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Péter Eötvös
Person · male · Hungary · Odorheiu Secuiesc · born 1944 · died 2024 · recording since 1980
Hungarian composer and conductor (1944–2024)
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Also known as Péter Eötvös · 彼得·艾特沃許
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1940s
1980s
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Debut release: Saturne
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1990s
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Album: Lonicera caprifolium / !? dialogues suffisants !? / Spleen / Five Daily Miniatures / Vexierbilder
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2000s
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Album: Percussion Concerto / Madonna of Winter and Spring / Song Offerings
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Album: Cerha: Konzert für Violoncello und Orchester / Schreker: Kammersymphonie in einem Satz
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2020s
Biography
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Biography
Péter Eötvös (Hungarian: Eötvös Péter, pronounced [ˈøtvøʃ ˈpeːtɛr]; 2 January 1944 – 24 March 2024) was a Hungarian composer, conductor and academic teacher.
After studies of composition in Budapest and Cologne, Eötvös composed film music in Hungary from 1962. He played with the Stockhausen Ensemble between 1968 and 1976. He was a founding member of the Oeldorf Group in 1973, continuing his association until the late 1970s. From 1979 to 1991, he was musical director and conductor of the Ensemble InterContemporain, and from 1985 to 1988 he was principal guest conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra, after which he conducted several other orchestras.
As a composer, Eötvös was known for the operas Love and Other Demons and Three Sisters, both of which were performed outside Hungary. He was open to influences from different cultures.
Life and career
Péter Eötvös was born on 2 January 1944 in Székelyudvarhely, Transylvania, then part of Hungary, now Romania. Although his family had to flee from there when he was aged one, he thought of Transylvania and its cosmopolitism as his home. As a child, he received a thorough musical education, which included becoming familiar with works by the Hungarian composer Béla Bartók. Eötvös later expressed his feelings of a strong link between Hungarian grammar and the music of Bartók, claiming that the specific "Hungarian" interpretations of music by Bartók and Zoltán Kodály (as well as other Hungarian conductors such as George Szell, Ferenc Fricsay, Eugene Ormandy, Georg Solti and Fritz Reiner) incorporated the subtle accents and rhythms of the Hungarian language.
Eötvös's mother, a pianist, participated in the musical and intellectual life of Budapest and took her son to many performances and rehearsals of opera, operetta and theatre. He learned the piano and also wrote plays and small pieces. He won a composition contest at the age eleven and was then noticed in the Hungarian artistic world. He met the Hungarian-Austrian composer György Ligeti, who was 21 years his senior. Ligeti recommended him to Kodály at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music. Eötvös was accepted with honours at the academy at age 14. There, upon Kodály's advice, he studied composition with János Viski.
In 1958, he was asked to accompany film projections with improvisations on piano and Hammond organ. He was then asked to write scores for theatre and cinema. By 1970, he had composed several pieces of utility music. During a period of ten years he developed personal musical preferences, for Gesualdo (the idea of the madrigal returns in pieces such as Drei Madrigalkomödien and Tri sestry), American jazz of the 1960s, electronic music (of which Karlheinz Stockhausen's figure was inseparable), and Pierre Boulez, among others.
Eötvös received a German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) scholarship to study abroad in 1966, leaving for Cologne following the examples of Kurtág and Ligeti. The Hochschule für Musik Köln and the studio of the broadcaster Westdeutscher Rundfunk worked together at that time, which allowed students to use advanced technology in one of the best studios in Europe. Eötvös worked there from 1971 to 1979. He studied composition with Bernd Alois Zimmermann, as well as conducting. He met Stockhausen, already being familiar with his work. Eötvös became Stockhausen's engineer and copyist (the score of Telemusik is copied by him), as well as his musician and conductor; he performed at the Expo '70 in Osaka for months, and he conducted the La Scala premiere of Donnerstag aus Licht in 1981, as well as its Covent Garden performances in 1985.
In 1978, Boulez asked him to conduct the opening concert of IRCAM in Paris. He was then appointed musical director of the Ensemble InterContemporain, holding the position until 1991. He first performed at the Proms in 1980 and was regularly invited by the BBC Orchestra between 1985 and 1988. This period also marks his first success as a composer with his instrumental piece Chinese Opera (1986), written for the 10-year anniversary of the Ensemble InterContemporain. The piece constitutes a reflection on the theatricality of sound, as the composer spreads the musicians through the stage, a process also found in Three Sisters. Each movement is a tribute to directors he admired: Bob Wilson, Klaus Michael Grüber, Luc Bondy, Patrice Chéreau, Jacques Tati and Peter Brook.
