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Péter Eötvös

1944 - 2024

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Péter Eötvös is the 553rd most popular composer (up from 656th in 2019), the 136th most popular biography from Romania (up from 168th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Romanian Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Péter Eötvös ranks 553 out of 1,451. Before him are Giovanni Girolamo Kapsperger, Arno Babajanian, Johann Heinrich Schmelzer, Leo Brouwer, Karel Svoboda, and Johann Strauss III. After him are Giacinto Scelsi, Luigi Rossi, Johann David Heinichen, Bernd Alois Zimmermann, Franz Doppler, and Conradin Kreutzer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Péter Eötvös ranks 214. Before him are Oleg Yankovsky, Igor Mitoraj, Michel Polnareff, Jim Abrahams, Bernard Tschumi, and Rocky Johnson. After him are Steve Fossett, Patrick Sercu, Mordechai Spiegler, Phillip Allen Sharp, Terry Cooper, and Sergei Belov. Among people deceased in 2024, Péter Eötvös ranks 151. Before him are John Barth, Yael Dayan, Ira von Fürstenberg, Jim Abrahams, Hugo Sotil, and Sid Eudy. After him are Thomas E. Kurtz, Fritz Wepper, Cheng Pei-pei, Micheline Presle, Helmuth Duckadam, and Jan Assmann.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Péter Eötvös ranks 136 out of 844. Before him are Manea Mănescu (1916), Gabriel Báthory (1589), Francis I Rákóczi (1645), Emerich Jenei (1937), Lucian Mureșan (1931), and Mihail Kogălniceanu (1817). After him are Hermann Kövess von Kövessháza (1854), Ibrahim Muteferrika (1674), Dora d'Istria (1828), Rezső Kasztner (1906), Mihai Antonescu (1904), and Péter Pázmány (1570).

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Among COMPOSERS In Romania

Among composers born in Romania, Péter Eötvös ranks 8. Before him are György Ligeti (1923), George Enescu (1881), Iannis Xenakis (1922), Ion Ivanovici (1845), György Kurtág (1926), and Vladimir Cosma (1940). After him are Bálint Bakfark (1507), Sándor Veress (1907), and Sándor Végh (1912).

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