Peter Rundel
Peter Rundel (1958) is a German conductor and violin player, active for the Ensemble Modern.
Biography
Peter Rundel studied violin with Igor Ozim and Ramy Shevelov, conducting with Michael Gielen and Péter Eötvös, and composition with Jack Brimberg. In 1984 Rundel joined the Ensemble Modern, which he performed with for twelve years.
In 1987, Rundel debuted as a conductor. A specialist of contemporary music, he has regularly collaborated with the Ensemble Modern, Ensemble Recherche, Ensemble Oriol, and with Klangforum Wien. His conducting engagements also led to collaborations with the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie, the Radio Symphony Orchestras in Stuttgart, Frankfurt and Vienna Symphonies, the Asko Ensemble Amsterdam, Ictus Ensemble in Brussels and other institutions.
In 1998 Rundel received the Grand Prix du Disque for the recording of Jean Barraqué's complete works. Since 1999 Peter Rundel has been one of the principal conductors (with Herreweghe and Weller) of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of Flanders, and since 2000 he has been musical director of the Vienna Pocket Opera. In 2003, he conducted the Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin for the first time.
Zappa and Peter Rundel
In 1992, Rundel conducted The Yellow Shark, where Zappa describes him as "a very fine conductor". He is thanked in the liner notes of the album. [1]
Peter Rundel was also mentioned and thanked in the liner notes of The MOFO Project/Object (2006) album. [2]
