Composer, conductor and professor: the Hungarian Peter Eötvös
combines all three roles in a single extraordinarily high-profile career.
Born in 1944, he has long been considered one of the most significant
and influential personalities in the world of music both as an
internationally recognized conductor and a composer of highly acclaimed
operas, orchestral works and concertos written for well-known artists
from all over the world. As a professor, he founded his own institutes
for the future generation of young conductors and composers with
a focus on contemporary music.
News
2022
Eötvös: Golden Dragon – swiss premiere
20 January 2022, Geneva – A comical and dramatic work about the timeless subject of illegal immigration. The opera tells the story of different generations living above an Asian restaurant.
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Eötvös: Focus – premiere
New saxophone concerto by Peter Eötvös on 15 January – Cologne, Germany
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Eötvös: Respond – premiere
Péter Eötvös “Respond” concerto for solo viola and orchestra on 9th January – Berlin, Germany
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Concerti interview with Eötvös
“Each Opera Characterizes Its Age” – Eötvös interview in new issue of Concerti (winter 2021/2022)
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Cziffra Psodia premiere
On Cziffra’s birthday, Peter Eötvös’ new piano concerto Cziffra Psodia has received its world premiere to celebrate the centenary.
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compositions in concert
Geneva, Switzerland
Musical director/conductor: Gabriella Teychenné
Stage direction & scenography: Julien Chavaz
Collaboration to the scenography: Yves Besson
Costume: Severine Besson
Lighting design: Eloi Gianini
Choreography: Kiyan Khoshoie
Ensemble Contrechamps
Sarah Defrise, soprano
Julia Deit-Ferrand, mezzo-soprano
Alexander Sprague, tenor I
Timur, tenor II
Henry Neill, baritone
Grand Théâtre de Genève
Coproduced by :
NOF – NOUVEL OPERA FRIBOURG
Yekaterinburg, Russia
Conductor: Oliver von Dohnányi
Director: Christopher Alden
Set Designer: Andrew Liberman, Irakli Avaliani
Costumes: Doey Lüthi
Ural Opera Ballet Theatre
more info >
Budapest, Hungary
in memoriam Christophe Desjardins
Hungarian premiere
Eszter Haffner, violin,
Péter Bársony, viola,
Ditta Rohmann, violoncello
Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music
more info >
Basel, Switzerland
Marcus Weiss, saxophone
Conductor: Peter Eötvös
Sinfonieorch. Basel
more info >
Budapest, Hungary
Upcoming
conducted works & projects
Basel, Switzerland
Eötvös: Sirens' Song, Focus,
Kodály: Suite Háry János
Marcus Weiss, saxophone
Conductor: Peter Eötvös
more info >
Porto, Portugal
Eötvös: Senza sangue,
Bartók: Blubeard's Castle
Cond: Peter Eötvös
Porto Symphony Orchestra
Casa da Música
Geneve, Switzerland
Eötvös: Sleepless
opera ballad
Conductor: Peter Eötvös
Grand Théâtre de Genève
Geneve, Switzerland
Eötvös: Sleepless
opera ballad
Conductor: Peter Eötvös
Grand Théâtre de Genève
Geneve, Switzerland
Eötvös: Sleepless
opera ballad
Conductor: Peter Eötvös
Grand Théâtre de Genève
New release
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