Jean-Pierre Brossman, director of the Opéra National de Lyon at that time, admired his ability to take into consideration the work of artists and directors, and commissioned an opera in 1986: Three Sisters, based on Chekhov's play. In 2008, Eötvös premiered two other operas, Lady Sarashina and Love and Other Demons.
Eötvös was principal guest conductor of the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra from 2003 to 2007. His recording of Luciano Berio's Sinfonia with the London Voices (DG) received the award for "Technical excellence in recording" by the BBC Music Magazine in 2006. He served as a member of the jury of the Tōru Takemitsu composition competition in 2014.
His first opera to a Hungarian libretto, Valuska, was premiered in Budapest on 2 December 2023. Based on the 1989 novel The Melancholy of Resistance by László Krasznahorkai, it was commissioned by the Hungarian State Opera.
Eötvös founded the International Eötvös Institute for young conductors and composers in Budapest in 1991. He taught at the Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe from 1992 to 1998 and later became a professor at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln. He returned to Karlsruhe in 2002, remaining in the position until 2007.
Personal life
Eötvös was married three times. His first marriage was to the actress Piroska Molnár; they had a son who died in 1994. His second marriage was to the Taiwanese-German pianist Pi-hsien Chen; they had a daughter. His third marriage was to Mária Eötvösné Mezei. They lived in Cologne, Paris and Hilversum (Netherlands) for decades. In 2004, when Hungary joined the European Union, they moved back to Budapest, where Eötvös founded the Eötvös Contemporary Music Foundation the same year.
Eötvös died in Budapest on 24 March 2024, at the age of 80, after a serious illness.
Compositional style and critical reception
In his extensive work as a conductor, Eötvös was exposed to a variety of compositional styles. Federico Capitoni cited an eclectic range of apparent elements and influences in Eötvös's music: the "lucid folly" of Edgar Varese and Frank Zappa, Ligeti's sense of irony, a certain "American" boldness, rigor reminiscent of dodecaphonists, and rhythms after his "beloved" Bartok and Stravinsky.
Composing for film and theatre in his first large-scale compositions, Eötvös learned the importance of timing and synchronisation. He also discovered noise as a sound, which was the starting point of some later compositions. The work Zero Points begins with a countdown, as if destined to synchronise sound and image, the double bass then takes on a high-pitched sound reminding the cracks of an old magnetic tape. His music encompassed a variety of timbres and soundscapes. Extended techniques such as over-pressure bowings coexisted with lyrical folk songs and synthesized sounds. Eötvös provided detailed instructions on mixture of instruments for electronic manipulation or amplification.
Sándor Weöres' poem Néma zene inspired two works for orchestra and voice, Atlantis (1995) and Ima (2002, also with chorus). Reviewing a 2016 recording of Eötvös's concertante music with the composer himself conducting the Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France (Alpha 208), Capitoni noted Luciano Berio's and Frederic Rzewski's influence in the percussionist-vocalist of the 2012–2013 Speaking Drums (soloist Martin Grubinger). He observed timbral exploration in the 2012 second violin concerto DoReMi (soloist Midori) and a sometimes clumsy, sometimes brilliant approach to cello–soli dialogue in the 2010–2011 Concerto Grosso (soloist Jean-Guihen Queyras).
Stage works
Eötvös was influenced by the music and theatre of Japan. He composed his first opera, Harakiri, in 1973, whilst working in Osaka. The opera is based on the seppuku death of Yukio Mishima. 1996/97, Eötvös composed Tri sestry (Three Sisters) to a libretto in Russian after Chekhov's play. It was premiered at the Opéra National de Lyon in 1998 and was repeated at opera houses in Europe. The one-act opera Lady Sarashina was also based on Japanese tradition, the 11th-century diary of a lady-in-waiting; it was premiered in Lyon on 8 April 2008. His opera Love and Other Demons was based on Gabriel García Márquez' novella; it was premiered on 10 August 2008 at Glyndebourne, UK. He composed Der goldene Drache (The Golden Dragon) in 2013/14 for Ensemble Modern, based on the play by Roland Schimmelpfennig. It was premiered at the Bockenheimer Depot on 29 June 2014, conducted by the composer. The one-act-opera Senza sangue (Without Blood) was composed to a libretto by Alessandro Baricco for two voices, as a work to be coupled with Bartók's Bluebeard's Castle. It was first played in Cologne in concert by the New York Philharmonic in 2015, and then on stage at the Festival d'Avignon in 2016. His opera Valuska was commissioned by the Hungarian State Opera; his first opera to a Hungarian libretto based on Krasznahorkai's novel, was premiered there in 2023 and was played in a German version, Valuschka, at Theater Regensburg in 2024.
