La Traviata
2007 May	L.Bernstein: *Candide*
2007 May	G.Verdi: *Simon Boccanegra*
2007 December	G.Verdi: *Il Trovatore*
2008 March	L.Gyöngyösi: *A gólyakalifa*
2008 April	G.Verdi: *Otello*
2008 October	G.Puccini: *Turandot*
2009 February	G.Puccini: *Madama Butterfly*
2009 March	G.Verdi: *La forza del destino*
2009 May	G.Donizetti: *Lucia di Lammermoor*
2009 October	G.Verdi: *Aida*
2010 January	G.Verdi: *Un ballo in maschera*
2010 November	W.A.Mozart: *Don Giovanni*
2012 May	G.Donizetti: *L’elisir d’amore*
2012 June	Fr.Loewe: *My Fair Lady*
2012 December	Z.Kodály: *Spinnstube*
2012 December	P.I.Tchaikovsky: *The Nutcracker*
2013 March	F.Barbu: *Ana Lugojana*
2013 Novembre	R.Wagner: *Die Fliegende Hollander*
2014 January	R.Wagner: *Tannhauser*

Vocal-symphonic repertoire:

conducted works

J.S.Bach: Magnificat

J.S.Bach: Christmas Oratorium

J.Haydn: The Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross

W.A.Mozart – R.Levine: Requiem

Kodály Z.: Psalmus Hungaricus

Kodály Z.: Budavári Te Deum

F.Liszt: Die Legende von der Heiligen Elisabeth

M.Mussorgsky: Songs and Dances of Death

G.Puccini: Messa di Gloria

G.Rossini: Stabat Mater

G.Verdi: Messa da Requiem

A.Vivaldi: Gloria

Symphonic

repertoire:

some conducted works

B.Bartók: Romanian Dances

L.v.Beethoven: Egmont

L.v.Beethoven: Symphony no. 3

L.v.Beethoven: Symphony no. 7

H.Berlioz: Le Carnaval Romain

G.Bizet: L’Arlesiana

J.Brahms: Symphony no. 3

T.Brediceanu: Four Romanian Dances

A.Dvorak: Slavonic Dances Op. 46 and Op. 72

A.Dvorak: Symphony no. 9

A.Dvorak: Symphonic Variations Op 78

A.Glazunov: Symphony no. 5

E.Grieg: Symphonic Dances Op 64

J.Haydn: Symphony no. 48

J.Haydn: Symphony no. 100

J.Haydn: Symphony no. 104

J.M.Kraus: Sinfonia in C “Violin obligato” VB 137

A.Lyadov: Kikimora

F.Liszt: Les Preludes

F.Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: Die Schöne Melusine

F.Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: Symphony no. 4

F.Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: Symphony no. 5

W.A.Mozart: Symphony no. 35

W.A.Mozart: Symphony no. 40

F.Schubert: Rosamunde

F.Schubert: Symphony no. 5

F.Schubert: Symphony no. 7 (Unfinished)

R.Schumann: Symphony no. 4

J.Sibelius: Finlandia

J.Sibelius: Symphony no. 2

P.I.Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet

P.I.Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 1

P.I.Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 4

P.I.Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 5

Press

Reviews:

Cronica muzicala online (www.cimec.ro) – October 13^th, 2009

Elena Şorban – G.Verdi: La forza del destino

“The conductor Jozsef Horvath had a great contribution not only to the formation of the orchestral sound but also to the vocal sonority... intonational accuracy in all compartments, clarity of the formal constructions, discourse fluency, noble expressiveness, without excessive sentimentalism. His clear and efficient gestures reflects a musical thinking, as well. “

Szabadság – July 4^th, 2006, Cluj-Napoca

Kulcsár Gabriella – P.I.Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 4

“Maestro Horvath showed great precision, knowledge of the style and form and good communication with the orchestra.”

Melos – March 2004, Bucharest

Elena Zottoviceanu – G.Bizet: Carmen

”The dinamic, vivacious tempos underlined the key moments and the delightful orchestration of the music.”

Tribuna – April 3th, 2001, Sibiu

Nicolae Scutea - L.v.Beethoven: Symphony no. 7

“A Maestro of musical plans.”

Photos:

Concert with the Spanish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Madrid, 2008

Concert with the Romanian Radio Chamber Orchestra, Bucharest, 2011

Verdi’s Otello at the Romanian National Opera Cluj, 2008

Verdi’s Rigoletto at the Hungarian Opera Cluj, 2004