TAMAS SOLYMOSI

Tamás Solymosi is an internationally acclaimed star dancer and Artistic Director of the Hungarian National Ballet since 2011. Born in Budapest, he trained at the Hungarian Dance Academy, the Vaganova Academy in St. Petersburg, and in Monte Carlo. After graduating in 1990 he joined Het Nationale Ballet in Amsterdam as a soloist, and soon became principal dancer with the English National Ballet, the Vienna State Opera Ballet, and again with Het Nationale Ballet.

Over his career he has performed as a guest artist with some of the world’s leading companies: the Bolshoi Ballet in Moscow, American Ballet Theatre at the Metropolitan Opera House, Miami Ballet, Teatro di San Carlo in Naples, Bavarian State Opera Munich, Norwegian National Ballet in Oslo, Finnish National Ballet in Helsinki, Semperoper Dresden, Berlin State Opera, National Ballet of Santiago de Chile, National Opera of Warsaw, Chicago Ballet, Osaka Ballet, and Vienna State Opera Ballet.

His repertoire includes virtually all the great classical roles—Prince Siegfried in Swan Lake, Albrecht in Giselle, Romeo in Romeo and Juliet, Jean de Brienne in Raymonda, Solor in La Bayadère, Des Grieux in Manon, Onegin in Cranko’s Onegin, Rudolf in Mayerling, and many others—dancing productions by choreographers such as Nureyev, Cranko, MacMillan, Balanchine, Neumeier, Van Manen, and Bregenz.

Alongside his international performing career, Solymosi has been active as a teacher, juror, and artistic leader. He served as Deputy Director of the Hungarian Dance Academy (2005–2006), founded a private ballet school in Budapest, and directed the Szolnok Summer Festival. Since taking over the Hungarian National Ballet, he has raised the company’s artistic and technical standards and enriched its repertory with works by MacMillan, Cranko, Van Dantzig, Lander, and Gielgud.

Celebrated for his charisma, refinement, and dramatic presence, Tamás Solymosi is regarded as one of Hungary’s foremost ballet figures and an influential voice in international dance.