The MAV Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1945 by the Hungarian State Railways. Since then, it has developed a wide-ranging repertoire from music of the baroque era to works by contemporary composers, and is currently ranked among the best professional ensembles in Hungary. The orchestra has performed throughout Europe as well as in Cyprus, Lebanon, Hong Kong, Japan, China, Brazil,Argentina, Chile, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru and Oman. Performances have taken place at many of the most important and respected concert halls, such as the Musikvereinssaal in Vienna, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, the Suntory Hall in Tokyo, and the Shanghai Oriental Art Centre. The MAV Symphony Orchestra was the only Hungarian orchestra to participate in Tokyo’s legendary Three Tenors Production in 1999. The orchestra’s CD recordings are available everywhere in the world by the biggest labels. Since 2012, Péter Csaba is the orchestra’s Artistic Director and Chief Conductor; since 2014, Kobayashi Ken-Ichiro is their Honorary Guest Conductor.

Péter Csaba

Conductor / Violinist

Csaba was born in 1952 in Roumania (Cluj) in a family of Hungarian musicians.He started studies of violin, composing and conducting in his home town and later in Bucharest at C. Porumbescu Conservatory of Music. Among his professors were Peter Zsurka and George Manoliu for violin, Ede Terényi for composing and conducting.

Péter CSABA has given concerts in more than 60 countries and conducted orchestras, such as Helskinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Finlandia Sinfonietta, Lyon Opera Orchestra, Lyon National Symphony Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (England), Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bordeaux National Symphony Orchestra, Lille National Orchestra, Montpellier National Orchestra, Orchestre d’Auvergne, Ensemble Orchestral de Paris, Turku Symphony Orchestra, Budapest MÁV Symphony Orchestra, Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra, Odense Symphonic Orchestra, Lisbonne Metropolitana Orchestra, Orchestra Symphonica Siciliana in Palermo, RIAS Orchestra Berlin, Kyushu Symphony Orchestra Fukuoka (Japan), Geidai Phylharmonic Orchestra, Toho Symphony Orchestra (Tokyo), Stockholm New Chamber Orchestra, Norfolk Festival Orchestra (USA), Berkeley Symphony Orchestra (USA), National Orchestra of Lithuania, Orchestra Freixenet  de la Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía de Madrid, National Orchestra of South Africa (Pretoria), Haifa Symphony Orchestra, Navarra Symphony Orchestra (Spain), Granada Symphony Orchestra, Sinfonia Varsovia, Lausanne Chamber Orchestra…

He received the prestigeous award Legion of Honour (Ordre National de la Légion d'honneur) by the French Republic on the 1st January 2017. Péter Csaba became "the Knight of Legion of Honour (Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur) for spreading the French culture and music around the world.

The President of Finland granted to maestro Péter Csaba the order of Knight of White Rose of Finland. The Ambassador of Finland in France Excellence Risto Piipponen delivered this prestigeous award on 2017 october 26 in Paris.

China Tour Schedule

2019.12.28-2020.01.05

2019.12.28|Beijing

2019.12.29-12.30|Tianjin

2020.01.01|Wuhan

2020.01.04-01.05|Beijing

More to come...