Conductor Antal Doráti is renowned for his precision, nuanced timbre and energy
on the podium, and has won international acclaim conducting prestigious
ensembles including the London Symphony Orchestra and the Minneapolis Symphony
Orchestra. Born in Budapest on April 9, 1906 into a musical family with a
violinist father and pianist mother, he studied composition at the Franz Liszt
Academy with Zoltan Kodály and Leó Weiner, and piano with Béla Bartók, before
making his conducting debut at the Royal Opera of Budapest in 1924. At the same
time, he began composing chamber and orchest...