EÖTVÖS Peter (1944-2024)

Hungarian composer born in 1944 in Szeklyudvarhely (Hungary) who died in 2024.
After having obtained diplomas from the Budapest Music Academy and the Hochschule für Musik in Cologne, Peter Eötvös met Karlheinz Stockhausen (1968-76) and worked in the electronic music studio of the Westdeutscher Rundfunk. As a conductor he has conducted many groups throughout the world, from the Ensemble Intercontemporain in 1978 to the Symphony Orchestra of Viennese Radio in 2009. An eminent teacher, he founded the International Eötvös Institute and Foundation for young conductors and composers and teaches at the Hochschule für Musik in Karlsruhe and in Cologne. His compositions have been influenced by his experiences in the studio of Karlheinz Stockhausen (Cricketmusic, 1970), but also by jazz (Psalm 151, 1993), his Hungarian origins (Psychokosmos, concerto for cymbalum, 1993), and by the cinema, the stage and literature (The Three Sisters,1997; Lady Sarashina, 2007: two operas premiered in Lyons).