| Teodor Currentzis | |
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Teodor Currentzis in 2009 |
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| Born | February 24, 1972 Athens, Greece |
| Occupation | Conductor, composer, actor, recording artist. |
Teodor Currentzis (Greek: Θεόδωρος Κουρεντζής; Russian: Теодор Курентзис; born February 24, 1972) is a Greek conductor, musician and actor, who works in Russia.
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Currentzis was born in Athens, and at the age of 4 began to take piano lessons, after which, at the age 7, he began violin lessons. He entered the National Conservatory, Athens at the age of 12, in the violin department. In 1987, aged 25, he commenced studies of composition under Professor George Hadjinikos, and then in 1989 under Professor B. Shreck,[1] From 1994 till 1999 Currentzis studied conducting in the St. Petersburg State Conservatory under the legendary professor Ilya Musin - the teacher of conductors Gergiev, Temirkanov, Bychkov and many others
From 2004 to 2010 Currentzis served as a principal conductor of the Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theatre, the largest opera theatre in the northern part of Russia, where he has founded the Musica Aeterna Ensemble and the New Siberian Singers Chamber Choir. Since February 2011 Currentzis is music director of the Perm Opera and Ballet Theatre.[2]
In 2006, he conducted young opera stars, including Alexey Kudrya, in concert performances in Moscow and Novosibirsk to celebrate the 250th anniversary of Mozart's birth.
In 2009 he acted in the Ilya Khrzhanovsky's movie Dau ( Russian: Дау ) based on the biography of Lev Landau, who was a winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics.
Currentzis has won the National Theatre Award Golden Mask three times:
| Preceded by Alexey Liudmilin |
Principal Conductor, Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theatre 2004-2011 |
Succeeded by vacant |
| Preceded by Georgy Isaakyan |
Music Director, Perm Opera and Ballet Theatre 2011- present |
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