The St. Gellert Festival was organized for the first time in the year 2008 with the support of the Szeged-Csanád Diocese as a place for various artistic encounters and innovative programmes with a balanced share of historical masterpieces and contemporary compositions.

On this occasion, the St. Gellert Academy brings together professional musicians from various countries in the spirit of St. Gellert. The Festival got its name after one of the first bishops of Hungary, St. Gellert, who strived to establish understanding and peace among nations. The public can experience various artistic events that reflect the close relationship between religion, music and spirituality.

The initiator und artistic director of the St. Gellert Festival is conductor, composer and music researcher Robert Christian Bachmann, professor and director of the St. Gellert Institute of Music and Ethics of the Ferenc Gál Theological College of Szeged since 2007. The chief conductor is Yoon Kuk Lee, teacher at the Salzburg Mozarteum University of Music, and director of the Salzburg Chamber Philharmonic since 1992.

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