Teodor Currentzis

Teodor Currentzis

Actor · Director

Athens, Greece
February 24, 1972

Biography

Teodor Currentzis is a Greek-Russian conductor and musician. He was Chief Conductor of the SWR Symphony Orchestra from 2018 to 2024 and is Artistic Director of the ensemble musicAeterna and the Utopia orchestra and choir. Outside of music, in 2009, Currentzis acted in Ilya Khrzhanovsky’s film Dau based on the biography of the physicist Lev Landau.

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Representative Works

DAU
DAU
6.8
/ Russian
Mozart: Idomeneo
Mozart: Idomeneo
No Rating Yet
/ German
Conduction
Conduction
7.0
/ Russian
Purcell: The Indian Queen
Purcell: The Indian Queen
9.0
/ English
Mozart: Don Giovanni
Mozart: Don Giovanni
10.0
/ German
Carmen: Salzburger Festspiele 2026
Carmen: Salzburger Festspiele 2026
No Rating Yet
/ German
DAU. Katya Tanya
DAU. Katya Tanya
4.3
/ Russian
Alban Berg: Wozzeck
Alban Berg: Wozzeck
No Rating Yet
/ English
What Beat You Nothing
What Beat You Nothing
No Rating Yet
/ Russian
Currentzis – The Classical Rebel
Currentzis – The Classical Rebel
7.6
/ German
Teodor Currentzis conducts Brahms and Mahler
Teodor Currentzis conducts Brahms and Mahler
No Rating Yet
/ English
DAU. Cinema
DAU. Cinema
4.0
/ Russian

Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

DAU
2026Nominee

Best Performance

DAU

Mozart: Idomeneo
2019Nominee

Best Performance

Mozart: Idomeneo

Conduction
2015Nominee

Best Performance

Conduction

Career Highlights

Purcell: The Indian Queen
2012Highlight

Best Performance

Purcell: The Indian Queen

Mozart: Don Giovanni
2021Highlight

Best Performance

Mozart: Don Giovanni

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