Teodor Currentzis

Teodor Currentzis
Born (1972-02-24) February 24, 1972
Athens, Greece
Occupation Conductor, composer, actor, recording artist

Teodor Currentzis (Greek: Θεόδωρος Κουρεντζής; Russian: Теодор Курентзис; born February 24, 1972) is a Greek-Russian conductor, musician and actor.

Biography

Currentzis was born in Athens, and at the age of 4 began to take piano lessons, after which, at the age 7, he began violin lessons. He entered the National Conservatory, Athens at the age of 12, in the violin department. In 1987, aged 15, he commenced composition studies under Professor George Hadjinikos, and then in 1989 under Professor B. Shreck,[1] From 1994 till 1999 Currentzis studied conducting in the St. Petersburg State Conservatory under the legendary professor Ilya Musin - the teacher of conductors Gergiev, Temirkanov, Bychkov and many others

Career

From 2004 to 2010 Currentzis served as principal conductor of the Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theatre, the largest opera theatre in the northern part of Russia, where he founded the Musica Aeterna Ensemble and the New Siberian Singers Chamber Choir. Since February 2011 Currentzis has been music director of the Perm Opera and Ballet Theatre.[2]

In 2006, he conducted young opera stars, including Alexey Kudrya, in concert performances in Moscow and Novosibirsk to celebrate the 250th anniversary of Mozart's birth.

In 2009 he acted in Ilya Khrzhanovsky's film Dau ( Russian: Дау ) based on the biography of Lev Landau, who was a winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics.

Awards

Currentzis has won the National Theatre Award Golden Mask three times:

Works

References

  1. teodorcurrentzis.com Biography
  2. "Theodor Currentzis to Head Perm Opera and Ballet Theater". russkiymir.ru. 2010-12-27.
  3. WINNERS OF THE GOLDEN MASK AWARD IN 2007
  4. WINNERS OF THE GOLDEN MASK AWARD IN 2008
  5. "Foreigners Scoop Awards at Golden Mask Awards" The Moscow Times, 18 April 2011
  6. GOLDEN MASK WINNERS (season 2011 - 2012)
  7. Ask Teodor
  8. The Jester S.Prokofiev
  9. Nosferatu, Perm Opera Ballet Theatre, Russia – review
  10. Don Giovanni W. A. Mozart

External links

Preceded by
Alexey Liudmilin
Principal Conductor, Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theatre
2004-2011
Succeeded by
Ainars Rubikis
Preceded by
Georgy Isaakyan
Music Director, Perm Opera and Ballet Theatre
2011- present
Succeeded by
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