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Oliver von Dohnányi (born 2 March) is a Slovak conductor based in
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. Dohnányi was born in
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(now in
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) and studied
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and conducting at the Prague Academy for Music under Václav Neumann and the University of Music and Performing Arts in
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under Otmar Suitner. He made his conducting debut in 1979 with the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra in
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. Slovak National Theatre
Oliver Dohnányi
/ref> Previously, Dohnányi served as the music director of the Czech National Theatre in Prague, Intendent/Artistic Director of the Opera of the Slovak National Theatre in Bratislava, Intendent/Artistic Director of the Opera of the Moravian-Silesian National Theatre in
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, and principal conductor of the Slovak Sinfonietta. In 2018, Dohnányi received the biggest Russian theatrical award, The Golden Mask, with the title "Best Conductor". Dohnányi is also a member of the well-known Dohnányi family, a notable Hungarian family of politicians and musicians.


References

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Official web page
* * Slovak conductors (music) Hungarian male conductors (music) Czech conductors (music) Living people People from Trenčín Academy of Performing Arts in Prague alumni Oliver Dohnanyi University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna alumni 21st-century conductors (music) 21st-century Czech male musicians Year of birth missing (living people) {{conductor-stub