Iván Fischer
Biography: Iván Fischer (born 20 January 1951) is a Hungarian conductor and composer. Born in Budapest into a musical family (his older brother, Ádám Fischer, is also a conductor), Fischer initially studied piano, violin, cello and composition in Budapest. He moved later to Vienna to study conducting with Hans Swarowsky at the University of Music and Performing Arts, where he also studied cello and early music, studying and working as assistant to Nikolaus Harnoncourt. In 1976, Fischer won the Rupert Foundation conducting competition in London. He began thereafter to guest-conduct such British orchestras as the BBC Symphony and the London Symphony Orchestra, with whom he conducted a world tour in 1982. His US conducting debut was with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra in 1983. Description above from the Wikipedia article Iván Fischer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: January 20, 1951
Deathday: N/A
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Fischer Iván
2015-04-09
Bach Matthäus-Passion
2012-04-07
Music and Power
2018-01-01
Johann Sebastian Bach: St Matthew Passion (RCO)
Parsifal: Dutch National Opera (Fischer)
2017-07-14