Gergely Ménesi

Subject: symphony orchestra

Academic degree, university post: senior lecturer

Date, place of birth: 5 April 1970 Budapest

Studies:
Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, Conducting, 1989-1994, Conductor, 1992-1997

Recordings:
Corelli: Christmas Concerto grosso in G minor, 1984, violin solo, Symphony Orchestra of the King Stephen Grammar School, Hungarian Television
Lassus: Miserere mei Deus, 1993,  bass vocal, Pasaréti Tye Choristers, Preludio CD
Bartók: Seven Choruses, György Orbán: Serenata per Orchestra, Lajos Bárdos: Alexius, 1999, conductor, University of Miskolc Symphony Orchestra of the Bartók Béla College of Music, Allegro CD
Bach and Händel, 1999, conductor, Orchestra of the University of Győr, Judit Németh – alto, István Ruppert – organ, CD
István Koloss: Organ Concerto, 2001, conductor, Orchestra of the University of Győr, István Ruppert – organ, do-lá CD

Orchestra membership:
Symphony Orchestra of the King Stephen Grammar School 1983-1986, violinist
New Liszt Ferenc Chamber Choir 1988-1992, vocalist

Teaching activities, posts as guest professor, principal master classes:
1997-1999: University of Miskolc, orchestra, string orchestra, chamber music
From 1998: University of Győr, orchestra
2001-2004: Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, solfège, music theory
2009-2012: St. Stephen Conservatory, Solfège, music theory, male choir

Principal concerts:
Final and gala concert of the 9th János Ferencsik international conducting competition with the Hungarian Radio  and Television Symphony Orchestra, 1998, conductor
Béla Bartók: Two Portraits, with solo by Dénes Kovács, 1999, conductor
Mascagni: Premiere in Slovakia of Messa di Gloria, Cathedral of Kosice, 2000, conductor
Stockholm guest appearance, 2000, conductor
Bach: Concerto for Two Violins in D minor with Dénes Kovács and András Kiss, 2003, conductor
Kodály: The Spinning Room in Szigliget Theatre, Szolnok, 2003, conductor
Kodály: The Spinning Room in the National Theatre, 2004, conductor
Verdi: Nabucco – Csokonai Theatre, Debrecen, 2004, conductor
Germany guest appearance, 2004, conductor
Opera Competition and Festival with Mezzo Television /later, Armel Opera Competition and Festival/ awards ceremony gala concert, 2008, conductor, Pannon Philharmonic Orchestra, broadcast live on Mezzo TV
György Lickl: Missa Solemnis, Requiem, Offertorium Bone Deus, Motetto de SS. Trinitate, 2010, conductor, Pannon Philharmonic Orchestra, broadcast live on European Broadcasting Union
Paganini concert with Czech violinist Pavel Šporcl, 2011, conductor, Kosice Philharmonic Orchestra
TABULA RASA – works by Marek Brezovsky, Alfred Schnittke and Arvo Pärt: Tabula Rasa – premiere in Slovakia, 2011, conductor, Kosice Philharmonic Orchestra
Dvorák: accompaniment to the Violoncello Concert with solo by Miklós Perényi, Miskolc Symphony Orchestra, 2011, conductor
Works by Chopin, Kodály and Ahn Eak Tai in Müpa Budapest, Zugló Philharmonics Budapest, 2012, conductor
László Lajtha: Sinfonietta for String Orchestra and works by Chopin and Tchaikovsky with the Danube Symphony Orchestra, Danube Palace, Müpa Budapest, 2013, conductor
Guest appearance in Katowice with the Symphony Orchestra of the Liszt Academy, 2014, conductor
Gala concert for the congress of the Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Bartók: Dance Suite, Kodály: Psalmus Hungaricus, 2014, conductor, Symphony Orchestra of the Liszt Academy
Tchaikovsky: String Serenade, Beethoven: Symphony No. 7, in Veszprém with the Symphony Orchestra of the Liszt Academy, 2015, conductor

Prizes, awards:
9th János Ferencsik international conducting competition, 2nd prize

Contact: gmenesi30@gmail.com