Alpaslan Ertungealp

In November 2002 Alpaslan Ertüngealp won the 1st Prize of the “Dimitri Mitropoulos” International Conducting Competition in Athens, a prestigious international award.

Born in Istanbul he started his musical education at the age of seven as a pianist. Between 1987 and 1993 he studied piano the Franz Liszt Music Academy, Budapest. He received his master’s degree as a pianist in 1993 and continued his studies as conductor at the Franz Liszt Music Academy, where he concluded his studies as master of music in orchestral conducting in 2000.

Alpaslan Ertüngealp is the 3rd prizewinner of both the 9th International Conductors’ Competition in Budapest (1998) and of the 3rd International “Prokofieff” Competition for Conductors in St. Petersburg (1999).

In December 2002 he founded the Acadimia Chamber Orchestra in Budapest of which he is the Artistic Director.

He conducted the world premier of the new opera “Eumenides” commissioned for the Cultural Olympiads in Athens at the Odeon of Herodus Atticus during the Hellenic Festival of September 2005.

In 2006 he was appointed the position as the artistic director and chief conductor of Savaria Symphony Orchestra of Hungary.

He is the founder of ADAP Central Europe; an association of artists for peace. He is also a member of ADAP based in Paris.

Alpaslan Ertüngealp performs regularly as conductor in England, Germany, Austria, Turkey, Hungary, Greece, Italy, Romania, USA and Russia. He conducts leading orchestras of Great Britain, Italy, Russia, Ukraine, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Romania and Turkey, such as Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra, St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Istanbul State Symphony Orchestra, Wienerkammerorchester, Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana, Orchestra della Toscana (Florence), I Pomeriggi Musicali (Milano), Teatro Felice di Genova, Komische Oper Berlin. His future engagements lead him to more European orchestras and opera houses.