10 Facts About Teodor Currentzis

Teodor Currentzis entered the National Conservatory, Athens at the age of twelve, in the violin department.

From 1994 to 1999, Currentzis studied conducting supported by a scholarship from the Alexander S Onassis Public Benefit Foundation in the St Petersburg State Conservatory with Ilya Musin.

From 2004 to 2010, Teodor Currentzis served as principal conductor of the Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theatre, where in 2004 he founded the Orchestra MusicAeterna and later the Chorus MusicAeterna.

In 2009, Teodor Currentzis acted in Ilya Khrzhanovsky's film Dau based on the biography of the physicist Lev Landau.

In February 2011, Teodor Currentzis became music director of the Perm Opera and Ballet Theatre, to which he brought both of his MusicAeterna groups.

In 2011, Teodor Currentzis became principal guest conductor of the Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra.

Teodor Currentzis has made no public statement condemning the war, continues to reside in Russia, and remains financially supported by the state-owned VTB Bank.

Teodor Currentzis has the image of a punk "messiah and rebel," wearing lace-up boots, skinny jeans and a T-shirt on stage.

Teodor Currentzis has been labeled eccentric for conducting from within the orchestra, leaving his stand.

Teodor Currentzis has won the Russian national theatre award Golden Mask nine times:.