Born on 2 January 1944 in Székelyudvarhely in Transylvania, died on 24 March 2024 in Budapest; Peter Eötvös was a Hungarian composer, conductor and teacher. He studied composition at the Academy of Music in Budapest and conducting at the Musikhochschule Köln and was a member of the Stockhausen-Ensemble from 1968 to 1976; at the same time he worked in the WDR studio for electronic music. In 1978, at the invitation of Pierre Boulez, he conducted the opening concert of IRCAM. From 1979 to 1991 he was musical director of the Ensemble intercontemporain and from 1985 to 1988 principal guest conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra; he taught at the Musikhochschulen in Karlsruhe and Cologne. His operas include “Drei Schwestern” (1998), “Le Balcon” (2002) and “Angels in America” (2004). In 1991 he founded the International Eötvös Institute and in 2004 in Budapest the Peter Eötvös Contemporary Music Foundation for the support of young composers and conductors. On Cybele Records he is represented on two albums in the series Feedback Studio Köln (1996, 2001).
Peter Eötvös
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