Greek conductor at the Perm theater. Teodor Currentzis
Creation, personal life and the biography of conductor Teodor Currentzis entered the history of world music. His works were appreciated not only by Russian critics, but also by foreign ones.
Teodor Currentzis is a world-famous conductor, his work is so original and inimitable that it is difficult to find a person who could repeat his actions. He is constantly in search of inspiration, looking for something new. Popularity came to him not only because of his musical achievements, but also largely due to his appearance. An attractive man, when he appears in a public place, immediately becomes a hostage to the attention of various reporters and journalists.
IN present moment he continues to be active in the territory Russian Federation and delights listeners with his conducting. A considerable number of projects have already been created under the leadership of Theodore. Many expect that he will soon do something new and modern.
Childhood and education
A young talent was born in 1972, hometown- Athens. Greece became for him the place for the creation of many new works, here he received his education and began to earn popularity. More from early age he was sent to music school, where he immediately learned the ability to play the piano and violin. The lessons took quite a long time, but the boy liked it all.
You could say that his ears were accustomed to listening to the classics from an early age. Even then, together with his mother, he attended the theater, opera, and performances. Waking up, Theodore heard only the sounds of the piano his mother was playing. Of course, it was she who played the main influence on the development of his talent. It is known about Currentzis’s mother that she subsequently became the vice-rector of the Conservatory in Athens.
There is also a second son in the family, who today lives in the Czech Republic and has also connected his life with music. As for Theodore, his achievements can only be praised. Already at the age of 15 he graduated from the faculty music theory Conservatory in Athens, and after 12 months graduates from another faculty. Next was work on vocals, which also took place in Greece. It’s safe to say that my mother and the Athens Conservatory were able to raise a truly creative and famous person.
It is no secret to many that the conductor Teodor Currentzis’ family had two children, that is, there is also a brother about whom there is a lot of information on Wikipedia. Young people support family relationships, meet each other quite often. Both connected themselves with music, like their mother.
In 1990, under the leadership of Currentzis, his first chamber orchestra, he was very pleased with this event. Working as a conductor for four whole years provided him with enormous and irreplaceable experience. At that time, conductor Teodor Currentzis was not at all interested in the personal life. He devoted himself entirely to music. I worked on my talent and tried to achieve as great heights as possible. In general, he succeeded, but not as he dreamed. Subsequently, a long move to Russia awaited him, where he remained forever.
The guy understood that in order to become famous, he needed to work on himself and receive further education.
Closing his chamber orchestra, he goes to St. Petersburg, here he easily enrolls in studies at the best conservatory Russia. Together with the eminent teacher Ilya Musin, he continues to work and develop. It was thanks to this man that Theodore was able to create in himself that “zest” that he completely lacked. As for Currentzis himself, he became very attached to Russian music and dreamed of staying in for a long time in Russia.
During his studies, Theodore managed to work in all famous St. Petersburg orchestras. His name appeared quite often on posters. It is no secret to many that exactly musical family Teodora Currentzis helped him become so famous conductor. The musician talks about his plans very often, as he loves to share good news.
Career
In general, after graduating from the conservatory, he begins to look for work not in Greece, but in Russia. He was immediately accepted into the “Moscow Virtuosi” orchestra, with whom he went on a tour of the United States of America, worked with a great symphony orchestra Tchaikovsky. There were a lot of orchestras with which he managed to work, not only in Russia, but also in Greece, in the West, in Eastern Europe.
It is impossible to list the number of festivals and competitions that Theodore attended. Moscow, London, Miami and other cities heard Currentzis' work in all its colors. In almost 20 years fruitful work, several dozen different world and Russian works. A considerable amount modern works came to Theodore.
In 2009, Teodor Currentzis becomes exactly the person one is happy to see at any time within the walls of the Bolshoi Theater. Two years later, many learned that he became the chief conductor of the major theater opera and ballet in the city of Perm. In fact, many say that it is precisely because Teodor Currentzis has a free personal life that he is able to work so fruitfully.
There were works in other Russian cities. Knowing about his talent, many artistic directors invited him to stage ballets and operas. Some of the most interesting works of that time "The Fairy's Kiss", "Aida". These productions can be attributed to his “Siberian” career, which he recalls quite often. All this could not happen just like that, so young Teodor Currentzis was invited to the position of conductor of the Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theater. Theodore devoted almost seven years to this institution; many foreign experts in the field of music and critics came to its productions, and everyone left only delighted.
