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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Past performances 1996 — Yesterday
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
View program, cast and crewTurné: Kompasszió – J. S. Bach Máté-Passiója És Más Szenvedéstörténetek, Bach, J. S.
Budapest Festival OrchestraConductor
View cast and crewKonzerthausorchester Berlin, Iván Fischer, DvořákStrauss
Konzerthaus BerlinConductor
View program, cast and crewIván Fischer & Carsten Duffin, Dohnányi, E.LigetiSatieDebussyRavel
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen RundfunksConductor
View program, cast and crewKonzerthausorchester 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 crewHungarian 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