Péter Eötvös
Péter Eötvös (pronounced [ˈpɛtɛr.ˈøtvøʃ]) (January 2, 1944 - 24 March 2024) was a Hungarian composer and conductor. He conducted the Ensemble Modern and Ensemble Intercontemporain during the 1990s and many of Zappa's classical compositions.
Biography
In 1984, Eötvös was musical director during The Perfect Stranger sessions, conducted by Pierre Boulez. [1]
In July 1993, when Zappa collaborated on a concert devoted to music by Edgar Varèse, Varèse: The Rage & The Fury, Eötvös and Nicolas Slonimsky frequently filled in when Zappa was too ill to attend the rehearsals or conduct. Footage of these sessions was included in the documentary Ein Leben Als Extravaganza - Das Genie Frank Zappa. [2] [3]
When Zappa died in 1993, Eötvos composed "Psalm 151, in memoriam of Frank Zappa".
On September 22, 2006, l'Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, conducted by Péter Eötvös, performed Frank Zappa's Greggery Peccary & Other Persuasions. The concert got broadcast in October 2006.
On November 13-15, 2009, at the Festival Présence, a number of Frank Zappa compositions were performed by l'Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, conducted by Eötvös, performed Zappa's The Perfect Stranger and Dupree's Paradise.
Péter Eötvös is also mentioned and thanked in the liner notes of The MOFO Project/Object (2006) album. [4]
