Péter Eötvös
Born: 2 January 1944, Odorheiu Secuiesc/Székelyudvarhely (Hungary)
Died:
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Music
Eötvös is well known for his electronic and electroacoustic music.
Some compositions:
- Three Madrigals — 12 voices (1972)
- Moro lasso (1973)
- Endless eight — 12 songs for solo voice
- Radames — chamber opera
- Chinese opera
- Psychocosmos (1993)
- Shadows (instrumental 1996)
He also wrote pieces for chamber ensemblemusic: piano, flute, clarinet, tuba, harmonium, oboe, etc.
Biography
Born in 1944, Péter Eötvös studied composition at the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music with Janos Viski and Ferenc Szabo between 1958–63. His instrument is the piano. He obtained a diploma in composition in 1965.
He worked in 1967 with Karlheinz Stockhausen, and had many concerts between 1971–79 in Germany at the Westdeutcher Rundfunk studio of elektronic music (Köln).
In 1978 he was invited by Pierre Boulez and he was the conductor of IRCAM music contest. He obtained a decoration of the Culture Ministry in France, "Officier de l’Ordre de l’Art et des Lettres", in 1986.
Since 1992 he was prfessor of music at Highschool of music of Karsrhuhe (Germany).
The Matchstick Man / The Seventh Door - Two films on Gyorgy Kurtag and Peter Eotvos
Prices subject to change.
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0899132000169
Format: Classical, Color, Content/Copy-Protected CD, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Juxtapositions
Languages:
Manufacturer: Juxtapositions
MPN: D9DS16D
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Juxtapositions
Release Date: June 20, 2006
Running Time: 137 minutes
Studio: Juxtapositions
Theatrical Release Date: 2005
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Rating:
- Two well-made, often enlightening documentaries on two great composersThis DVD, the seventh in the "Juxtapositions" series of films on contemporary music, pairs the Hungarian composers, Gyorgy Kurtag and Peter Eotvos in two documentaries directed by Judit Kele.
The 1996 documentary "The Matchstick Man" covers the life and work of Gyorgy Kurtag. The composer had a reputation as being somewhat shy and private, but opens his heart here. This is a highly psychological portrayal of Kurtag as creative figure, and dry biographical facts don't abound. The viewer ... Read More
Rating:
- Nice exposition of the Eastern meloscannot agree more about the educational value of this DVD, if you follow contemporary music then the composers Kurtag and Eotvos should be no mystery to you. Just from the music perfomances here we see that Kurtag takes his music deeply into himself,with penumbral blue hewed images of Budapest and arkened places where interviews take place as with fellow brother Gyorgy Ligeti.Kurtag equally his music is surface bound,linear without much harmony to survey, transparent in a beautiful with obvious gestures ... Read More
Rating:
- A jewel that should be rated ten stars.This is, with no doubt, on of the best DVDs of contemporary music you can buy nowadays, a work of a really art status, directed wonderfully by Judit Kele and joining together two of the most important composers from our time: György Kurtág and Peter Eötvös.
Kurtág's documentary is shot, some parts, in really film style, truly beautiful. Right the beginning, with the blue-filtered images of Budapest and the Donau river, introduces Kurtág and his wife Marta like if they were really characters ... Read More
Concerts
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Events
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Links
- http://www.eotvospeter.com/ His official site [in English] has news, biography, works lists, discography, his publishers, etc.
