Composer

Conductor

Professor

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

2026

‘The last opera’ movie by András Kalmár is available online

‘The last opera’ movie by András Kalmár is available online

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New publication

Titled : Théâtre musical, théâtre instrumental dans l’œuvre de Péter Eötvös

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2024

International Opera Award for opera Valuska

Hungarian State Opera production

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2024

Artisjus Award for Valuska

The best classical music work of the year 2024

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2024

Peter Eötvös receives Lifetime Achievement Award

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Upcoming

compositions in concert

5 Nov, 2026
Vienna, Austria
Eötvös: Speaking Drums

Wiener Konzerthaus

6 Nov, 2026
Budapest, Hungary
Eötvös: Cadenza

Márk Fülep - flute

Nádor Terem, Vakok Intézete, Budapest

 

15 Dec, 2026
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Eötvös: Trio à cordes

Concertgebouw, Amsterdam

2 Feb, 2027
Hamburg, Germany
Eötvös: Aurora

Resonanzen Drei - by Ensemble Resonanz

Elbphilharmonie, Kleiner Saal

Double Bass: Sophie Lücke

Accordion: Goran Stevanovich

Conductor: Enno Poppe

3 Feb, 2027
Hamburg, Germany
Eötvös: Aurora

Resonanzen Drei - by Ensemble Resonanz

Elbphilharmonie, Kleiner Saal

Double Bass: Sophie Lücke

Accordion: Goran Stevanovich

Conductor: Enno Poppe

Upcoming masterclasses

14 Nov, 2026
Budapest, Hungary
Kurtág 100 | From Piano Miniatures To Full Evening Opera masterclass

10-14 November

 

Professors:

Fabián Panisello

Gregory Vajda

Duncan Gifford

Péter Kiss

 

Budapest Music Center

New release

New opera

Foundation

Peter Eötvös Foundation

Founded in 1991, renewed in 2004 it undertakes the supporting and promoting of young composers’s and conductors’s career.