Péter Eötvös

Transsylvanian composer and conductor Peter Eötvös (b. 1944).
Composer, conductor and teacher: the Hungarian Peter Eötvös combines all three functions in one very high-profile career. His music features regularly in the programmes of orchestras, contemporary music ensembles and festivals worldwide; and as composer/conductor he has led projects focusing on his work in centres such as Paris, London, Amsterdam, Berlin, Vienna, Lucerne, Gothenburg. His most recent operas, Le Balcon and Angels in America, are following the lead of his Three Sisters by generating an ever-increasing number of new productions