Laszlo Marosi

• Associate Professor

lmarosi@ucf.edu
407-823-5002
Office Hours: Monday - Friday 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
Campus Location: PACM235

Laszlo Marosi was born in Sarvar, Hungary. His musical education began at the age of five, and continued at the Music Gymnasium, where he majored on both piano and trombone. He studied conducting at the Liszt Academy of Music with Tamas Breitner, the director of the Pecs Opera. From 1982 to 1997 Marosi worked as the conductor of the Hungarian Central Army Orchestra. During this period he recorded a number of works by Liszt and several contemporary Hungarian composers. He also conducted his ensemble for radio and television productions and toured with the group throughout Europe. His book, The History of the Military Music in Hungary from 1741-1945 was published in 2011.

For twelve years he taught conducting at the Liszt Teacher Training College, Budapest. In 1993, he was asked to serve as conductor and artistic director of the professional Budapest Symphonic Band, in addition to his responsibilities as the conductor of the Liszt Academy Wind Orchestra. These ensembles produced several commercial CD recordings for leading European companies, including Hungaroton.

Between 1989 and 1994, Marosi conducted more than fifty performances annually with the Budapest State Operetta Theater Orchestra. He was invited to guest conduct the Matav Symphony Orchestra, and toured Europe with the Strauss Symphony Orchestra (1996 and 1998).

As guest conductor, lecturer and adjudicator he has appeared throughout Europe, Israel, England, South Africa, Argentina, Brazil, Japan, and the United States.

Following his professional career in Hungary, he matriculated to Florida State University, where he earned a M.M. in Conducting and a Ph.D. in Music Education with James Croft and Philip Spurgeon. He frequently conducted the University Symphony Orchestra, including acclaimed performances of the music of Ellen Taaffe Zwilich and Shulamit Ran. As Visiting Professor, Dr. Marosi served as Associate Conductor of the FSU Wind Orchestra during the 2002-03 academic year.

For his contributions to Hungarian contemporary music, he was twice awarded the Artisjus prize by the Hungarian Composers Union. In 1997, he was awarded the FAME prize for his international conducting activities.

At UCF, Dr. Marosi teaches conducting classes.

Selected Publications

Books

• History of Military Music in Hungary. Budapest: Editio Musica Budapest, 2015.

Courses

Updated: Dec 13, 2016