About this artist
Hungarian conductor.
Born 1930 in Budapest, Hungary.
Gyula Nemeth was born in Budapest in 1930. He studied at the Leningrad Academy of Music and worked for several years as first assistant to Evgeny Mravinsky, chief conductor of the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, before taking up a scholarship at the Accademia Santa Cecilia in Rome. He has since enjoyed an active career at home and abroad, with appearances throughout Europe and in South America. He has recorded a number of works for Hungaroton, including a prize-winning Liszt recording, and has been awarded the Liszt Prize for his services to Hungarian music.