The orchestra Musica Aeterna Ensemble and the chamber choir New Siberian Singers appeared during his work as a conductor in Novosibirsk. The conductor himself became very interested in Russian music, Russian classics. These musical groups have become known throughout the world. Trips with performances in various cities brought extraordinary success. There were also awards from international festivals and competitions. Theodor Currentzis's awards can be listed for a very long time; he was awarded the Golden Mask five times and received awards for his achievements in the field of art.
Work on the territory of the Russian Federation continues to this day. Theodore himself said more than once that he would stay here forever. His attraction to Russian music and folklore is so piercing that it is difficult to find a foreigner who would have the same feelings.
In the future, Currentzis plans to deal only with his own personal projects, because he likes to work freely without restrictions and frames. But the media is interested in his personal life and relationships with women, so this will be discussed further.
Personal life
Any reader is primarily interested in the personal life of his favorite actor, singer or celebrity. Teodor Currentzis is a person who is known only in certain circles of people, so not many people know about his relationships, family and children. His openness in front of the camera is quite interesting interviews, can be called one of the best. He never hides his plans for the future, but rather prepares the audience for what will happen. But personal life always remained behind some kind of curtain.
Today we can say with confidence that he was married to ballerina Yulia Makhalina. At the beginning of his career, in St. Petersburg, he met her at work at the Mariinsky Theater, the couple immediately began dating and making plans for the future. We can say that it was thanks to Julia that Theodore became famous in Russia. Makhalina worked with a large number famous people, at that time the whole country was thundering about her talent. In general, it is the promotion career ladder It happened due to the girl’s connections. Despite all of Julia’s aspirations, the marriage fell apart, and no one knows anything about the reasons for this collapse. What is going on with Teodor Currentzis’s personal life today is unknown.
In 2014, he became a full citizen of the Russian Federation. More than once in his interviews he told how much he loved this country. He has no plans to return to work in Greece, as he is completely satisfied with everything. For him, the main thing is to create music that will be interesting to young people, without barriers and restrictions. As a result of all this, Teodor Currentzis completely stopped going to other people’s performances and concerts, as he believes that this completely interferes with improving and developing in a world full of freedom. He has no plans to get married yet, but would like to start a family and have children.
Currently, Teodor Currentzis' family lives in Greece, his brother lives in Prague. Despite all this, they see each other very often.
His love for his loved ones is manifested in all his actions, which is an important indicator for an artist. Working as a conductor has become a part of life that he thinks about constantly and has no intention of stopping there.
Experimental conductor and cosmopolitan Teodor Currentzis was born and received music education in Athens, continued it in St. Petersburg, and went to work in Novosibirsk, and then to Perm. He headed the academic opera and ballet theater there and turned it into a world-famous venue. As a conductor and soloist, he worked at many venues, with many groups, and participated in various music festivals. IN creative search prefers non-academic means, does not like psychological theater, movies with beautiful actors, and is outraged by television and Internet addiction. Member of the Snob project since December 2008.
Birthday
Where was he born?
Athens
Who was born to
“I am an oriental person. One half of my history is Athenian, the other is Constantinople.”
Where and what did you study?
Graduated from the theoretical faculty and the faculty string instruments First Greek Conservatory in Athens. He studied vocals at the Athens Academy.
Since 1994, he studied at the conducting department of the St. Petersburg State Conservatory with Professor Ilya Musin.
“My teacher Ilya Musin once told me: “If you say that you know all the music, then you have exactly three days left to live.”
Where and how did you work?
He was the chief conductor of the Musica Aeterna Ensemble in Athens, then an assistant conductor in the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Yuri Temirkanov.
Since 2003 - permanent conductor of the National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia under the direction of Vladimir Spivakov.
“I remember how I lost my job, looked for it all over Moscow and no one wanted to hire me. Only one amazing person, Vladimir Spivakov, allowed me to conduct the National Philharmonic Orchestra.”
Musical director and chief conductor of the Novosibirsk State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater.
“The Novosibirsk theater is one of the best in Russia, third after the Bolshoi Theater and the Mariinsky Theater.”
What did you do?
In 2002 he became the conductor-producer of the world premiere of the Russian opera performance“The Blind Swallow” by A. Shchetinsky in Lokkum (Germany) as part of a music festival.
