Since its founding in 1991, the International Eötvös Institute Foundation has gained an extensive reputation both in Hungary and abroad for promoting contemporary music by providing information, organizing international master courses for young conductors and composers.
During the past 20 years the Foundation has organized more than 30 master courses and concert tours with 20th century contemporary music program. To extend and enlarge its field of activity the Foundation started a new line of courses for composers to conduct their own compositions, and workshops for conductors and composers to work together. We have a long-time established connection with European orchestras, music academies and musical institutions and had several international projects and courses in co-operation.
2023
Spotlight on Ramon Lazkano
PETER EÖTVÖS, conductor and composer (Hungary / Germany), founder
GREGORY VAJDA, conductor and composer (Hungary / USA), program director
BALÁZS HORVÁTH, composer, professor (Hungary)
Guest: RAMON LAZKANO, composer (France)
Featuring: Danubia Orchestra (Hungary)
Balázs Horváth: Unisono
Ramon Lazkano: Egan 4 (2011) - Hungarian Premiere
Ramon Lazkano: Erlantz (2015) - Hungarian Premiere
Sebastian Black: Like the Nightingale - World Premiere
György Ligeti: Kammerkonzert
01-06 October, 2023, Budapest
International workshop for conductors and composers in Annecy
in cooperation with Ars Nova Ensemble
Professor:
Gregory Vajda (conductor, composer)
Program for conductors:
Léos Janacek: Mladi
Benjamin Britten: Movement
Peter Eötvös: Windsequenzen
3 new works by selected composers for the 2023 edition:
Sebastian Black, Lisa Heute, Tom Bierton
14-19 August 2023, Annecy, France
Spotlight on Stefano Gervasoni
PETER EÖTVÖS, conductor and composer (Hungary / Germany), founder
GREGORY VAJDA, conductor and composer (Hungary / USA), program director
BALÁZS HORVÁTH, composer, professor (Hungary)
Guest: STEFANO GERVASONI, composer (Italy)
Featuring: Ars Nova Ensemble (France), András Szalai (cimbalom)
Sebastian Black: What Does the Harp Suggest?
Máté Balogh: Gilgamesh Recitations
Stefano Gervasoni: Gramigna
Brahms: Serenade No. 1. - nonet version
12-18 February, 2023, Budapest
2022
Spotlight on Unsuk Chin
PETER EÖTVÖS, conductor and composer (Hungary / Germany), founder
GREGORY VAJDA, conductor and composer (Hungary / USA), program director
BALÁZS HORVÁTH, composer, professor (Hungary)
Guest: UNSUK CHIN, composer (South Korea / Germany)
Featuring: Danubia Orchestra Óbuda, József Balog pianist, Aurél Holló percussionist
Unsuk Chin: Fantaisie mécanique (1994, rev. 1997)
Unsuk Chin: Double Concerto (Doppelkozert) for piano, percussion and ensemble (2002)
Maurice Ravel: Introduction and Allegro for Harp, FLute, Clarinet and String Quartet (1905)
New piece written for the workshop by Jonsung Oh following the instrumentation of Ravel’s Introduction and Allegro.
3-8 October, 2022, Budapest
International workshop for conductors and composers in Annecy
in cooperation with Ars Nova Ensemble
Professors:
Stefano Gervasoni (composer),
Gregory Vajda (conductor, composer)
Peter Eötvös (conductor, composer)
Program for conductors:
Peter Eötvös: da capo for cimbalom solo and ensemble (2013/2014)
Stefano Gervasoni: new work (11 instruments)
Gregory Vajda: You Will Cry at the End (11 instruments) – premiere
4 new works by selected composers for the 2022 edition
13-20 August 2022, Annecy, France
• Spotlight on Magnus Lindberg
Professors:
PETER EÖTVÖS, conductor and composer (Hungary / Germany), founder
GREGORY VAJDA, conductor and composer (Hungary / USA ), program director
BALÁZS HORVÁTH, composer, professor (Hungary)
Guest: MAGNUS LINDBERG, composer (Finland)
Featuring: Ars Nova Ensemble (France)
Magnus Lindberg: Jubilees for chamber orchestra or ensemble
(Boosey and Hawkes, 2002)
Paul Hindemith: Kammermusik no. 1. , op.24/1 for 12 solo instruments
(Schott Music, 1922.)