Memberships
Member of the Academy of Arts, Berlin (1997)
Member of the Széchenyi Academy of Literature and Arts (Széchenyi Iroldami és Művészeti Akadémia)
Member of the Sächsische Akademie der Künste in Dresden
Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music (2000)
As conductor
Elliott Carter: What Next? (ECM 1817) OCLC 54062653
Friedrich Cerha: Konzert für Violoncello und Orchester / Franz Schreker: Kammersymphonie (ECM 1887) OCLC 1040032476
Helmut Lachenmann: Schwankungen am Rand (ECM 1789) OCLC 1039897061
Béla Bartók: Viola Concerto / Eötvös: Replica for Viola and Orchestra / György Kurtág: Movement for Viola and Orchestra (with Kim Kashkashian and the Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra (RKO), 1999, ECM New Series 1711) OCLC 931313951
Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring, Junge Deutsche Philharmonie, 2004, BMC Records OCLC 225283507
Luciano Berio: Sinfonia for 8 voices and orchestra / Ekphrasis (Continuo II) for orchestra, Göteborgs Symfoniker, London Voices, 2005, Deutsche Grammophon – 0289 477 5380 3 GH OCLC 941807970
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 27 | 88.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 29 | 90.1th |
| Studio albums | 29 | 98.1th |
| Awards recorded | 7 | 98.2th |
| Timeline events | 38 | 97.9th |
| Recording span (years) | 44 | 84.8th |
| Genres | 8 | 94.5th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (29 release groups · 29 studio albums)
Albums · 29
1980 · studio album
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AA-B (1ère Partie)26:00BB (2ème Partie)-C17:001988 · studio album
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1Maldoror-Requiem: I. Introitus. Requiem aeternam et prosa17:422Maldoror-Requiem: II. Kyrie7:383Maldoror-Requiem: III. Sequentia diabolica. Prosa et poesis15:194Maldoror-Requiem: IV. Lacrymosa et prosa15:24Chinese Opera / Intervalles/Interieurs
1990 · studio album
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1Chinese Opera: Vorspiel und Borhänge / Erste Szene11:592Chinese Opera: Comic 14:043Chinese Opera: Zweite Szene9:194Chinese Opera: Comic 23:285Chinese Opera: Dritte Szene / Vorhänge7:406Intervalles Intérieurs30:001990 · studio album
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1Zeitlauf: [part 1]4:502Zeitlauf: [part 2]6:023Zeitlauf: [part 3]8:224Zeitlauf: [part 4]5:205Zeitlauf: [part 5]3:556Zeitlauf: [part 6]4:077Zeitlauf: [part 7]7:458Zeitlauf: [part 8]4:419Zeitlauf: [part 9]4:0610Zeitlauf: [part 10]4:5311Zeitlauf: [part 11]4:5812Zeitlauf: [part 12]3:2813Zeitlauf: [part 13]4:481990 · studio album
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1Missa cum jubilo: Kyrie9:372Missa cum jubilo: Gloria13:363Missa cum jubilo: Credo20:224Missa cum jubilo: Sanctus6:305Missa cum jubilo: Agnus Dei7:341990 · studio album
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1Musik der Frühe40:402Esquisses13:28Lonicera caprifolium / !? dialogues suffisants !? / Spleen / Five Daily Miniatures / Vexierbilder
1995 · studio album
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1Lonicera caprifolium16:192!? dialogues suffisants !?11:453Spleen8:244Five Daily Miniatures7:435Vexierbilder9:091998 · studio album
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1Atlantis: Part I10:242Atlantis: Part II15:073Atlantis: Part III12:554Psychokosmos16:075Shadows: I.2:586Shadows: II.3:427Shadows: III.7:361999 · studio album
