 Vajda studied conducting at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music under Professor Ervin Lukács.He was also a conducting and composition pupil of well-known composer and conductor, Péter Eötvös.Hailed as a "young titan" by the Montreal Gazette after conducting the Montreal Symphony in Bartok’sBluebeard's Castle and Schoenberg's Erwartung, Gregory Vajda has fast become one of the most sought-after conductors on the international scene.