Tibor Bogányi pursued his studies as a conductor and cellist at the Sibelius Academy in Finland. His professors were Jorma Panula and Leif Segerstam as well as Arto Noras. He also received further tuition from János Fürst as a guest student at the Conservatoire de Paris. In 2002 at the age of 28 he was named conductor of the Turku Symphony Orchestra. In 2008 he took on the position as principal conductor and music director of Finland’s Lappeenranta City Orchestra and in 2011 as principal conductor of the Pannon Philharmonic Orchestra in Pècs.

Bogányi’s concerts are hallmarked by artistic diversity and virtuosic interpretation; he performs at an outstanding level with operatic and symphonic repertoire, collaborating with the world’s leading orchestras and artists. In recent seasons, he has conducted such orchestras as the Bochumer Symphoniker, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Copenhagen Philharmonic, Finnish Radio Symphony, Helsinki Philharmonic, Lahti Symphony, Mexico State Symphony, Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, St. Petersburg Symphony, Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, Tampere Philharmonic and the Tonkünstler Orchester Niederösterreich. He has also collaborated with soloists including Andrei Gavrilov, Ilya Gringolts, Gary Hoffman, Zoltán Kocsis, Miklós Perényi and Dénes Várjon. Between 1999 and 2002 he served as artistic director of the VIVO Youth Philharmonic Orchestra and conducted several youth orchestras over the course of his career, of which the Finnish Sibelius Academy Symphonic Orchestra stands out.

His repertoire stems from the symphonic to the grand choral works and oratorios. In 2006 he successfully premiered Mozart’s Così fan tutte at the Finnish National Opera, followed by Verdi’s La traviata and Macbeth in 2009 and Mozart’s Don Giovanni in 2010. He has conducted Bizet’s Carmen, Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring and all of Bartók’s dramatic works. In 2014 he made his debut at the Hungarian State Opera with Boito’s Mefistofele and Puccini’s Tosca.

Bogányi has collaborated on countless radio and TV recording. In recognition of his outstanding work, he was awarded the Hungarian Gold Cross of Merit, civil division, in 2017.

2025 / 2026

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