He staged the ballet “The Fairy’s Kiss” by I. Stravinsky (choreographer Alla Sigalova) at the Novosibirsk State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater, and was the conductor and director of the performances “The Marriage of Figaro” and “Lady Macbeth” Mtsensk district».
As a conductor and soloist he took part in concert programs orchestra of the St. Petersburg Philharmonic, St. Petersburg Symphony Orchestra, orchestra Mariinsky Theater. Repeatedly performed at festivals in Colmar (France), Bangkok, London, Ludwigsburg, Miami.
Achievements
On the basis of the academic theater he created a chamber orchestra Musica Aeterna Ensemble and a choir The New Siberian Singers, specializing in historical performance.
“When I created Musica Aeterna, I did not select only the best of the best. I called like-minded people. Those who don’t stop rehearsing “on call” and don’t immediately run about their business. I need people who think about music day and night, even if they play a little less accurately and strictly than some of their colleagues - indifferent technicians."
Public affairs
Festival co-organizer contemporary art"Territory". Conducted at a concert for patients of the First Moscow Hospice.
“I’m friends with Chulpan Khamatova. I called her... and said: “There is a hospice here, do you know anyone there so we can go play?” That's all. We agreed and came."
Public recognition
Special Jury Prize of the National theater award“Golden Mask” (2007) for the production of the ballet “Cinderella” at the Novosibirsk State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater.
Important life events
In 2007, as part of the “Tribute to Svyatoslav Richter” project, he presented Verdi’s “Requiem” to the public, changing the usual interpretation and bringing the composition of the instruments closer to what was heard at the premiere in 1874.
“I gave Verdi’s Requiem more than half life. From the age of 15 I thought about it, then looked closely at the singers and rehearsed. This dream was superimposed on my interest in ancient music, in the Baroque masters.”
Successful projects
G. Verdi's opera Aida, staged in 2004 on the stage of the Novosibirsk State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater, won the Golden Mask award.
Known for
He experiments with music, returns its authentic sound, feels poetry and mysticism in music and is not afraid of scandals.
“I fight stereotypes in music... My goal is for people to kiss at my concerts and go home filled with love, inspiration, hope.”
“I am one of those people who strive to completely change the art of conducting.”
I love
“The West has always been guided by Aristotle, who showed the earth, the East - by Plato, who showed the sky. I'm one of the Platonists. But this does not mean that I have a bad attitude towards Aristotle. He is also my ancestor, but Plato is closer to me.”
“Creative loneliness is necessary if I want to create a piece of music; I cannot stand any other loneliness.”
Well, I don't like it
“...I don’t like psychological theater, I don’t like cinema where they play on principle beautiful actors, I don’t like beauty in its pure form. It takes away from the essence of art."
opera films
“Opera is already an unnatural phenomenon, but to make an opera film is to legitimize the senseless.”
television and virtual communication
“People become dependent on TV and the Internet. It seems to them that they are communicating, but in reality they are withdrawn into their loneliness.”
“TV is based on porn culture. On TV they show either black magic or porn. People on TV speak in such jargon that if Lermontov had heard, he would have cut his wrists.”
And in general
“...I never wanted to be a conductor. I conduct without a baton and consider myself not quite a conductor. I am a kind of poet, and perhaps better than others, and in my own way I understand what needs to be done in music. I have something to say. If I don’t have anything to say, I’ll just stop playing music.”
“...every day I try to destroy all the towers that I myself have built and that have been erected around me. Carefully deconstructing your own mythology is very important."
"...I'm very great romantic. But not in the sense that “landscape”, “embankment”, “my darling”... My romance is exalted. Wild cats jumping on the piano, wild flowers with scents like incense - from the region of Baudelaire.”
WITH four years studied piano, took violin lessons from the age of seven, and five years later entered both the theoretical faculty and the faculty of string instruments of the Greek Conservatory in Athens.
In 1987 he graduated from the Faculty of Theory of the Greek Conservatory, in 1989 - from the Faculty of String Instruments.
In 1988-1989, he studied vocals at the Greek Conservatory with Professor D. Arivas, continued his studies at the Athens Academy with Professor K. Pascalias, and later attended master classes with G. Gabor.
In 1990 he founded a chamber orchestra in Athens.
