Peskó Zoltán
conductor
Place of Birth
Budapest
Date of Birth
1937
15 February 1937 Budapest - 31 March 2020
Zoltán Peskó was born in 1937 in Budapest. He studied at the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest and studied further in Italy and Switzerland.
Following his debut at La Scala (where he has been a regular guest ever since), he has travelled far and wide in a career comprising opera and concert appearances with orchestras including the Berlin Philharmonic, Radio Symphonic Orchestra, French National Radio, BBC Symphony and Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam. His extensive repertoire stretches from the renaissance to the contemporary music. In 1973 Zoltán Peskó was named the Chief Conductor of the Teatro Communale, Bologna and three years later took the same position at the Teatro La Fenice, Venice. From 1978-83 he was the Musical Director of the RAI Orchestra in Milan and working as the music Director of the Deutsche Oper, Düsseldorf-Duisburg.
He has made numerous recordings.
He died on the 31st of March 2020 at 83 years of age.
Zoltán Peskó was born in 1937 in Budapest. He studied at the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest and studied further in Italy and Switzerland.
Following his debut at La Scala (where he has been a regular guest ever since), he has travelled far and wide in a career comprising opera and concert appearances with orchestras including the Berlin Philharmonic, Radio Symphonic Orchestra, French National Radio, BBC Symphony and Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam. His extensive repertoire stretches from the renaissance to the contemporary music. In 1973 Zoltán Peskó was named the Chief Conductor of the Teatro Communale, Bologna and three years later took the same position at the Teatro La Fenice, Venice. From 1978-83 he was the Musical Director of the RAI Orchestra in Milan and working as the music Director of the Deutsche Oper, Düsseldorf-Duisburg.
He has made numerous recordings.
He died on the 31st of March 2020 at 83 years of age.
| Year | Title | Publisher | Code | Remark |
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| 1973 | CBS | S 61371 |
Own LP |
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| 1973 | CBS | S 61490 | LP | |
| 1974 | Italia | ITL 70019 | LP / Reissue on CD: Edizioni Suvini Zerboni, ESZ84002 (1989) | |
| 1974 | Radio Nederland | 6808 323/324 | 2 LPs | |
| 1977 | Italia | ITL 70009 |
Own LP |
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| 1977 | Italia | ITL 70021 |
Own 2 LPs |
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| 1978 | Italia | ITL 70044 |
Own LP |
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| 1978 | Italia | ITL 70052 |
Own |
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| 1978 | CBS | 74088 |
Own LP |
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| 1979 | Italia | ITL 70005 |
Own LP |
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| 1980 | Italia | ITL 70076 |
Own LP |
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| 1980 | Musica/Aperta | LMA 3003 |
Own LP |
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| 1981 | CBS Masterworks | 79253 | LP | |
| 1981 | Musica/Aperta | LMA 3006 | LP | |
| 1982 | Italia | ITL 70090 | LP | |
| 1982 | CBS Masterworks | 37229 |
Own LP |
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| 1982 | ERI Edizioni RAI - Gruppo Editoriale Fabbri | 375394 | LP | |
| 1982 | ERI Edizioni RAI - Gruppo Editoriale Fabbri | 375519 | ||
| 1984 | Italia | ITL 70099 |
Own 4 LP / Reissue on CD: Edizioni Suvini Zerboni, CDC 103 (1996) |
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| 1985 | CBS | 160358 |
Own LP |
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| 1985 | Wergo | WER 60108 | LP | |
| 1987 | CBS Masterworks | M 42174 |
Own LP |
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| 1987 |
Tchaikovsky Arias
(Csajkovszkij-áriák) |
Hungaroton | SLPD 12824 |
Own LP |
| 1989 | Edizioni Suvini Zerboni | ESZ84002 | Reissue of Italia Records' LP (ITL 70019) (1974) | |
| 1990 | Supraphon | 11 0006-2 | 3 CDs / World Premiere Recording | |
| 1990 | Grammont | CTS-P 36-2 | ||
| 1992 | Sony | CD71043 |
Own |
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| 1992 | Col Legno | AU 31836 CD | ||
| 1993 | Wergo | WER 6209-2 |
Own |
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| 1994 | Italia / Fonit Cetra | CDC 85 |
Own Reissue of Italia Records' LP (ITL 70044) (1978) |
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| 1995 | Art Nova Classics | 74321 27796 2 | ||
| 1995 | Art Nova Classics | 74321 27787 2 | ||
| 1995 | Art Nova Classics | 74321 27760 2 | ||
| 1996 | Edizioni Suvini Zerboni | CDC 103 |
Own 4 CDs / Reissue of Italia Records ITL 70099 (1984) |
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| 1996 | La Stampa | I-0696072 | ||
| 1996 | Koch-Schwann | 3-5037-4 |
2 CDs Andere Welten - 50 Jahre Neue Musik in Nordrhein-Westfalen 7-8. |
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| 1996 | Alfa Delta | AD-30023 | CD-ROM | |
| 1996 | e.f.s.a. | CMF 030 |
Own Les Chefs-D'Oeuvre De L'Histoire De La Musique |
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| 1998 | Campanella Musica | C 130045 | ||
| 1999 | Art Nova Classics | 74321 65440 2 | 2 CDs | |
| 2001 | Tacuabé | T/E 35 CD | Serie Música Nueva | |
| 2002 | Warner Fonit | 0927 43406-2 |
Own |
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| 2002 |
High Day
(Ünnep) |
Népszabadság | NSZMR 002 | Not for sale - only for promotion |
| 2002 | Wolke Verlag | ISBN 3-923997-98-1 | 2 CDs | |
| 2004 | BMC HMIC | BMC PCD 015 | Not for sale - only for promotion | |
| 2005 | Composers' Voice | CV32 | Composers' Voice Highlights | |
| 2007 | Ricordi Oggi | STR 57002 HAL | ||
| 2010 | Densité 21 | DE008 |
Own |
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| 2011 | hat ART | HATNOWART180 |
Own hat[now]ART sorozat / Premiere recording |
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| 2011 | X5 Music Group AB | X5CD108 | 4 CDs | |
| 2013 | Naxos | 8.573271 | ||
| 2016 | SWR Classic | SWR19020CD | Diaghilev - Les ballets russes Vol. 10 | |
| 2019 | Wergo | WER73742 |
Own |