Peter Feranec (born 1964,
Bratislava
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) is a
Slovak conductor. In 1995, he became the first foreign-born, as well as the youngest, person to be appointed Chief Conductor at the
Bolshoi Theatre
The Bolshoi Theatre ( rus, Большо́й теа́тр, r=Bol'shoy teatr, p=bɐlʲˈʂoj tʲɪˈat(ə)r, t=Grand Theater) is a historic opera house in Moscow, Russia, originally designed by architect Joseph Bové. Before the October Revolutio ...
. From 2007 to 2009, he was the Principal Conductor of the
Slovak Philharmonic. In June 2009 he has been appointed Music Director and Chief Conductor of the
Mikhailovsky Theatre. In 2011 he became musical director of the Janáček Opera in Brno.
External links
Personal website Biography from the Slovak Philharmonic
1964 births
Living people
Slovak conductors (music)
Slovak male conductors (music)
21st-century conductors (music)
21st-century male musicians
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