Gábor Hollerung was born in Budapest in 1954. He studied choral and orchestral conducting at the Liszt Academy of Music and attended the master classes of Eric Ericson, Kurt Masur and László Somogyi.

From 1979 he was the assistant conductor of the Miskolc Symphony Orchestra. He taught choral conducting and music theory at the music faculty of the University of Pécs, where he also conducted the female choir of the university. Parallel to this he was the conductor of the semi-professional symphony orchestra of the KPVDSZ. He has been the principal conductor of the Dohnányi Orchestra Budafok since 1989. Thanks to their rapid development under his hands, the amateur ensemble received a professional status in 1993, becoming the youngest professional symphony orchestra in Hungary.

He has been the Music Director of the Budapest Academic Choral Society since 1980. He enjoyed a unique series of successes, winning first prizes at all recognized European choir competitions including the Grand Prix of the Béla Bartók International Choir Competition in Debrecen (Hungary). Under his leadership the BACS was awarded the title "Choir of the World' at the Llangollen International Choir Competition (Wales). He was awarded the prize for best conductor in Debrecen in 1984.

Since May 2001 he has been music director of Honvéd Ensemble and conductor of its worldwide unique professional male choir. In 2002 he became Chief Guest Conductor of the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra and Musical Advisor of the Philharmonia Singers Tel Aviv.

He has toured all over the world with his ensembles. They gave many concerts in England, Spain, France, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, Taiwan, Australia and Mexico. His choir was among the 30 best choirs of the world to be invited to the 4th
IFCM World Symposium on Choral Music in Sydney (Australia).

In addition to his European engagements as a guest conductor he is regularly invited to Israel, to Taiwan and to the Unite States. He appeared at such reputed concert halls as the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, De Doelen Rotterdam (the Netherlands), the Royal College
of Music London (England), Frankfurter Alte Oper (Germany), Wiener Konzerthaus (Austria), Palau de Música Valencia (Spain), the Henry Crown Symphonic Hall Jerusalem (Israel), the Sydney Opera House (Australia), the Taipei National Concert Hall (Taiwan), and this year in Rio de Janeiro, just to name but a few. He is engaged in training young conductors and he has regularly given master classes on conducting since 1986 both in Hungary and abroad e.g.: Belgium, Finland, Germany, Taiwan and Israel. He led a master class at the IFCM European Symposium in Ljubljana in 1995. He will conduct the orchestra I Pomeriggi Musicali (Milan) in January 2005.

In 1988 he initiated the foundation of a choir competition with a revolutionary new artistic concept in Budapest, which has grown to be an internationally renowned event series during the past decade. A whole family of choral events was born following the example of the Budapest International Choir Competition under the name "MUISCA MUNDI" in Italy, Germany, Israel, and the United States.

The highlight of the series is the Choir Olympics in (Linz 2000, Pusan – South-Korea 2002, Bremen 2004). Gábor Hollerung is one of the artistic directors of INTERKULTUR International Music Competitions Foundation, the "MUSICA MUNDI" international choir competitions and of the Choir Olympics. He is the president of the Association of Hungarian Choir Competitions and Festivals founded in 1998. From 2004 he is the director of a very noted music festival in Hungary, the Zemplén Festival.

In 2002 he was awarded the Knight-cross Order of the Republic by the President of the Republic of Hungary and in 2004 he was given Liszt Award.

Theodora Pavlovitch graduated from the Sofia Academy of Music with a choral conducting and a sound-engineering degree. From 1984 to 1991, she worked as the choir-master for the Bulgarian National Television choir, contributing her work to many live concerts and recordings. In 1991, she became the conductor of the Vassil Arnaoudov Sofia Chamber Choir, sustaining the whole artistic tradition, established by her teacher – professor Arnaoudov. And in 1997, she founded the Vassil Arnaoudov Festival Choir.

She is an Associate Professor in choral conducting and the Artistic Director of the Mixed Choir at the State Academy of Music in Sofia and at the Sofia University. She is a regular jury member of many international choral competitions and also a lecturer at different musical events. Since 1998, she works for the Bulgarian National Radio as an author, contributing to the weekly radio program “Europe Sings＂.

She is the Vice President of International Federation for Choral Music, Vice President of Europa Cantat – European Federation of Youth Choirs, and the President of its Music Commission department. She is also a member of the Board of managers of the Bulgarian Choral Union.

Gábor Hollerung was born in Budapest in 1954. He studied choral and orchestral conducting at the Liszt Academy of Music and attended the master classes of Eric Ericson, Kurt Masur and László Somogyi.

From 1979 he was the assistant conductor of the Miskolc Symphony Orchestra. He taught choral conducting and music theory at the music faculty of the University of Pécs, where he also conducted the female choir of the university. Parallel to this he was the conductor of the semi-professional symphony orchestra of the KPVDSZ. He has been the principal conductor of the Dohnányi Orchestra Budafok since 1989. Thanks to their rapid development under his hands, the amateur ensemble received a professional status in 1993, becoming the youngest professional symphony orchestra in Hungary.

He has been the Music Director of the Budapest Academic Choral Society since 1980. He enjoyed a unique series of successes, winning first prizes at all recognized European choir competitions including the Grand Prix of the Béla Bartók International Choir Competition in Debrecen (Hungary). Under his leadership the BACS was awarded the title "Choir of the World' at the Llangollen International Choir Competition (Wales). He was awarded the prize for best conductor in Debrecen in 1984.

Since May 2001 he has been music director of Honvéd Ensemble and conductor of its worldwide unique professional male choir. In 2002 he became Chief Guest Conductor of the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra and Musical Advisor of the Philharmonia Singers Tel Aviv.

He has toured all over the world with his ensembles. They gave many concerts in England, Spain, France, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, Taiwan, Australia and Mexico. His choir was among the 30 best choirs of the world to be invited to the 4th
IFCM World Symposium on Choral Music in Sydney (Australia).

In addition to his European engagements as a guest conductor he is regularly invited to Israel, to Taiwan and to the Unite States. He appeared at such reputed concert halls as the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, De Doelen Rotterdam (the Netherlands), the Royal College
of Music London (England), Frankfurter Alte Oper (Germany), Wiener Konzerthaus (Austria), Palau de Música Valencia (Spain), the Henry Crown Symphonic Hall Jerusalem (Israel), the Sydney Opera House (Australia), the Taipei National Concert Hall (Taiwan), and this year in Rio de Janeiro, just to name but a few. He is engaged in training young conductors and he has regularly given master classes on conducting since 1986 both in Hungary and abroad e.g.: Belgium, Finland, Germany, Taiwan and Israel. He led a master class at the IFCM European Symposium in Ljubljana in 1995. He will conduct the orchestra I Pomeriggi Musicali (Milan) in January 2005.

In 1988 he initiated the foundation of a choir competition with a revolutionary new artistic concept in Budapest, which has grown to be an internationally renowned event series during the past decade. A whole family of choral events was born following the example of the Budapest International Choir Competition under the name "MUISCA MUNDI" in Italy, Germany, Israel, and the United States.

The highlight of the series is the Choir Olympics in (Linz 2000, Pusan – South-Korea 2002, Bremen 2004). Gábor Hollerung is one of the artistic directors of INTERKULTUR International Music Competitions Foundation, the "MUSICA MUNDI" international choir competitions and of the Choir Olympics. He is the president of the Association of Hungarian Choir Competitions and Festivals founded in 1998. From 2004 he is the director of a very noted music festival in Hungary, the Zemplén Festival.

In 2002 he was awarded the Knight-cross Order of the Republic by the President of the Republic of Hungary and in 2004 he was given Liszt Award.