It was not only in the institutional performance of opera in Hungary that Ferenc Erkel played a critical role, he was also responsible for organising the first Hungarian orchestra. And it was from the orchestra that first started operating at the Hungarian Theatre of Pest (later the National Theatre) in January 1838 that the Hungarian State Opera Orchestra evolved, making it more than 180 years old. They presented Erkel's first opera, Bátori Mária, and have been involved in the overwhelming majority of Hungary's opera premieres.
Orchestra
Orchestral director
Gergely Popa
Orchestral director
concertmaster
Elina Harsányi
concertmaster
Galina Danyilova
orchestra member, concertmaster, Chamber Artist of the Hungarian State Opera Orchestra (2016/2017)
Alexandre Anatolii Dimcevski
orchestra member, concertmaster
Ernő Kállai
orchestra member, concertmaster
Ágnes Soltész Kovács
orchestra member, concertmaster
concertmaster
orchestra member, concertmaster
violin
Anikó Ecseki
orchestra member, principal first violin
Ferenc Keskeny
orchestra member, principal first violin
Imola Rajka
orchestra member, principal first violin
Magdolna Závodszky Tomsicsné
orchestra member, principal first violin
Anna Bánfalvi
orchestra member, first violin tutti
Tamás Bíró
orchestra member, first violin tutti
Beatrix Bugony
orchestra member, first violin tutti
Hajnalka Csikós
orchestra member, first violin tutti
Sára Katalin Deák
orchestra member, first violin tutti
Péter Foskolos
orchestra member, first violin tutti
Károly Gál
orchestra member, first violin tutti
Andrea Haffner
orchestra member, first violin tutti
Éva Hartenstein
orchestra member, first violin tutti
István Horváth
orchestra member, first violin tutti
Noémi Huszár
orchestra member, first violin tutti
Márta Kisfaludy
orchestra member, first violin tutti
Ibolya Igaz Kiss
orchestra member, first violin tutti
Judit Kovács
orchestra member, first violin tutti
Zsuzsanna Laskay-Monoki
orchestra member, first violin tutti
Zsófia Molnár Maros
orchestra member, first violin tutti
Zita Novák
orchestra member, first violin tutti
László Nyuli
orchestra member, first violin tutti
Éva Paul
orchestra member, first violin tutti
József Rácz
orchestra member, first violin tutti
Ludmila Romanovskaya
orchestra member, first violin tutti
Manuéla Simon
orchestra member, first violin tutti
Johanna Tóth Kiss
orchestra member, first violin tutti
Enikő Tury
orchestra member, first violin tutti
Gabriella Ürmösi Farkas
orchestra member, first violin tutti
Áron Dóczi
orchestra member, principal second violin
Patrícia Fahidi
orchestra member, principal second violin
Nóra Németh
orchestra member, principal second violin
Zsuzsanna Bákor
orchestra member, second violin tutti
Ernő Balogh
orchestra member, second violin tutti
András Báthori
orchestra member, second violin
Anna Bereczky
orchestra member, second violin tutti
Katalin Fenyő
orchestra member, second violin tutti
Ferenc Gazdag
orchestra member, second violin tutti
Nagy Lilla Gulyás
orchestra member, second violin tutti
Dóra Hargitai
orchestra member, second violin tutti
Ádám Kiss
orchestra member, second violin tutti
Éva Terman Kozári
orchestra member, second violin tutti
Miklós Liptai
orchestra member, second violin tutti
Orsolya Márton
orchestra member, second violin tutti
Dávid Molnár
orchestra member, second violin tutti
Sándor Molnár
orchestra member, second violin tutti
Mónika Müller
orchestra member, second violin tutti
Ágnes Nagy
orchestra member, second violin tutti
Tícia Puskás
orchestra member, second violin tutti
Tamás Rigó
orchestra member, second violin tutti
Béla Sárközi
orchestra member, second violin tutti
Anna Mária Svantek
orchestra member, second violin tutti
