Iván Fischer
One of the most prominent conductors of his generation, Iván Fischer has established a reputation in both Hungarian and Baroque music. His interpretations of works by Liszt, Bartók, and Kodály have achieved international acclaim, and his readings of Hungarian-inspired works, like the Brahms Hungarian Dances (in Fischer's own orchestration), have also received high praise. Yet Fischer's choice of repertory is fairly broad, taking in works by Mozart, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, and many others out of the Hungarian sphere. In the Baroque realm, Fischer has garnered international plaudits for his Bach interpretations: the 2006 Budapest Festival performances of the Mass in B minor (BWV 232) and 2008 concerts with the Amsterdam Concertgebouw of the St. Matthew Passion were both unqualified successes. Fischer has conducted some of the world's leading orchestras and led many opera performances at major venues, like the Vienna State Opera, where his Mozart productions have received acclaim. Fischer is the founder and music director of the Budapest Festival Orchestra. Fischer was born in Budapest, Hungary, on January 20, 1951. His brother, Ádám, is also a renowned conductor. In his youth, Iván studied piano, violin, and cello, though when he enrolled at the Bela Bartók Conservatory in Budapest, it was for the study of the cello and conducting. Fischer took further lessons in conducting, first in Vienna with Hans Swarowsky, then in Salzburg with Nikolaus Harnoncourt, who instructed him in Baroque music interpretation. After a first prize in conducting at the 1976 Rupert Foundation Competition in London, Fischer appeared regularly in England conducting major orchestras, including the London and BBC Symphony Orchestras. He also made his debut in 1976 at the Zurich Opera. From 1979 until 1982, Fischer was the chief conductor of the Northern Sinfonia of England. In 1983, Fischer made his American debut with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. That year, he founded the Budapest Festival Orchestra, an ensemble for which he still serves as music director. Fischer served as the principal guest conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra from 1988 until 1996. From 2000 to 2003, Fischer was music director of the National Opera of Lyon, and he held the same post with the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington from 2008 until 2010. Fischer was then named the principal conductor of the Konzerthausorchester Berlin, where he served from 2012 until 2018. In 1995, Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra signed an exclusive contract with the Philips label that brought international acclaim. In 2004, he and the orchestra began recording for the Channel Classics label. Fischer has also recorded for the Deutsche Grammophon, Decca, and Hungaroton labels, among others. Fischer's recordings, especially those with the Budapest Festival Orchestra, have earned a number of awards, including several Gramophone Awards and the 2009 Diapason d'Or de l'Année (Mahler: Symphony No. 4); he has also earned two Grammy nominations. In 2021, Fischer was heard leading the Budapest Festival Orchestra in a recording of Brahms' Symphony No. 3 and Serenade No. 2.© Robert Cummings & Keith Finke /TiVo Read more
One of the most prominent conductors of his generation, Iván Fischer has established a reputation in both Hungarian and Baroque music. His interpretations of works by Liszt, Bartók, and Kodály have achieved international acclaim, and his readings of Hungarian-inspired works, like the Brahms Hungarian Dances (in Fischer's own orchestration), have also received high praise. Yet Fischer's choice of repertory is fairly broad, taking in works by Mozart, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, and many others out of the Hungarian sphere. In the Baroque realm, Fischer has garnered international plaudits for his Bach interpretations: the 2006 Budapest Festival performances of the Mass in B minor (BWV 232) and 2008 concerts with the Amsterdam Concertgebouw of the St. Matthew Passion were both unqualified successes. Fischer has conducted some of the world's leading orchestras and led many opera performances at major venues, like the Vienna State Opera, where his Mozart productions have received acclaim. Fischer is the founder and music director of the Budapest Festival Orchestra.
Fischer was born in Budapest, Hungary, on January 20, 1951. His brother, Ádám, is also a renowned conductor. In his youth, Iván studied piano, violin, and cello, though when he enrolled at the Bela Bartók Conservatory in Budapest, it was for the study of the cello and conducting. Fischer took further lessons in conducting, first in Vienna with Hans Swarowsky, then in Salzburg with Nikolaus Harnoncourt, who instructed him in Baroque music interpretation. After a first prize in conducting at the 1976 Rupert Foundation Competition in London, Fischer appeared regularly in England conducting major orchestras, including the London and BBC Symphony Orchestras. He also made his debut in 1976 at the Zurich Opera. From 1979 until 1982, Fischer was the chief conductor of the Northern Sinfonia of England. In 1983, Fischer made his American debut with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. That year, he founded the Budapest Festival Orchestra, an ensemble for which he still serves as music director. Fischer served as the principal guest conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra from 1988 until 1996. From 2000 to 2003, Fischer was music director of the National Opera of Lyon, and he held the same post with the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington from 2008 until 2010. Fischer was then named the principal conductor of the Konzerthausorchester Berlin, where he served from 2012 until 2018.
