Portland Festival Symphony

Conductor - Lajos Balogh

Lajos Balogh is the Founder, Music Director, and Conductor of the Portland Festival Symphony. He was born in Hungary and studied at the Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, as well as in Munich and Hamburg. In Germany he appeared as a soloist with the Munich, Nuremberg and Gottingen Symphonies.

Lajos has been an active member in Oregon's classical orchestra community. He spent many years as Principal Second Violin with the Oregon Symphony and is a former member of both the Portland Opera Orchestra and the North Coast Chamber Orchestra. He was the founding Music Director and has been the Principal Conductor of the Metropolitan Youth Symphony since its inception in 1974. He is also the Conductor of the Marylhurst Symphony Orchestra.

Additionally, Balogh has served on the faculties of Marylhurst College, Portland State University and Lewis and Clark College.