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Artistic Director Kornel Thomas

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About: MVO welcomes back Kornel Thomas, a distinguished, multi-award-winning conductor and composer, to his second season as our Artistic Director and Conductor. Thomas has worked around the globe with numerous ensembles including the Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra, Dohnányi Orchestra Budafok, Győr Philharmonic Orchestra, MAV Symphony Orchestra, Miskolc Symphony Orchestra, Szent István Philharmonic, Alba Regia Symphony Orchestra, Duna Symphony Orchestra, Nice Philharmonic Orchestra, Argovia Philharmonic, North Czech Philharmonic Orchestra Teplice, Fort Wayne Philharmonic, Vienna Chamber Orchestra, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, and ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra. He made his debut with the Pannon Philharmonic Orchestra in 2025 and was recently appointed Artistic Director and Conductor of the St. Cloud Symphony Orchestra. In 2021, he made his debut with the Hungarian State Opera and Ballet conducting Heggie’s Dead Man Walking, Gluck’s Don Juan, and Lully’s Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, and has been a recurring guest ever since then. Thomas was assistant conductor of Savaria Symphony Orchestra from 2017-2020. He won 2nd prize at the 2018 Opera Nice Conducting Competition including two special prizes and third prize at the 2016 Atlantic Coast Conductors Competition.

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