Géza Oberfrank (Conductor)

Born: January 26, 1936 - Budapest, Hungary
Died: January 12, 2015 - Budapest, Hungary

The Hungarian conductor, Géza Oberfrank, studied composition and conducting at the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music.

From 1961 to 1974 Géza Oberfrank was a conductor at the Hungarian State Opera, and from 1974 to 1979 principal conductor at the Komische Oper in Berlin. In 1980 he returned to the Hungarian State Opera in a career that has also brought many engagements abroad in major opera-houses in Europe and elsewhere.

Source: Liner notes to the 3-CD album ‘J.S. Bach: Christmas Oratorio’ conducted by Géza Oberfrank (Naxos, 1992)
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (June 2001); Manfred Krugmann (Dates & Photo 01, January 2015)

Géza Oberfrank: Short Biography | Recordings of Vocal Works | BWV 244 - G. Oberfrank