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Disc 11Three Sisters: Prolog: No. 1. Muzika igrayet tak bodro (Olga, Masha, Irina)5:102Three Sisters: First Sequence "Irina": No. 2. Boze moy! Kuda vsyo uslo? (Irina, Olga).4:423Three Sisters: First Sequence "Irina": No. 3. Refren: Ona khodit tak, kak budto sama podozgla (Masha)1:014Three Sisters: First Sequence "Irina": No. 4. Molodci! Molodci! Zolotoy narod! (Vershinin, Kulygin, Tuzenbach, Irina, The Doctor, Masha)3:335Three Sisters: First Sequence "Irina": No. 5. Davayte mirit'sya (Tuzenbach, Soliony, The Doctor, Olga, Andrei, Fedotik, Rode, Vershinin, Kulygin, Anfisa, MashaIrina)4:386Three Sisters: First Sequence "Irina": No. 6. Ya ne lyublyu i boyus' etogo vasego Solyonogo (Irina, Tuzenbach, The Doctor, Soliony)8:287Three Sisters: First Sequence "Irina": No. 7. Ya lyublyu, ya lyublyu, beskonecno lyublyu... (Soliony, Irina)4:438Three Sisters: First Sequence "Irina": No. 8. Vi toze zdes'? (Soliony, Natasha, Irina, Anfisa)2:559Three Sisters: First Sequence "Irina": No. 9. V sadu (Perfoye Proscaniye): Spasibo za vsyo! (Fedotik, Rode, Tuzenbach, Irina, Kulygin, The Doctor)2:0110Three Sisters: First Sequence "Irina": No. 10. V sadu: Ivan Romanic, vi vcera bili na bul'vare (Irina, The Doctor, Kulygin, Soliony)0:5511Three Sisters: First Sequence "Irina": No. 11. V sadu (Vtoroye proscaniye): Milaya, ya seycas pridu (Tuzenbach, Irina)3:4912Three Sisters: First Sequence "Irina": No. 12. V Sadu: Mi s baronom zavtra vencayemsya (Irina, The Doctor, Olga)1:34Disc 21Three Sisters: Second Sequence "Andrei": No. 13. Andrey! - Kak vidokhsya i postarel on (Olga, Irina, Masha)3:422Three Sisters: Second Sequence "Andrei": No. 14. Refren: Ona khodit tak, kak budto sama podozgla (Masha)0:423Three Sisters: Second Sequence "Andrei": No. 15. Gde Ol'ga? Kakoy gromadniy pozar... (Andrei, Olga, Vershinin, Masha, Anfisa, Kulygin)3:244Three Sisters: Second Sequence "Andrei": No. 16. Tak mnogo narodu doma (Natasha, Olga)3:555Three Sisters: Second Sequence "Andrei": No. 17. Yesli bi ne soldati (Vershinin, Kulygin, The Doctor, Rode, Fedotik, Tuzenbach, Tuzenbach)3:146Three Sisters: Second Sequence "Andrei": No. 18. Mozet bit'... vasey mami (The Doctor, Irina, Rode, Fedotik, Tuzenbach, Vershinin, Kulygin, Natasha, Soliony1:507Three Sisters: Second Sequence "Andrei": No. 19. Recitativ: Milly ded, kak stranno prokhodit zizn (Andrei, The Doctor)2:118Three Sisters: Second Sequence "Andrei": No. 20. Monolog Andreya: O, gde ono, kuda uslo moyo prosloye (Andrei)5:189Three Sisters: Second Sequence "Andrei": No. 21. Eto to? Andryusa? (Natasha, Anfisa, Andrei, The Doctor)1:0710Three Sisters: Third Sequence "Masha": No. 22. Zabil skazat, segodnya u vas v gostyakh (Tuzenbach, Irina, Fedotik, Rode, The Doctor, Masha, Anfisa, Vershinin, Olga)5:0911Three Sisters: Third Sequence "Masha": No. 23. Ya...ostayus - Dorogaya sestra! (Masha, Kulygin, The Doctor, Irina, Vershinin, Olga)3:5912Three Sisters: Third Sequence "Masha": No. 24. Cayu khocetsya (Vershinin, Anfisa, Masha, Natasha)9:0613Three Sisters: Third Sequence "Masha": No. 25. Pokayus' vam, uz bol'se nikomu (Masha, Olga)3:2914Three Sisters: Third Sequence "Masha": No. 26. V sadu (Tret'e pros caniye): Ol'ga Sergeyevna, ya vam zelayu (Vershinin, Irina, Olga, Masha, Kulygin)6:5815Three Sisters: Listening Guide8:0316Three Sisters: Horanleitung7:4617Three Sisters: Guide d'ecoute8:23Nuun / Presto con fuoco / still / Poemas
2000 · studio album
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1Nuun16:592Presto con fuoco7:273still11:594Poemas: Inclinado en las tardes6:065Poemas: Allí se estira y arde en la más alta hoguera1:326Poemas: Hago rojas señales sobre1:577Poemas: Solo guardas tinieblas1:108Poemas: Inclinado en las tardes echo mis tristes redes3:069Poemas: Los pájaros nocturnos picotean1:1010Poemas: Galopa la noche en su yegua sombría0:36Chinese Opera / Shadows / Steine
