April 5th
„(…) the uncompromising miracle-conductor Teodor Currentzis…One experiences, after some first irritation, astonished and with growing enthusiasm, the manifestation of musical theatre as it has become very rare. Just as in the best days of the ever-fighting for dramatic truth Nikolaus Harnoncourt.(…) A triumph of Verdi-Shakespeare.”
January 21st
“Do not think that I chose Perm to avoid social demands that you know in the West; I just wanted to work with confidence. In a factory, it is normal to have trade unions; Here we make music and this is not an industry,” he summarizes, every time we asked the question of his exile. And emphasize: “We can not unionize in love.”
May 7th
Teodor Currentzis not only maintains the image of the rocker, which lets him fire up, but he is also an eminently musical person who understands the sound completely out of the movement impulse. The baroque ensemble of the Zurich Opera settled in a remarkable way with this free-spirited master of ceremonies. It willingly followed his staging and transformed his sweeping gestures in a rich musical output.
March 9th
“The recording – perhaps the most exciting recorded contribution to the Rameau Jubilee in 2014 – reveals the artistic profile of Teodor Currentzis: The Greek conductor with the Russian passport crosses borders, he brings the expression of the music to a height, and invests time and passion that is matched by only a few of his peers.” [On Rameau]
06/03/2015
March 9th
“It is great to have a young Greek who is reinventing classical music…. Teodor Currentzis has great chances for the future.”
02/03/2015