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Tamás Bányai

Biography

Tamás Bányai has been working as a freelance lighting designer since the 1990s. His engagements have taken him to numerous theatres in Hungary and internationally as well, including the Hungarian State Opera, the Burgtheater in Vienna, the Schauspielhaus in Graz, the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, the Schauspiel in Köln, the Piccolo Teatro in Milan, the Malmö Opera, the Stuttgart State Opera, the Opéra National de Lyon, the Grand Théâtre de Genève, the Volkstheater in Vienna, the Kungliga Dramaten Teater, in Stockholm, the Theater Basel, the Schauspielhaus Zürich and also to the Salzburg Festival. Since 2002, he has been teaching stage lighting at the Academy of Theatre and Film

Arts in Hungary. Tamás Bányai has received several national and international awards, including the Master of Light award for his lighting design concept for the stations on Budapests metro line 4.

Last update: February 2026