20-26 June 2022, Budapest
2021
• Spotlight on Georges Aperghis
Feat. Danubia Orchestra Óbuda
guest: Georges Aperghis
Francisco Domínguez: Kharir IV - Premiere
Kecskés D. Balázs: Wind - Premiere
Eötvös Peter: Aurora
Georges Aperghis: ... pás á pas - nulle part ...
Richard Strauss: Serenade op.7
2021. october 09-14.
- mustMEET Georges Aperghis
Aperghis: Rasch
2021. october 11.
• Kurtág 95 - Meeting of Generations - joint masterclass for mentees of 2020 and 2021
Feat. UMZE Ensemble
guest: György Kurtág
Hankyeol Yoon: Hipab - Premiere
Leonardo Marino: Previsioni del tempo - Premiere
Ligeti György: Aventures & Nouvelles Aventures
Kurtág György: ... pás á pas - nulle part ...
Kurtág György: Four Poems by Anna Akhmatova
Conductors: Peter Eötvös, Gregory Vajda, Jonas Bürgin, Martin Rajna
2021. february 12 - 18.
2020
• Spotlight on George Benjamin - online masterclass for mentees of 2020
Feat. Danubia Orchestra Óbuda
guest via ZOOM: George Benjamin
George Benjamin: Three Inventions - Hungarian premiere
Hankyeol Yoon: Idly Idyll - Premiere
Leonardo Marino: Looking at your soul with a telescope - Premiere
Béla Bartók: Divertimento
Conductors: Peter Eötvös, Gregory Vajda
2020. october 04 - 09.
mustMEET Composers ONLINE event
- How to conduct a chamber orchestra
guest: Fabián Panisello
Panisello: Chamber Concerto
Schönberg: Verklärte Nacht, op. 4. (Streichsextett)
Leonardo Marino: Autoritratto
Hankyeol Yoon: Theaterleben
2019. february 17 - 23.
- mustMEET Fabián Panisello
Panisello: Choral Reflections, Biltine, Cuatro canciones de Silvia
2019. february 17.
2019
- Workshop with Singer and Ensemble
guest: Hanspeter Kyburz, Elizabeth Laurence
Kyburz: Réseaux
Berio: Folksongs, O'King
Donghoon Shin: Song Book
Mikel Urquiza: Ars memoriae
2019. november 25 - 30.
- mustMEET Hanspeter Kyburz
Kyburz: Tropus, Abendlied, Quasi-á-due
2019. november 25.
- Masterclass with Saariaho
guest: Kaija Saariaho
Sibelius: Symphony No.2. op. 43.
Donghoon Shin: Concerto for the Most Ordinary Things
Mikel Urquiza: Respirare L'Ombra
2019. april 07 - 14.
- mustMEET Kaija Saariaho
Saariaho: Duft, Spins and Spells, Oi Kuu
2019. april 08.
- Holliger 90
guest: Heinz Holliger
Holliger: Turm Musik
Janacek: Taras Bulba
Donghoon Shin: Your Doubles
Mikel Urquiza: Monte Altissimo
2019. february 20 - 27.
- mustMEET Heinz Holliger
Holliger: Contrechant for solo bass clarinet, Klaus-Ur, Mileva Lieder
2019. february 25.
2018
START OF MENTORING PROGRAM
- Working around the Wind Quintet
guest: Catherine Milliken
Magda Dávid: Three Pictures (part) - III. Busy City Scene
Nante: Dynamis
Holloway-Nahum: Ezra's Nursery
2018. september 30 - october 06.
- mustMEET Catherine Milliken
Bruno Maderna: Solo
Cathy Berberian: Stripsody
Cathy Milliken: Catalogue of Blue
2018. october 01.
- Peter Eötvös Foundation debut concert in Kolozsvár, Romania
concert: pieces by Peter Eötvös Péter, György Ligeti, György Kurtág, Máté Balogh, Balázs Horváth
- Stockhausen 90
guest: Kathinka Pesveer, Alessandro Solbiati
Stockhausen: Punkte
Nante: Ora
Holloway-Nahum: Words repeated arrive eventually and irresistibly at prayer
Schönberg: Kammersymphonie op.9.