Géza Szajkó
orchestra member, second violin tutti
András Tallián
orchestra member, second violin tutti
Elvira Vucurevic
orchestra member, second violin tutti
viola
Veronika Botos
orchestra member, Solo viola
Anita Inhoff
orchestra member, principal viola
Péter Kondor
orchestra member, principal viola
Csaba Babácsi
orchestra member, viola tutti
Gabriella Bartis-Gémesi
orchestra member, viola tutti
Zsuzsanna Belényi
orchestra member, viola tutti
Blanka Beáta Bozzay
orchestra member, viola tutti
Mónika Bódi Bán
orchestra member, viola tutti
Szilvia Hamar-Kovács
orchestra member, viola tutti
Éva Kóra
orchestra member, viola tutti
Attila Kovács
orchestra member, viola tutti
Attila Lukács
orchestra member, viola tutti
Balázs Mészáros
orchestra member, viola tutti
Antal Molnár
orchestra member, viola tutti
Kornélia Sidló
orchestra member, viola tutti
Jenő Sörös
orchestra member, viola tutti
Balázs Tóth
orchestra member, viola tutti
Mátyás Török
orchestra member, viola tutti
Zsófia Winkler
orchestra member, viola tutti
violoncello
Balázs István
orchestra member, cello tutti
Endre Balog
orchestra member, principal cello, Chamber Artist of the Hungarian State Opera Orchestra (2015/2016)
Eszter Baráti
orchestra member, cello tutti
Hosung Chung
orchestra member, cello tutti
Péter Dóczi
orchestra member, cello tutti
János Fejérvári
orchestra member, cello tutti
Ágnes Fodor
orchestra member, cello tutti
Béla Gál
orchestra member, cello tutti
Dénes Karasszon
orchestra member, cello tutti
Gábor Magyar
orchestra member, cello tutti
Anita Miskolczi
orchestra member, cello tutti
Domonkos Nagy
orchestra member, cello tutti
László Pólus
orchestra member, Solo cello
Ildikó Rönkös
orchestra member, cello tutti
Anikó Sabján
orchestra member, cello tutti
Endre Stankowsky
orchestra member, principal cello
Tibor Zacher Wambach
orchestra member, cello tutti
double bass
Péter Boldoghy Kummert
orchestra member, principal double bass
Péter Bucherna
orchestra member, principal double bass
Gergely Godár
orchestra member, double bass tutti
Dinah Hew Sing Ying
orchestra member, double bass tutti
Dávid Hornyák
orchestra member, principal double bass
Alajos H. Zováthi
orchestra member, principal double bass, Chamber Artist of the Hungarian State Opera Orchestra (2017/2018)
Péter Kőszegi
orchestra member, double bass tutti
Csaba Magyar
orchestra member, double bass tutti
Attila Miklós
orchestra member, double bass tutti
Zoltán Miklós
orchestra member, double bass tutti
László Nyári
orchestra member, double bass tutti
Lóránt Patay
orchestra member, double bass tutti
Gábor Szántó
orchestra member, double bass tutti
flute
Dóra Gjorgjevic Ács
orchestra member, second flute
Evelin Balog
orchestra member, first flute
Máté Bán
orchestra member, second flute
Zsófia Katalin Biró
orchestra member, first flute
Zsuzsanna Ittzés
orchestra member, second flute
Márta Kunszeri
orchestra member, second flute
Krisztina Molnár
orchestra member, second flute
Bernadett Nagy
orchestra member, second flute
János Rácz
orchestra member, first flute
Kata Scheuring
orchestra member, first flute
Csilla Somogyvári Somodi
orchestra member, second flute
Zsuzsanna V. Menyhárt
orchestra member, first flute
oboe
Nóra Baráth
orchestra member, second oboe
Mónika Csonka
orchestra member, second oboe
József Erős
orchestra member, second oboe
Eszter Horváth
orchestra member, second oboe
Fruzsina Káli-Fonyódi
orchestra member, first oboe
Csenge László
orchestra member, second oboe
Ottó Rácz
orchestra member, first oboe
Nóra Salvi
orchestra member, first oboe
Krisztina Szélpál
orchestra member, first oboe
clarinet
Gábor Galavics
orchestra member, first clarinet
Sándor Kiss
orchestra member, first clarinet, Chamber Artist of the Hungarian State Opera Orchestra (2019/2020)
