Biography
Hungarian conductor and composer, Iván Fischer, was born into a Jewish musical family, which includes his brother, the conductor Adam Fischer. Initially he studied piano, violin, cello and composition at the Béla Bartók Conservatory in Budapest. He moved later to Vienna to study conducting with Hans Swarowsky at the University of Music and Performing Arts (1971-1974), where he also studied cello and early music. He also worked as assistant to Nikolaus Harnoncourt on period performance practice in Salzburg during 1975. Although he had previously been a prize-winner at the Florence Conducting Competition in 1974, Fischer’s professional conducting career was effectively launched when he won the Rupert Foundation Conducting Competition in London in 1976. Iván Fischer was soon invited to direc
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Turné: Kompasszió – J. S. Bach Máté-Passiója És Más Szenvedéstörténetek, Bach, J. S.
Budapest Festival OrchestraConductor
View cast and crewEen nieuwe passie, samengesteld door Iván Fischer, Bach, J. S.
Budapest Festival OrchestraConductor
View cast and crewKonzerthausorchester Berlin, Iván Fischer, DvořákStrauss
Konzerthaus BerlinConductor
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Turné: Kompasszió – J. S. Bach Máté-Passiója És Más Szenvedéstörténetek, Bach, J. S.
Budapest Festival OrchestraConductor
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Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Iván Fischer, DvořákStrauss
Konzerthaus BerlinConductor
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Iván Fischer & Carsten Duffin, Dohnányi, E.LigetiSatieDebussyRavel
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen RundfunksConductor
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121Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Iván Fischer, GlassBach, J. S.
Konzerthaus BerlinConductor
View program, cast and crewBudapest Festival Orchestra / Eberle / Isserlis / Ivan Fischer, Brahms
Wiener KonzerthausConductor
View program, cast and crewBudapest Festival Orchestra - B11, Brahms
IbermúsicaConductor
View program, cast and crewBudapest Festival Orchestra / Fischer/ Eberle / Isserlis, Brahms
I Teatri di Reggio EmiliaConductor
View program, cast and crewBudapest Festival Orchestra, Brahms
Alte Oper FrankfurtConductor
View program, cast and crewLe bourgeois gentilhomme / Ariadne auf Naxos, Strauss
Ivan Fischer Opera CompanyConductor
View program, cast and crewSun16:00
Spoleto, ItalyEuropean Union Youth Orchestra · Isata Kanneh-Mason · Iván Fischer, Dohnányi, Ernst VonMahler
GrafeneggConductor
View program, cast and crewEuropean Union Youth Orchestra, ClyneDohnányi, E.Mahler
Carnegie HallConductor
View program, cast and crewBudapest Festival Orchestra & Patricia Kopatchinskaja, ProkofievBartókDvořák
Quincena MusicalConductor
View program, cast and crewBudapest Festival Orchestra & Orfeón Donostiarra, Mozart
Bolshoi TheatreConductor
View program, cast and crewFolk Music in Symphony – Trans-Classics XIV, LisztDvořák
Gstaad Menuhin FestivalConductor
View program, cast and crewR. Strauss: Ariadne Auf Naxos, Strauss
Budapest Festival OrchestraConductor + 1 roles
View program, cast and crewSun19:00
Budapest, HungaryLe bourgeois gentilhomme / Ariadne auf Naxos, Strauss
Ivan Fischer Opera CompanyConductor
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Budapest, HungaryTue19:00
Budapest, HungaryR. Strauss: Ariadne Auf Naxos, Strauss
Budapest Festival OrchestraConductor + 1 roles
View program, cast and crewLe bourgeois gentilhomme / Ariadne auf Naxos, Strauss
Ivan Fischer Opera CompanyConductor
View program, cast and crewWed19:00
Budapest, HungaryBudapest Festival Orchestra, ProkofievBartókDvořák
Lucerne Festival im SommerConductor
View program, cast and crewBridging Europe: De Falla, Liszt, Fischer, Dvořák, FallaLisztDoppler, F.Fischer, I.Dvořák
Budapest Festival OrchestraConductor
View program, cast and crewLe bourgeois gentilhomme / Ariadne auf Naxos, Strauss
Ivan Fischer Opera CompanyConductor
View program, cast and crewThu19:00
Vicenza, ItalySymphonic Concert, Brahms
Ivan Fischer Opera CompanyConductor
View program, cast and crewLe bourgeois gentilhomme / Ariadne auf Naxos, Strauss
Ivan Fischer Opera CompanyConductor
View program, cast and crewOrchestral Concert: Brahms, Brahms
Budapest Festival OrchestraConductor
View program, cast and crewBudapest Festival Orchestra / Iván Fischer, Brahms
Cité de la Musique/Philharmonie de ParisConductor
View program, cast and crewOrchestral Concert: Mendelssohn, Mahler, MendelssohnMahler
Budapest Festival OrchestraConductor
View program, cast and crewIván Fischer & Kirill Gerstein, DvořákBrahms
Bavarian Radio Symphony OrchestraConductor
View program, cast and crewOrchestral Concert: Prokofiev – 1, Prokofiev
Budapest Festival OrchestraConductor
View program, cast and crewOrchestral Concert: Prokofiev – 2, Prokofiev
Budapest Festival OrchestraConductor
View program, cast and crewOrchestral Concert: Prokofiev – 3, Prokofiev
Budapest Festival OrchestraConductor
View program, cast and crewMozart And The Wooden Prince, MozartBartók
New York PhilharmonicConductor
View program, cast and crewOrchestral Concert: Mahler, Mahler
Budapest Festival OrchestraConductor
View cast and crewMahler Festival: Budapest Festival Orchestra en Iván Fischer in Mahlers Symfonie nr. 2, Mahler
Budapest Festival OrchestraConductor
View cast and crewMahler Festival: Budapest Festival Orchestra en Iván Fischer in Mahlers Symfonie nr. 5, Mahler
Budapest Festival OrchestraConductor
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Biography
Hungarian conductor and composer, Iván Fischer, was born into a Jewish musical family, which includes his brother, the conductor Adam Fischer. Initially he studied piano, violin, cello and composition at the Béla Bartók Conservatory in Budapest. He moved later to Vienna to study conducting with Hans Swarowsky at the University of Music and Performing Arts (1971-1974), where he also studied cello and early music. He also worked as assistant to Nikolaus Harnoncourt on period performance practice in Salzburg during 1975. Although he had previously been a prize-winner at the Florence Conducting Competition in 1974, Fischer’s professional conducting career was effectively launched when he won the Rupert Foundation Conducting Competition in London in 1976. Iván Fischer was soon invited to direc