2018. may 20 - june 02.
- mustMEET Kathinka Pesveer
2018. május 29.
- Working around the Soldier's Tale
guest: Johannes Schöllhorn
Holloway-Nahum: The Long March
Nante: Jeu de Rite
Stravinskij: A Soldier's Tale
2018. february 08 - 17.
- mustMEET Johannes Schöllhorn
Schöllhorn: In Nomine, Hommage á Ravel, Oréade
2018. february 17.
2017
- Dialog Scene II.
workshop for composers
international musical theater workshop for writing contemporary opera duets
2017. september 4 - 15.
- Focus on Kodály Zoltán and Wolfgang Rihm
workshop for conductors and composers
guest: Wolfgang Rihm
Kodály: Háry János szvit
Kodály: Fölszállott a páva (Variations on a hungarian folksong)
Rihm: Verwandlung 2.
2017. june 10 - 15.
- mustMEET Wolfgang Rihm
Rihm: Ophelia Sings, Funde im Verscharrten
2017. june 14.
- Focus on Kurtág
guest: Kurtág György
Kurtág: A boldogult R.V. Trusszova üzenetei
2017. march 31. - april 9.
- Dialog Scene I.
workshop for composers
guest: Pascal Dusapin
Angel Hernandez-Lovera (VE): Dee & Dum / Director: Varga Bence
Chia-Ying Lin (TW): Under the Moonlight / Director: Tárnoki Márk
Antoine Daurat (FR): The Scene / Director: Szokol Judit
Zixiao Wang (CHN): Sons and Lovers, Hate and Love / Director: Hoisza Henrietta
Tomás Bordalejo (AR): The Magic Phallus / Director: Tarnóczi Jakab
2017. february 08 - 13.
- mustMEET Pascal Dusapin
Dusapin: Beckett's Bones
2017. february 13.
2016
- Masterclass for composers
guest: Toshio Hosokawa
Hosokawa: Vertical Time Study I. , Trio, Drawing
pieces of the participants:
Francisco José Dominguez: Four Sketches
Balogh Máté: Quartet pour la fin de jam
Liu Weich-Chih: Délire
2016. november 12 - 16.
- mustMEET Hosokawa
2016. november 14.
- Workshop for conducting composers
guest: Krzysztof Penderecki, Jean-Philippe Wurtz
with the THReNSeMBLe
2016. october 15 - 20.
- mustMEET Krzysztof Penderecki
Penderecki: Ciaccona, Violoncello totale, Prelude
2016. october 18.
- Masterclass with Helmut Lachenmann
guest: Helmut Lachenmann, Olivier Cuendet, György Kurtág
Lachenmann: "... zwei Gefühle..." , Musik mit Leonardo
Kurtág: Petite musique solennelle
Bartók: Violin Concerto No.2
2016. june 09 - 16.
- mustMEET Helmut Lachenmann
2016. june 13.
2015
- Stockhausen Masterclass - Munich, Germany
in collaboration with Musica Viva, Bavaria Musikstudios and Stockhausen Foundation
Stockhausen: HYMNEN (Dritte Region) Elektronische Musik mit Orchester
2015. october 9 - 18.
- Works written for chamber ensemble (20. - 21. century)
Masterclass for conductors
in collaboration with the Villa Musica Foundation
guest: Nagy Zsolt (Germany), Salomé Haller (France)
Boulez: Dérive I.
Donatoni: Arpége per sei strumenti
Schönberg: Pierrot lunaire
Tornyai: Sprechgesang
2015. september 24. - october 2.
- Pierre Boulez 90
focus on german and french contemporary pieces
guest: Jean-Philippe Wurtz, Philippe Manoury, Matthias Pintscher
Manoury: Passacaille pour Tokyo
Pintscher: Occultation
Boulez: Dérive I.
Hindemith: Kammermusik Nr.1
2015. june 10 - 16.
