Péter Eötvös
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Hungarian composer and conductor Péter Eötvös has combined both activities throughout his career, gaining widespread recognition in the field of contemporary music. Born in Székelyudvarhely in Transylvania on January 2, 1944, he grew up in Budapest, learning to play the piano from an early age. Drawn to composing, he met György Ligeti, who steered him towards the Franz Liszt Academy, where his teacher was János Viski. At the same time, Péter Eötvös also studied with Zoltán Kodály. As early as 1958, Péter Eötvös began improvising at film screenings and, thanks to a grant, was able to work as an electronic music editor at the WDR studio in Cologne from 1971 to 1979. He then began taking lessons in composition with Bernd Alois Zimmermann as well as studying orchestral conducting. Hired as an assistant by Karlheinz Stockhausen, he conducted Stockhausen's works and caught the attention of Pierre Boulez, who invited him to conduct the inaugural concert of IRCAM in 1978, before offering him the directorship of the Ensemble Intercontemporain (1979-1991). Péter Eötvös conducted his own composition Chinese Opera (1986) and recorded numerous works of modern and contemporary music with various ensembles such as Ensemble Modern, Klangforum Wien and orchestras. Most notably, he collaborated with the BBC Orchestra between 1985 and 1988. Based on Chekhov's play, his opera Three Sisters (1998) demonstrated his sense of scenic dramaturgy and musical innovation, soon followed by other operatic works such as Angels in America (2004), Love and Other Demons (2007), Lady Sarashina (2007), Paradise Reloaded (Lilith) (2013), Senza Sangue (2015), Sleepless (2021) and Valuska (2023), among numerous orchestral, choral or vocal compositions and chamber music. He was appointed conductor of the Dutch Radio Chamber Orchestra (1994-2005), then became conductor of the Göteborg Symphony Orchestra (2003-2007). In 1991, Péter Eötvös created a foundation in his name for young composers and conductors, and taught at the Karlsruhe Hochschule für Musik (1992-1998, then 2002-2007) and the Cologne Hochschule für Musik (1998-2001). On March 24, 2024, Péter Eötvös died after a long illness at the age of 80.
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- Spiral II
- Berio: Ekphrasis [continuo II] for orchestra by Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
- Berio: Sinfonia - I. Sinfonia featuring London Voices
- Berio: Sinfonia for 8 Voices and Orchestra - 5. V featuring London Voices
- Berio: Sinfonia for 8 Voices and Orchestra - III. In ruhig flieÃender Bewegung featuring London Voices
- Berio: Sinfonia for 8 Voices and Orchestra - 4. featuring London Voices
- Berio: Sinfonia for 8 Voices and Orchestra - II. O King featuring London Voices
- Eötvös: Trois Soeurs / Third Sequence: Masha - No. 24: "Cáyu khócetsya..." (Vershinin, Anfisa, Masha, Natasha) featuring Kent Nagano
- Eötvös: Trois Soeurs / Third Sequence: Masha - No. 23: "Ya... ostayús'" / "Dorogáya sestrá!" (Masha, Kulygin, Doctor, Irina, Vershinin, Olga) featuring Kent Nagano
- Eötvös: Trois Soeurs / Third Sequence: Masha - No. 22: "Zabil skazát', segódnya u vas v gostyákh" (Tuzenbach, Irina, Fedotik, Rodé, Doctor, Masha, Anfisa, Vershinin, Olga) featuring Kent Nagano
- Eötvös: Trois Soeurs / Second Sequence: Andrei - No. 21: "Eto ti? Andryúsa?" (Natasha, Anfisa, Andrei, Doctor) featuring Kent Nagano
- Eötvös: Trois Soeurs / Second Sequence: Andrei - No. 20 Monológ Andreya: "O, gde onó, kudá usló moyó prósloye" (Andrei) featuring Kent Nagano
- Eötvös: Trois Soeurs / Second Sequence: Andrei - No. 19 RecitatÃv: "MÃliy ded, kak stránno prokhódit zÃzn'" (Andrei, Doctor) featuring Kent Nagano
- Eötvös: Trois Soeurs / Second Sequence: Andrei - No. 18: "Mózet bit'... vásey mámi" (Doctor, Irina, Rodé, Fedotik, Tuzenbach, Vershinin, Kulygin, Natasha, Soliony) featuring Kent Nagano
- Eötvös: Trois Soeurs / Second Sequence: Andrei - No. 17: "Yésli bi ne soldáti" (Vershinin, Kulygin, Doctor, Rodé, Fedotik, Tuzenbach, Irina) featuring Kent Nagano
- Eötvös: Trois Soeurs / Listening guides - Listening Guide [english]
- Eötvös: Trois Soeurs / Third Sequence: Masha - No. 26 V sádu (Trét'e pros cániye): "Ol'ga Sergéyevna, ya vam zeláyu" (Vershinin, Irina, Olga, Masha, Kulygin) featuring Kent Nagano
- Eötvös: Trois Soeurs / Third Sequence: Masha - No. 25: "Pokáyus' vam, uz ból'se nikomú" (Masha, Olga) featuring Kent Nagano
- Lachenmann: Mouvement (-vor der Erstarrung) (1983/84) by Péter Eötvös
- Lachenmann: Schwankungen am Rand (1974/75) by Péter Eötvös
- Lachenmann: "...zwei Gefühle...", Musik mit Leonardo (1992) by Péter Eötvös
- Eötvös: Trois Soeurs / First Sequence: Irina - No. 4: "Molodci! Molodci! Zolotóy naród!" (Vershinin, Kulygin, Tuzenbach, Irina, Doctor, Masha, Soliony) featuring Kent Nagano
- Eötvös: Trois Soeurs / First Sequence: Irina - No. 3: Refrén: "Oná khódit tak, kak búdto samá podozglá" (Masha) featuring Kent Nagano
- Eötvös: Trois Soeurs / First Sequence: Irina - No. 2: "Bóze moy! Kudá vsyo usló?" (Irina, Olga) featuring Kent Nagano
