Hungarian-born Adam Fischer (b. 1949) was educated at the Budapest Conservatory with further studies in Vienna. He is a highly sought-after conductor in both opera and concert repertoire and has worked with many leading international concert and opera houses.
In 2019 he received the International Wolf Award, was named Conductor of the Year by Presto Classical and received an Orchestral Award at the BBC Music Magazine Award for his recording of Mahler’s 1st Symphony with the Düsseldorf Symphony Orchestra.
In 2022, he received the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award at the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) and it has just been announced that he will be presented with two Special Achievement Awards at the ICMA in February 2025. For his ‘sustained social and humanitarian commitment and innovative programming’ and for his latest Schubert-Dvořák album with Düsseldorf Symphony Orchestra, and for his recordings of Haydn’s late symphonies with the Danish Chamber Orchestra.
In 2006, he founded the festival Wagner Days in Budapest, which he has developed into a world-class festival as artistic director – even dubbed ‘Bayreuth on the Danube’ by The New York Times.
Our complete recording of Beethoven’s symphonies conducted by Adam Fischer won the prestigious International Classical Music Award in the Symphonic Music and Recording of the Year categories, and has received an Opus Klassik in the Symphonic Recording category.