2014
- IRCAM, Paris, France
Mastercourses for composers and conductors
Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra, Lucerne Festival Academy Orchestra
30 June - 10 July
- International Bartók Seminar, Szombathely, Hungary
Mastercourse for composers
13- 20 July
Alter Ego Ensemble
- Herrenhaus Edenkoben, Germany
Scholarship for composers
Bernd Richard Deutsch (Germany)
Genoel von Lilienstern (Germany)
- Gargonza Arts International Award
for composers
Matej Bonin (Slovenia)
2013
- Budapest Music Center - Basel Hochschule für Musik
Mastercourse for conductors and composers
Alban Berg: Kammerkonzert
Anton Webern: Konzert Op. 24.
Christoph Delz: Siegel Op. 3.
Matthias Krüger new piece
Bella Máté new piece
November 27- December 6
- Royaumont, Franciaország
Mastercourse for conductors
Stockhausen: Kontrapunkte
Xenakis: Thallein
Ligeti: Kammerkonzert
Carter: Asco Concerto
Hanna Eimermacher: Hommage an den Klimperkasten
Linea Ensemble
April 28- May 4
- International Bartók Seminar, Szombathely, Hungary
Masterclass for conductors
Janacek: Sinfonietta
Bartók: Concerto for orchestra
10-20 July
- "Out at S.E.A" chamber opera workshop for composers
Budapest Music Center
24-27 April, 2013
- Herrenhaus Edenkoben, Germany
Scholarship for composers
Yagoda Szmytka (Poland)
Nicolas Tzortzis (Greek)
2012
- Lucerne Festival Academy, Switzerland
Mastercourse for conductors
Charles Ives: 4. Symphony
20-26 August 2012
- Herrenhaus Edenkoben, Germany
Scholarship for composers
Birke Bertelsmeier (Germany)
Ying Wang (China)
- Gargonza Arts International Award
for composers
Genoel von Lilienstern (Németország)
2011
- Conservatoire Bruxelles Belgium
Mastercourse for conductors and composers
29-30 March 2011
- Lucerne Festival Academy, Switzerland
Stockhausen: Punkte
Zimmermann: Photoptosis
1-11 September 2011
- Herrenhaus Edenkoben, Germany
Scholarship for composerss
Mariana Ungureanu (Moldavia)
Gabrielle Brunner (Switzerland)
2010
- Herrenhaus Edenkoben, Germany
Scholarship for composers
Benjamin Schweitzer (Germany)
Olaf Lervik (Norvégia)
2009
- Herrenhaus Edenkoben, Germany
Workshop for composers and conductors
Carter: Triple duo
Norris: Tesserae....Interstices
four compositions by composer participants
- International Bartók Seminar, Szombathely, Hungary
Workshop for composers, conductors, singers and dramaturgs
Bartók: Bluebeard´s Castle
2007
- Centre Acanthes Festival, Luxemburg, Metz, France
Master course for conductors and composers
Schönberg: 5 Orch. Stücke, Op. 16
Bartók: Concerto for orchestra
- Luzern Festival Academy, Luzern, Switzerland
Masterclass for conductors
Karlheinz Stockhausen: Gruppen für 3 Orchester
2006
- International Bartók Seminar, Szombathely, Hungary
Masterclass for composers
2005
- Herrenhaus Edenkoben, Germany
Workshop for young conductors and composers
Ensemble Aventure, Freiburg
Donatoni: Arpége
Hosokawa: Slow Dance
Kee-Yong Chong: Mourning the Murder of an old Banyan tree
Uwe Kremp: Singbarer Rest
Vassos Nicolaou: Klimata
Leanna Primiani: Parada
Valerio Sannicandro: IRradi
Andrea Vigani: Tre piccole pieghe del tempo
2002
- Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, Stuttgart, Germany
mastercourse for conductors
Eötvös: Atlantis
Strawinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps
2001
- Radio Chamber Orchestra, Hilversum, The Netherlands
Stockhausen: Mixtur
Varese: Desert
- Centre Acanthes Festival, Avignon, France
course for conductors, composers and conducting composers
2000
- Kondrashin Mastercourse, Hilversum, The Netherlands
- Radio Chamber Orchestra, Hilversum, The Netherlands
Stockhausen: Hymnen (conducted by Peter Eötvös)
Additional course for guest conductors and composers
1999
- Radio Philharmony Orchestra, Hilversum, The Netherlands
Birtwistle: Exodie
Eötvös: Atlantis
1998
- Radio Chamber Orchestra Hilversum, The Netherlands
Stockhausen: Inori
- Herrenhaus Edenkoben, Germany
workshop for conductors and composers
Carter: Triple duo
Boulez: Dérive I.