2000 · studio album
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1Chinese Opera: Erste Szene in E und Gis11:022Chinese Opera: Zweite Szene in F und G8:263Chinese Opera: Dritte Szene in Fis und C6:474Shadows: 1. Satz2:475Shadows: 2. Satz3:286Shadows: 3. Satz7:507Steine17:26Percussion Concerto / Madonna of Winter and Spring / Song Offerings
2000 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 1:17:35
1Madonna of Winter and Spring: I. Conflicts7:462Madonna of Winter and Spring: II. Descent6:013Madonna of Winter and Spring: III. Depths4:364Madonna of Winter and Spring: IV. Mary17:185Percussion Concerto: I13:226Percussion Concerto: II4:397Percussion Concerto: III5:188Song Offerings: First Song2:459Song Offerings: Second Song2:3610Song Offerings: Third Song5:4611Song Offerings: Fourth Song7:28Eötvös: zeroPoints / Beethoven: Symphony no. 5
2001 · studio album
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1zeroPoints: 0.12:142zeroPoints: 0.21:203zeroPoints: 0.31:444zeroPoints: 0.42:335zeroPoints: 0.51:026zeroPoints: 0.62:127zeroPoints: 0.71:028zeroPoints: 0.81:199zeroPoints: 0.90:3510Symphony no. 5 in C minor, op. 67: I. Allegro con brio7:2711Symphony no. 5 in C minor, op. 67: II. Andante con moto9:5612Symphony no. 5 in C minor, op. 67: III. Allegro7:4013Symphony no. 5 in C minor, op. 67: IV. Allegro10:14The Miraculous Mandarin / Concerto for Orchestra
2001 · studio album
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1The Miraculous Mandarin Op. 19 (Sz 73/BB 82)32:262Concerto for Orchestra (Sz 116/BB 123): I. Introduzione (Andante Non Troppo - Allegro Vivace)9:583Concerto for Orchestra (Sz 116/BB 123): II. Giuoco delle coppie (Allegretto Scherzando)6:084Concerto for Orchestra (Sz 116/BB 123): III. Elegia (Andante Non Troppo)7:265Concerto for Orchestra (Sz 116/BB 123): IV. Intermezzo interrotto (Allegretto)4:186Concerto for Orchestra (Sz 116/BB 123): VI. Finale (Presto)9:222002 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 53:29
1Music for New York10:502“Now, Miss!”16:023Electrochronicle Sessions: June 5, 19740:184Electrochronicle Sessions: June 6, 19740:395Electrochronicle Sessions: June 8, 19743:596Electrochronicle Sessions: June 9, 19744:137Electrochronicle Sessions: June 12, 19742:328Electrochronicle Sessions: June 13, 19745:209Electrochronicle Sessions: June 21, 19743:0110Electrochronicle Sessions: June 22, 19740:5511Dervish Dance5:402002 · studio album
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1Duke Bluebeard's Castle Op. 11 (Herzog Blaubarts Burg Op. 11): Opening / Eröffnung / Torture Chamber / Folterkammer / Armory / Waffenkammer / Treasury / Schatzkammer / The Secret Garden / Der Geheime Garten / Bluebeard's Domain / Blaubarts Reich / Lake Of Tears / Tränensee / Bluebeard's Former Wives / Blaubarts Frühere Frauen59:272002 · studio album
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1Schwankungen am Rand27:392Mouvement (– vor der Erstarrung)22:573“…Zwei Gefühle…”, Musik mit Leonardo22:232003 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 58:03
1IMA, for Mixed Choir and Orchestra: I.8:372IMA, for Mixed Choir and Orchestra: II.7:193IMA, for Mixed Choir and Orchestra: III.10:204Cosmos, Version for Two Pianos15:055Correspondences, Scene for String Quartet: Scene I.3:526Correspondences, Scene for String Quartet: Scene II.2:477Correspondences, Scene for String Quartet: Scene III.10:03Intervalles-Intérieurs / Windsequenzen
2003 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 57:39
