Hungarian conductor wins international title

Online daily Fidelio reports that the Hungarian conductor Gábor Káli proved to be the best out of 310 representatives of 49 countries at the first Hong Kong International Conducting Competition. Both the jury and the orchestra agreed that the 35-year-old Hungarian’s talent is admirable.

“This is such a joyous moment for me. At last, all that hard work that I’ve invested in music and all those years are recognised” – said Gábor Káli after the finals. As the winner of the competition, Gábor won 150 thousand Hong Kong Dollars (a little over 15 500 EUR), and he has the chance to debut conducting the Hong Kong Sinfonietta and symphonic orchestras from Taiwan and Germany.

Antoine Glatard (France) placed second, and David Runtz (Poland) placed third.

Gábor was conducting Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony in the final round, which the Hungarian musician describes as

‘the art piece of fight, joy and victory’.