Balázs Rumy
orchestra member, first clarinet
Beáta Várnai
orchestra member, first clarinet
Péter Csongár
orchestra member, second clarinet
Zsolt Mersei
orchestra member, second clarinet
András Péter Novák
orchestra member, second clarinet
Csaba Pálfi
orchestra member, second clarinet
Gergely Parlagi
orchestra member, second clarinet
bassoon
Bálint Fábry
orchestra member, first bassoon
Zoltán László Kovács
orchestra member, first bassoon, composer
Bálint Mohai
orchestra member, first bassoon
Judit Polonkai
orchestra member, first bassoon
József Bánfi
orchestra member, second bassoon
Ágnes Breszka
orchestra member, second bassoon
László Hunyadi
orchestra member, second bassoon
Aladár Tüske
orchestra member, second bassoon
horn
János Pál Benyus
orchestra member, first French horn
Valentin Eschmann
orchestra member, first French horn
Péter Lakatos
orchestra member, first French horn
Bálint Tóth
orchestra member, first French horn
Gábor Tóth
orchestra member, first French horn, Chamber Artist of the Hungarian State Opera Orchestra (2018/2019)
András Balogh
orchestra member, second French horn
Tamás Gáspár
orchestra member, second French horn
Lehel Rónai
orchestra member, second French horn
Gábor Szabó
orchestra member, second French horn
Gergely Baráth
orchestra Member, third French horn
dr. Sándor Endrődy
orchestra Member, third French horn
István Flammer
orchestra Member, third French horn
János Leiter
orchestra Member, third French horn
Balázs Tóth
orchestra Member, third French horn
Gábor Kun
orchestra member, fourth French horn
Marcell Megyery
orchestra member, fourth French horn
Tamás Melega
orchestra member, fourth French horn
Zsolt Végh
orchestra member, fourth French horn
trumpet
Zsolt Czeglédi
orchestra member, first trumpet
dr. László Bence Horváth
orchestra member, first trumpet
Tibor Király
orchestra member, first trumpet
Mihály Könyves-Tóth
orchestra member, first trumpet
Balázs Winkler
orchestra member, first trumpet
Ferenc Ács
orchestra member, second trumpet
dr. Tamás János Dávida
orchestra member, second trumpet
Bence Kirsch
orchestra member, second trumpet
Csaba Nagy
orchestra member, second trumpet
István Sztán
orchestra member, second trumpet
trombone
Zakó Norbert
orchestra member, third trombone
Csaba Bencze
orchestra member, first trombone
János Sutyák
orchestra member, first trombone
Tibor Ujj
orchestra member, first trombone
Balázs Kovács
orchestra member, second trombone
Róbert Lugosi
orchestra member, second trombone
Sándor Szabó
orchestra member, second trombone
Lajos Fülöp
orchestra member, third trombone
Mariann Szakszon
orchestra member, third trombone
tuba
Gábor Adamik
orchestra member, tuba
Bálint Keresztesi
orchestra member, tuba
Miklós Wrchovszky
orchestra member, tuba
harp
Júlia Szilvásy Boros
orchestra member, harp
Ágnes Peták Juhász
orchestra member, harp
Beáta Simon
orchestra member, harp
timpani
Attila Csige
orchestra member, timpani
László Juhász
orchestra member, timpani
Miklós Kovács
orchestra member, timpani
Ádám Balázs Maros
orchestra member, timpani
percussion
András Császár
orchestra member, percussion
Gusztáv Péter Cser
orchestra member, percussion
Attila László
orchestra member, percussion
Roland Nagy
orchestra member, percussion
Gáspár Szente
orchestra member, percussion
János Tóth
orchestra member, percussion
Zoltán Vámosi
orchestra member, percussion
Guest performers
János Balázs
pianist
Mihály Berecz
Pianist
Jana Boušková
Harp artist
Gabriel Dobner
Pianist
Alexander Gavrylyuk
Pianist
Sofya Gulyak
Pianist
Ivett Gyöngyösi
Pianist
Hiromi Kikuchi
Violinist
Hartmut Höll
Pianist
Peter Jablonski
Pianist
Ken Hakii
Viola tutti
Peter Valentovic
Pianist, conductor