In 1995, Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra signed an exclusive contract with the Philips label that brought international acclaim. In 2004, he and the orchestra began recording for the Channel Classics label. Fischer has also recorded for the Deutsche Grammophon, Decca, and Hungaroton labels, among others. Fischer's recordings, especially those with the Budapest Festival Orchestra, have earned a number of awards, including several Gramophone Awards and the 2009 Diapason d'Or de l'Année (Mahler: Symphony No. 4); he has also earned two Grammy nominations. In 2021, Fischer was heard leading the Budapest Festival Orchestra in a recording of Brahms' Symphony No. 3 and Serenade No. 2.
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Mahler : Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection" (Lisa Miln - Birgit Remmert - The Hungarian Radio Choir - Budapest Festival Orchestra - Iván Fischer)
Iván Fischer
Classical - Released by Channel Classics Records on Oct 10, 2006
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Gustav Mahler : Symphony n° 1 (Budapest Festival Orchestra - Iván Fischer)
Iván Fischer
Classical - Released by Channel Classics Records on Aug 1, 2012
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Gustav Mahler : Symphony no.5
Iván Fischer
Classical - Released by Channel Classics Records on Oct 10, 2013
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Rachmaninov: Symphony No.2
Iván Fischer
Classical - Released by Channel Classics Records on Jan 1, 2004
There can never be too many great recordings of Rachmaninov's Second Symphony. While not perhaps his greatest work -- surely either The Bells or the V ...
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Mendelssohn : Incidental Music to "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
Iván Fischer
Classical - Released by Channel Classics Records on Jun 22, 2018
4F de TéléramaWith one of the very best orchestras in the world, the Budapest Festival Orchestra, one of today’s most fascinating conductor, Iván Fischer, offers on ...
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Mahler : Symphony No. 3
Iván Fischer
Classical - Released by Channel Classics Records on May 5, 2017
4 étoiles Classica5 de DiapasonGramophone Editor's Choice24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo -
Gustav Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde
Iván Fischer
Classical - Released by Channel Classics Records on Sep 4, 2020
Founded in 1983 by Iván Fischer and Zoltán Kocsis, the Budapest Festival Orchestra has quickly cemented itself as one of the best formations in the wo ...
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Gustav Mahler : Symphony No. 4 in G Major (Budapest Festival Orchestra - Iván Fischer - Miah Persson)
Iván Fischer
Classical - Released by Channel Classics Records on Mar 15, 2009
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Mahler : Symphony No.7
Iván Fischer
Classical - Released by Channel Classics Records on Mar 1, 2019
Gramophone Record of the MonthGustav Mahler's Symphony No. 7 has been subject to perhaps a greater variety of interpretations than any of his other orchestral works, with a classic ...
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Mahler: Symphony No. 9 in D Major
Iván Fischer
Classical - Released by Channel Classics Records on May 20, 2015
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Gustav Mahler : Symphony No. 6 in A-Minor (Budapest Festival Orchestra - Iván Fischer)
Iván Fischer
Classical - Released by Channel Classics Records on Jan 1, 2006
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Anton Dvorák : Symphony No. 7 & Suite in A Major "American" (Budapest Festival Orchestra - Iván Fischer)
Iván Fischer
Classical - Released by Channel Classics Records on Jun 1, 2010
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Brahms: Symphony No. 1 - Variations on a Theme By Haydn (Budapest Festival Orchestra - Iván Fischer)
Iván Fischer
Classical - Released by Channel Classics Records on Oct 1, 2009
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 1 & Symphony No. 5
Iván Fischer
Classical - Released by Channel Classics Records on Oct 11, 2019
Integral collections of Beethoven’s work are coming thick and fast in the runup to 2020, the 250th anniversary of the immortal composer loved by all. ...
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Ludwig van Beethoven : Symphony No. 4 & Symphony No. 6 "Pastoral" (Budapest Festival Orchestra - Iván Fischer)
Iván Fischer
Classical - Released by Channel Classics Records on Nov 1, 2010
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Brahms: Symphony No. 4 - Hungarian Dances 3, 7 & 11
Iván Fischer
Classical - Released by Channel Classics Records on Oct 16, 2015
5 de DiapasonAs Iván Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra progress through the symphonies of Johannes Brahms, one album at a time, the makings of a box set ...
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Franz Schubert : Symphony No. 9 ("Great") - Five German Dances (Budapest Festival Orchestra - Ivan Fischer)
Iván Fischer
Classical - Released by Channel Classics Records on May 14, 1985
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Brahms : Symphony No. 2
Iván Fischer
Classical - Released by Channel Classics Records on Nov 3, 2014
Diapason d'orThis is only the second installment in Iván Fischer's series of the symphonies of Johannes Brahms on Channel Classics, but it already seems that the s ...
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Beethoven & His Contemporaries Rossini, Weber & Wilms (Budapest Festival Orchestra - Iván Fischer)
Iván Fischer
Classical - Released by Channel Classics Records on Jan 1, 2008
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Liszt: A Faust Symphony
Iván Fischer
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on Nov 3, 1997
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Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 / Borodin: Polovtsian Dances
Iván Fischer
Classical - Released by Channel Classics Records on Oct 21, 2016
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