Tonino Battista: L'ombrello rosso
Tibor Hegyi: Variations
Philipp Blume: Wider Willen
Vykintas Baltakas: No.6
1997
- Göteborg Symphony Orchestra, Gothenburg, Sweden
Bartók: Four Orch. Pieces Op 12.
Ligeti: Piano concerto
Eötvös: Psychokosmos
Kurtág: quasi una fantasia..Op 27.
- Radio Chamber Orchestra, Hilversum, The Netherlands
Bartók: Divertimento
Bartók: Music for strings, perc. and celesta
- WDR Symphony Orchestra, Cologne, Germany
Stockhausen: Gruppen
- Radio Philharmonie Orchestra, Hilversum, The Netherlands
Harvey: Concert for marimba and orch.
Ligeti: Requiem
Bartók: Cantata Profana
- Hochschule für Musik Köln, Ensemble Köln, Cologne, Germany
Vykintas Baltakas: Pusline
Valerio Sannicandro: Transmissions
Ralf Soiron: Klangproben
Knut Müller: Mizar
1996
- Radio Filharmonisch Orkest, Hilversum, The Netherlands
Boulez: Pli selon pli
- Ensemble Modern, Darmstadt, Germany
Stockhausen: Mixtur
- Radio Kamerorkest, Kondrashin masterclass, Hilversum, The Netherlands
Markus Schmitt: Escalade
Regis Campo: Commedia
Joyce Bel Tuan Koh: Granite Harbour
Hyosung Kim: Polylinien
- Südwestfunk Orchestra, Donaueschingen, Germany
James Tenney: Diapason
Luciano Berio: Kol Od (Chemins VI)
Iannis Xenakis: Ioolkos
Robert HP Platz: Andere Räume
- Radio Filharmonisch Orkest, Hilversum, The Netherlands
Birtwistle: Earth Dances
1995
- Ensemble Varianti, Stuttgart, Germany
John Cooney: Taking Liberties
Fabián Panisello:Presencias Transparentes
Alistair Zaldua: Stimmen
Matthias Pintscher: Départ
- Young Composers' Forum, BBC Symphony Orchestra, London, UK
Joseph Phibbs: Soirèe
Philip Clark: City mosaic
- International Bartók Seminar, Savaria Symphony Orchestra, Szombathely, Hungary
Kurtág: ...quasi una fantasia... op.27
Kurtág: Grabstein für Stefan op. 15c
Kurtág: What is the word?
- Centre Acanthes Festival, Asko Ensemble, Avignon, France
Kurtág: Messages (Troussova) op. 17
Kurtág: ... quasi una fantasia... op.27
Eötvös: Intervalles intérieurs
1993
- Wiener Symphoniker, Vienna, Austria
Schönberg: Die glückliche Hand
Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle
- Savaria Symphony Orchestra, Szombathely, Hungary
Lutoslawsky: Third Symphony
Bartók: Violin Concerto
Mussorgsky: Songs and Dances of Death
- Symphony Orch. Utrecht School of Arts, The Netherlands
Concerts in Amsterdam, Vienna, Budapest
Takemitsu: Visions
Debussy: Jeux
Mozart: Piano Concerto K.V. 467
Zimmermann: Dialoge
- Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique Lyon, France
Concerts: Lyon, Grenoble, Macon Varèse: Intégral
Guezec: Textures enchainées
Dusapin: Hop
Amy: Echos XIII
Boulez: Domaines
1992
- OPENING CONCERT of International Eötvös Institute Foundation in Gödöllő
26 July 1992, 19:00 - Savaria Symphony Orchestra
Ives: From the Steeples and the Mountains
Ives: General William Booth enters into Heaven (feat. Sándor Egri)
Ives: Symphony No. 4.