Levente Török’s first months as General Music Director of Aachen have been met with enthusiastic audiences and outstanding critical acclaim, both in the concert hall and at Theater Aachen.

A celebrated symphonic debut

At his inaugural concerts with the Sinfonieorchester Aachen on 19 and 20 September 2026, Török conducted works by Elgar, Rutter, Lili Boulanger and Ravel. The Aachener Zeitung praised his musical sensitivity and the orchestra’s performance, setting an encouraging tone for the new season.

“Levente Török hat beim ersten Sinfoniekonzert unter seiner Leitung mehr als begeistert.”

Aachener Zeitung, September 2026

Acclaim in Verdi’s Don Carlo

His first major opera production as General Music Director followed with Verdi’s Don Carlo, which premiered at Theater Aachen on 10 October. Reviewing a subsequent performance, Der Opernfreund praised Török’s finely nuanced Verdi interpretation, his attention to detail and the enthusiastic audience response.

Hungarian repertoire and Brahms win over Aachen

The third symphonic programme, on 14 and 15 November at the Eurogress, brought together Kodály’s Dances of Galánta, Dohnányi’s Variations on a Nursery Song with pianist József Balog, and Brahms’s Fourth Symphony.

In the Aachener Zeitung, critic Pedro Obiera described the contagious enthusiasm Török brought to the Hungarian works, the unusually strong applause after Kodály and the warm, emotionally compelling character of his Brahms. The review concluded with praise for the interpretation’s balance, power and coherence.

“Eine rundum überzeugende Interpretation aus einem Guss entstand. Kompliment.”

Pedro Obiera, Aachener Zeitung, November 2026

These early successes highlight Török’s artistic range and the growing partnership with the Sinfonieorchester Aachen as he begins his tenure at the helm of the city’s musical life.

Sinfonieorchester Aachen · Don Carlo review — Der Opernfreund