1Intervalles-Intérieurs30:012Windsequenzen: Windless I2:523Windsequenzen: Three Sequences of the Mountain Wind5:164Windsequenzen: Seven Sequences of the Whirlwind2:345Windsequenzen: Sequence of the Morning Breeze4:386Windsequenzen: Four Sequences of the Sea Wind - North Wind1:517Windsequenzen: Four Sequences of the Sea Wind - South Wind1:428Windsequenzen: Four Sequences of the Sea Wind - East-West Wind3:079Windsequenzen: Windless II5:382003 · studio album
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1What Next?40:162Asko Concerto12:012004 · studio album
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1Snatches of a Conversation10:462Jet Stream21:233Paris-Dakar7:134Jazz Improvisation on Themes from Péter Eötvös' Opera "Le Balcon"8:235Jazz Improvisation on Themes from Péter Eötvös' Opera "Le Balcon"6:042005 · studio album
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1The Rite of Spring: Part One: The Adoration of the Earth: Introduction3:312The Rite of Spring: Part One: The Adoration of the Earth: The Augurs of Spring (Dance of the Young Girls)3:243The Rite of Spring: Part One: The Adoration of the Earth: Mock Abduction1:214The Rite of Spring: Part One: The Adoration of the Earth: Spring Round Dances3:485The Rite of Spring: Part One: The Adoration of the Earth: Games of the Rival Tribes1:576The Rite of Spring: Part One: The Adoration of the Earth: Procession of the Wise Elder0:437The Rite of Spring: Part One: The Adoration of the Earth: Adoration of the Earth (The Wise Elder)0:268The Rite of Spring: Part One: The Adoration of the Earth: Dance of the Earth1:159The Rite of Spring: Part Two: The Sacrifice: Introduction (Largo)4:1410The Rite of Spring: Part Two: The Sacrifice: Mystical Circles of the Young Girls3:0311The Rite of Spring: Part Two: The Sacrifice: Glorification of the Chosen Victim1:3012The Rite of Spring: Part Two: The Sacrifice: Summoning of the Ancestors0:3813The Rite of Spring: Part Two: The Sacrifice: Ritual of the Ancestors3:2914The Rite of Spring: Part Two: The Sacrifice: Sacrificial Dance (The Chosen Victim)4:5815Mavra26:40Cerha: Konzert für Violoncello und Orchester / Schreker: Kammersymphonie in einem Satz
2007 · studio album
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1Konzert für Violoncello und Orchester: I13:102Konzert für Violoncello und Orchester: II10:413Konzert für Violoncello und Orchester: III11:344Kammersymphonie in einem Satz25:542014 · studio album
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1Seven: Part I (Cadenza With Accompaniment): First Cadenza (for Husband and McCool)1:462Seven: Part I (Cadenza With Accompaniment): Second Cadenza (for Anderson)0:553Seven: Part I (Cadenza With Accompaniment): Third Cadenza (for Clark and Brown)2:364Seven: Part I (Cadenza With Accompaniment): Fourth Cadenza (for Chawia and Ramon)5:435Seven: Part II10:416Levitation: I.2:297Levitation: II. Langsam, schwebend6:188Levitation: III. Barcarola6:599Levitation: Cadenza2:0510Levitation: IV. Petrushka's Resurrection3:0411CAP-KO: I.3:3312CAP-KO: II.4:2313CAP-KO: III.3:4814CAP-KO: IV. Bartók Crosses the Ocean5:0315CAP-KO: V.3:122014 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 53:49
1Sonata per sei: I. (quarter note=86)3:152Sonata per sei: II. (half note=69)5:013Sonata per sei: III. (half note=69)2:594Sonata per sei: IV. Bartók überquert den Ozean (eighth note=84)4:465Sonata per sei: V. (quarter note=112)3:536Psalm 151 in memoriam Frank Zappa19:107Kosmos14:45DoReMi / Speaking Drums / Cello Concerto Grosso
2016 · studio album
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1DoReMi, Violin Concerto no. 2: I. First movement7:202DoReMi, Violin Concerto no. 2: II. Second movement5:593DoReMi, Violin Concerto no. 2: III. Third movement8:334Cello Concerto Grosso: I. First movement10:305Cello Concerto Grosso: II. Second movement6:266Cello Concerto Grosso: III. Third movement9:577Speaking Drums: I. Tanzlied / Dance song4:458Speaking Drums: II. Nonsens songs7:169Speaking Drums: III. Passacaglia10:18Gliding: Four Works for Symphonic Orchestra
