Tamás Pál

conductor

"By the way, it was tremendous luck for the Szeged audience to hear Verdi’s rarely played masterpiece by the country’s best opera conductor."

— Zsolt Hollósi

Verdi: Rigoletto

Erkel Theatre, 2013

"Tamás Pál made the production come together with his rich and colorful conducting style, making the orchestra sound transparent and porous, with dynamic nuances and a unique pulse, just like the split second before Gilda’s entrance in the second act - a dramatic charge building up momentum"
— Tamás Koltai

Verdi: Nabucco

Jewish Summer Festival, 2012

"Conductor Tamás Pál was responsible for the musical direction of the production; it was really good to see that besides expertise, a profound understanding of the work and the professional calling for interpreting, he conducts dynamically, pays attention both to soloists and choir and knows exactly what to do and how to make a choir sing efficiently, a prophecy to thunder or an orchestral prelude d’un aria to sound as lyrical and emotional as possible. He has a feel for where he can increase the tempo to enchant the public, and carefully avoids that speed which veils musical finesse."
— Károly Fülöp

Verdi: Macbeth

Szeged National Theatre, 2014

"By the way, it was tremendous luck for the Szeged audience to hear Verdi’s rarely played masterpiece by the country’s best opera conductor. Tamás Pál by both his spirited and thoughtful conducting captivates the dedicated and dramatic force of the musicians of the Szeged Symphony Orchestra - and at the same time the audience as well"
— Zsolt Hollósi

Verdi: Il trovatore

Marseilles, 2012

"Aucune réserve, en revanche pour la prestation de l’orchestre, attentif aux nuances et d’une justesse sans défaut. Le courant est manifestement passé avec Tamas Pal, dont la direction remarquable d’intelligence épouse étroitement les pulsations dramatiques et nous conduit ainsi d’une main sûre jusqu’au paroxysme de la scène finale en dépit des cassures liées aux précipités déjà cités. Usant au mieux des moyens dont il dispose pour servir au mieux la composition, il soutient le plateau avec une efficacité sans faille, alliant expérience, autorité et sensibilité. Loin de toute routine, son métier fait la vertu de ce Verdi !"
— Maurice Salle

Verdi: Aida

Szeged Open-Air Festival, 2019

"...the scale tips more positive in this respect, thanks to the mature, high-level music brought to life by Tamás Pál, whose performance stands miles above of what is commonly called “conducting”. No, there is much more to it: breathing in unison with the stage and the orchestra; in-depth knowledge of the opera, and interpreting this knowledge calmly, matter-of-factly, but with a steady hand. Listening to Tamás Pál’s performance is a unique treat."
— Opera-Világ (Gábor Bóka)

Giordano: Andrea Chénier

Szeged National Theatre, 2012

"The score is brought through bases and raised to heights unerringly, soundly and full of sentiments by Conductor Tamás Pál. He is a great opera conductor, one of the rare ones in Hungary. He guides the vast expedition wisely and in a balanced and reserved way, naturally distinguishing hills and valleys in order not to satisfy his orchestra and singers, but neither to exhaust the audience too early. But he always finds gold, inflames sparks and finally he creates a huge bonfire made of music and sentiments that lights up the audience hall."
— Tibor Tallián