Imre Kollár received his diploma from the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music in Budapest. After serving as assistant conductor of the Hungarian State Opera, he assumed the role of principal conductor of the Dohnányi Symphony Youth Orchestra, concurrently assisting Ken-Ichiro Kobayashi at the Hungarian State Symphony Orchestra. He has directed the Debrecen Philharmonic Orchestra since 1994, and now also conducts the Budapest Symphony Orchestra MÁV.

An esteemed interpreter of Mozart, Bartók and Kodály, he has recorded Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 21 and Bruckner’s Symphony No. 4. Kollár’s engagements have taken him to Asia, Australia and the US.