Biography
Péter Csaba - conductor / violinist - was born in 1952 in Roumania (Cluj) in a family of Hungarian musicians.
Official website: http://petercsaba.com/
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He started studies of violin, composing and conducting in his home town and later in Bucharest at C. Porumbescu Conservatory of Music.
Among his professors were Peter Zsurka and George Manoliu for violin, Ede Terényi for composing and conducting.
Prize-winner of several national and international competitions, namely the Competition Niccolo Paganini in Genova, he started a successful international career with intensive tours in Europe and in Asia including several recordings for radio, television and international record companies.
He has lived in France since 1983, and became a professor at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique (CNSMD) in Lyon, super-soloist at the Lyon Opera House and the Orchestre National de Lyon, orchestras he often conducted.
From 1995 until 2010, he was the Artistic Director of the Besançon Symphony Orchestra (France).
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