From 1994 to 1999 he studied conducting with Ilya Musin at the St. Petersburg State Conservatory. As a conductor and soloist, he took part in concert programs of the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, the St. Petersburg Symphony Orchestra, and the Mariinsky Theater Orchestra.
Creation
Since 1999, he has become an assistant conductor of the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Yuri Temirkanov.
Currentzis constantly collaborates with the Moscow Virtuosi orchestra, the Big Symphony Orchestra (BSO), the Russian national orchestra(RNO), State Academic Symphony Orchestra (SASO), orchestra " New Russia" With the Pratum Integrum orchestra, which united the best Russian performers early music on historical instruments, prepared, performed and took part in the CD recording of the first Russian symphony - “Symphony in C major” by Maxim Berezovsky. Since 2003 - permanent conductor of the National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia (NFOR).
Repeatedly performed at festivals in Colmar, Bangkok, Carton, London, Ludwigsburg, Miami.
Conductor-director of the world premiere of the Russian opera performance “The Blind Swallow” by Alexander Shchetinsky (libretto by A. Parin) in Lokkum (Germany) as part of the 2002 music festival.
In October 2003, he acted as conductor of the ballet “The Fairy’s Kiss” by Igor Stravinsky at the Novosibirsk Academic Opera and Ballet Theater (NGATOiB) (choreographer Alla Sigalova).
In March 2004, as a conductor-producer, he staged Giuseppe Verdi’s opera “Aida” (directed by Dmitry Chernyakov) at the NGATOiB. The performance was awarded the Golden Mask Award.
Since May 2004 - musical director and chief conductor NGATOiB. In the same year, on the basis of the theater, he created the chamber orchestra “Musica Aeterna Ensemble” and the choir “The New Siberian Singers”, which specialize in the field of historical performance.
In 2005 and 2006, he performed concert performances of the operas “Dido and Aeneas” by G. Purcell, “Orpheus and Eurydice” by K. V. Gluck (edited by G. Berlioz), “That’s what everyone does,” “The Marriage of Figaro,” “Don Giovanni” "Mozart, in 2007 - "Cinderella" by G. Rossini.
At the beginning of the 2006-2007 season, he again acted as a conductor-producer of the NGATOiB performances - “The Marriage of Figaro” (produced by Tatyana Gyurbach) and “Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk” (produced by Genrikh Baranovsky).
Since the fall of 2006, among the famous young cultural figures, he has been a co-organizer of the “Territory” festival of contemporary art.
As part of the project “An Tribute to Svyatoslav Richter,” on March 20, 2007, Teodor Currentzis presented Verdi’s “Requiem” to the public, changing the usual interpretation and bringing the composition of the instruments closer to the one that sounded at the premiere in 1874.
In April 2007, the NGATOiB’s play “Cinderella” became a laureate of the National Theater Award “Golden Mask”. Teodor Currentzis, conductor and musical director of the ballet, was awarded a special jury prize “For the vivid embodiment of S. S. Prokofiev’s score.”
In addition to his interest in the music of composers of the Baroque and Classical eras, successful experiments in the field of authentic performance, Teodor Currentzis devotes his work to great attention music of our days. Over the past few years, the conductor has conducted more than 20 world premieres of works by Russian and foreign authors.
In the 2007-2008 season, the Moscow Philharmonic presented a personal subscription “Teodor Currentzis Conducts”, the concerts of which were a resounding success.
In June 2008, he made his debut at the Paris National Opera as conductor and director of G. Verdi's opera Don Carlos. In December 2008 he spoke musical director productions of G. Verdi's opera "Macbeth" - joint project Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theater and Paris National Opera. In April 2009, the premiere was a huge success in Paris.
By Decree of the President of Russia Dm. Medvedev on October 29, 2008. Teodor Currentzis, among cultural figures - citizens of foreign countries, was awarded the Order of Friendship.
From Season 2009-2010 Teodor Currentzis is a permanent guest conductor of the State Academic Bolshoi Theater Russia. In November 2009 at New scene The Bolshoi, under the direction of Teodor Currentzis, hosted the premiere performances of A. Berg’s opera “Wozzeck” (staged by Dmitry Chernyakov).
In January 2011 he was appointed to the post artistic director Perm Opera and Ballet Theater named after Tchaikovsky. Some of the musicians from the “Musica Aeterna Ensemble” orchestra moved to Perm with him.