2019 · studio album
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1The Gliding of the Eagle in the Skies10:462Jet Stream19:573Alle vittime senza nome: I.4:464Alle vittime senza nome: II.7:095Alle vittime senza nome: III.12:336Dialog mit Mozart13:08Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps / Eötvös: Alhambra Concerto
2021 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 57:45
1Alhambra (Violin Concerto no. 3)23:192Le Sacre du printemps, I. L’Adoration de la terre: I. Introduction3:323Le Sacre du printemps, I. L’Adoration de la terre: II. Les Augures printaniers – Danses des adolescentes3:274Le Sacre du printemps, I. L’Adoration de la terre: III. Jeu du rapt1:185Le Sacre du printemps, I. L’Adoration de la terre: IV. Rondes printanières3:206Le Sacre du printemps, I. L’Adoration de la terre: V. Jeux des cités rivales1:417Le Sacre du printemps, I. L’Adoration de la terre: VI. Cortège du sage0:408Le Sacre du printemps, I. L’Adoration de la terre: VII. Le Sage – Danse de la Terre1:389Le Sacre du printemps, II. Le Sacrifice: I. Introduction4:2310Le Sacre du printemps, II. Le Sacrifice: II. Cercles mystérieux des adolescentes3:4011Le Sacre du printemps, II. Le Sacrifice: III. Glorification de l’élue1:2612Le Sacre du printemps, II. Le Sacrifice: IV. Évocation des ancêtres0:3913Le Sacre du printemps, II. Le Sacrifice: V. Action rituelle des ancêtres3:4814Le Sacre du printemps, II. Le Sacrifice: VI. Danse sacrale (L’Élue)4:542026 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 53:18
1Walden: I. Where I Lived, and What I Lived For (Simplify, Simplify!)5:572Walden: II. The House3:463Walden: III. The Ponds8:274Walden: IV. Reading5:015Walden: V. The Ice List2:526Walden: VI. Spring13:567Walden: VII. Wintzer Visitors3:318Walden: VIII. The Beanfield4:109Walden: IX. The White Pond5:38
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Péter Eötvös head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 27 | 88.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 29 | 90.1th |
| Studio albums | 29 | 98.1th |
| Awards recorded | 7 | 98.2th |
| Timeline events | 38 | 97.9th |
| Recording span (years) | 44 | 84.8th |
| Genres | 8 | 94.5th |
Awards & honours
| Year | Award | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres | won | |
| 2002 | Kossuth Prize | won | |
| 2003 | honorary citizen of Budapest | won | |
| 2007 | Frankfurter Musikpreis | won | |
| 2018 | Goethe Medal | won | |
| 2018 | Hazám-díj | won | |
| — | Order of Saint Stephen of Hungary | won |
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https://musicbrainz.org/artist/bc807a53-e825-4452-960e-3c87e3bc95f7discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/bc807a53-e825-4452-960e-3c87e3bc95f7core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q389851genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q389851seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A9ter_E%C3%B6tv%C3%B6sbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A9ter_E%C3%B6tv%C3%B6s
Why this artist is in the database
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Tier rule: notable long tail (listeners 0, 27 language versions)
Image: The original uploader was Riceklang at English Wikipedia . · Attribution · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q389851 · MusicBrainz: bc807a53-e825-4452-960e-3c87e3bc95f7
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