Peter Eötvös

A leading voice in the Hungarian avant-garde, Peter Eötvös saw his works, especially in the operatic genre, performed internationally. He was also a conductor who performed much new music of his own and by other composers. Eötvös was born on January 2, 1944, in Székelyudvarhely, Hungary (now Odorheiv Secviesc, Romania). The family was forced to move at the end of World War II, but he always regarded himself as having Transylvanian roots. His mother was a pianist who exposed her son to Hungarian music, including that of Bartók. Eötvös studied several instruments as a child, an...