Movie
2009 - starred in I. Khrzhanovsky’s biographical drama “Dau”, playing the role of Lev Landau.
One of the most sought-after contemporary Russian conductors, Teodor Currentzis is Greek by birth. Having received his basic musical education in Greece, he founded the orchestra in 1990 chamber music in Athens, and in 1994 he came to Russia to study conducting with Ilya Musin, professor at the St. Petersburg State Conservatory. After this, Theodore remained to work in Russia and regularly collaborates with the most famous musical orchestras countries. For more than 20 years of creative activity in Russian art, he delivered a lot of successful musical performances V different cities, performed abroad more than once, and in the spring of 2014 became a citizen of Russia. The fame of one of the sexiest conductors haunts his fans who want to know everything about Teodor Currentzis’s wife and his personal life.
Currently, Currentzis is single. This does not mean that he is not at all interested in women, although he claims that main love his life is Music. There are quite a lot of rumors about his numerous novels, but no specific names are mentioned in them. Some information about one Russian wife famous conductor yet there is: having appeared on the musical horizon of St. Petersburg, he tied the knot with the ballerina of the Mariinsky Theater Yulia Makhalina. By the time she met the young musician, she had already made a brilliant career in one of the best theaters Russia and was a prima ballerina in it.
Makhalina has played at least 60 games in classical and modern ballets. She was the first performer of the roles of Anna Karenina in a performance to music by Tchaikovsky, the Firebird in Stravinsky's ballet, the Fairy in Prokofiev's Cinderella, Raymonda in Glazunov's ballet and many others. Being an influencer in theater world northern capital, Julia used her numerous connections and acquaintances to help her talented, handsome and young (and Theodore was 4 years younger than his wife) lover gain weight in the cultural elite of St. Petersburg and find good job. However, she did not take into account that Currentzis was looking for talent own ways for self-realization and he was not afraid of being separated from important cultural center countries. In the early 2000s, he broke up with Peter without regret and went to Novosibirsk Academic Theater opera and ballet.
True, according to rumors, the reason for the separation of this couple was the character of Yulia Viktorovna, who was married twice and was unable to get along with any of her spouses. She has a rather difficult temperament, which makes life together It’s not easy to deal with her, and sometimes even unbearable. Leaving your positions on stage, famous ballerina gradually moved to teaching activities and this transition, as they say evil tongues, was accompanied by not uncontrollable, but quite strong craving for alcohol. Now Currentzis has long been a free and eligible bachelor, having managed to star in films as the famous physicist Landau. Any of his admirers has a chance to become Theodor Currentzis’s wife.
The bright and unusual conductor Teodor Currentzis attracts the attention of spectators and the press not only with his creative inventions, but also with the unusualness of his personality. Wherever he appears, he is guaranteed the attention of the public and journalists. He also builds his life according to the laws of the theater - dynamically, with unexpected turns and extravagant actions.
Greek childhood
Teodor Currentzis acquired his profession in Greece. His biography will be connected with music from the very beginning. From the age of four, the child learned to play the piano, and later took violin lessons. Everyone in his family loved music, his mother took him to the opera from an early age and he grew up listening to the sounds classical music, his mother started every morning by playing the piano. Big role my mother, who herself played several professionally, played a role in choosing her future occupation in life. musical instruments and subsequently became vice-rector of the Athens Conservatory. Teodor's younger brother also became a musician, he writes music and lives in Prague.
We can say that Theodor Currentzis is a child prodigy; at the age of 15 he already graduated from the theoretical faculty of the Athens Conservatory, and a year later from the faculty of string instruments. After that, he began taking vocal lessons at the Greek Conservatory. In 1990 he created his first chamber orchestra, which he conducted for four years. By this time, Teodor Currentzis realized that he needed to reach a new professional level and decided to continue studying.
Study in St. Petersburg
In 1994, Teodor Currentzis came to St. Petersburg and entered the class of Ilya Musin at the St. Petersburg Conservatory. The conductor always speaks about Musin with a special intonation; he claims that everything he has achieved to date is the merit of his teacher. He shaped the musician as a person and as a conductor. Theodore was very interested in Russian music, read, listened, researched a lot and dreamed of working in Russia. While still studying, he managed to complete an internship in an orchestra under the direction of he also participates in the work of the leading orchestras of St. Petersburg: the Mariinsky Theater, the Philharmonic, and the symphony orchestra. This experience became a high start for the new conductor.
Creative path
After graduating from the conservatory, Teodor Currentzis actively joins the musical life of Russia. He collaborates with “Moscow Virtuosi” by Vladimir Spivakov, with whom he participates in a large tour of the USA, with the Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra. P.I. Tchaikovsky, with the orchestra. With groups from Greece, USA, Bulgaria.
Teodor Currentzis collaborates extensively and fruitfully with the Moscow Helikon Opera Theater, where he conducts two productions by G. Verdi.
The history of Teodor Currentzis’ participation in various festivals is also rich. They conquered Moscow, Colmar, Bangkok, London, Miami.
For 20 years creative activity Teodor Currentzis has played with different orchestras of the world more than 30 of the greatest musical works, among which there is a lot of music of Russian classics, works of the Baroque and Renaissance periods, as well as works of modern authors.
Since 2009 he has been a permanent guest conductor of the Bolshoi Theater.
Since 2011, Teodor Currentzis has become the chief conductor of the ballet.
Music of Siberia
In 2003, Teodor Currentzis was invited to Novosibirsk, where he staged the ballet “The Fairy’s Kiss” by I. Stravinsky, then the opera “Aida” in collaboration with D. Chernyakov; this performance became a notable event not only in the Siberian musical life, but also throughout Russian stage. Since 2004, Teodor Currentzis has become the chief conductor of the ballet. Over the seven years of cooperation with the theater, he has directed concert performances of such works as “The Marriage of Figaro”, “Don Giovanni”, “That’s what everyone does” by F.A. Mozart, “Dido and Aeneas” by G. Purcell, “Cinderella” by G. Rossinni, “Orpheus and Eurydice” by K.V. Gluck. Works as a conductor in opera productions of “The Marriage of Figaro” and “Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk”.
During this period, as part of his interest in the authentic performance of musical works, Teodor Currentzis created the Musica Aeterna Ensemble orchestra, specializing in the historical performance of music, and the New Siberian Singers Chamber Choir, which became widely known in Russia and abroad.
Achievements and awards
The bright life of conductor Teodor Currentzis was repeatedly decorated with well-deserved awards. So, he received five times " Golden mask", is a laureate of the Stroganov Prize. His works have repeatedly received awards and prizes at music festivals around the world.
In 2008 he was awarded the Order of Friendship.
Teodor Currentzis: personal life and family
Bright and famous people people and the media are always interested. Teodor Currentzis is no exception, whose personal life is under close attention. The conductor, however, does not feel inconvenienced and often happily communicates with the press, talking about his creative plans and his views on music. But the question of whether Teodor Currentzis is married or not always remains unanswered. Although many ladies are waiting for him with trepidation, because the musician embodies the ideals of many women: rich, famous, handsome. So is Teodor Currentzis free? He had a wife, and this is reliably known. Even at the dawn of his life in Russia, he was captivated by a ballerina of the Mariinsky Theater. Teodor Currentzis + Yulia Makhalina - the duet has become a noticeable phenomenon in cultural life St. Petersburg.
The ballerina spent a lot of effort on promoting her husband up the career ladder; he owes her many high-profile acquaintances that were useful to him in the future. By the time she met the conductor, Julia was already a star; she was actively promoted by choreographer O.M. Vinogradov, and she could say a word in support of the aspiring musician. The marriage did not last long. Is Teodor Currentzis married today? Personal things are a taboo topic for him, although rumor attributes him to many novels.
Civil position
The conductor leads an active creative life, but at the same time privacy full of events. In 2014, he became a Russian citizen, claiming to have found a second home here. Conductor Teodor Currentzis, whose personal life is now connected with Russia, is actively involved in musical and public life country, he was one of those who supported the fired director of the Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theater. He always advocates for the freedom of creative expression of the artist and is an active fighter against censorship and restrictions.
IN free time Teodor Currentzis reads a lot, listens to recordings of outstanding orchestras and a lot of non-classical music, but says that he has completely stopped going to concerts - this interferes with his inner search. He believes that today music has become too academic and this prevents young people from perceiving it, so his goal is to bring it closer to the listener, removing the barriers of academics. He dreams of a revolution in music and does everything to keep it alive.
