Teodor Currentzis was born in Greece, where he began studying music. In 1994, he entered St. Petersburg State Conservatory to study under the legendary professor Ilya Musin. He is the founder and Artistic Director of the Utopia Orchestra and Chorus, and Artistic Director of musicAeterna Orchestra and Choir. He was the Chief Conductor of the SWR Symphony Orchestra Stuttgart from 2018 to 2024.Together with his ensembles, he regularly tours in Europe and worldwide with performances in numerous venues including Vienna Konzerthaus, Berlin Philharmonic, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Munich Philharmonic, Philharmonie de Paris, Kölner Philharmonie, Auditorio Nacional Madrid, Baden-Baden Festival, and Teatro alla Scala.As a stage conductor and music director, he has worked with the leading opera houses including Paris Opera, Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich, Opernhaus Zürich, Teatro Real in Madrid, and the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow. He has also collaborated with the key figures in modern Western theatre: Robert Wilson, Romeo Castellucci, Peter Sellars, Dmitri Tcherniakov, Theodoros Terzopoulos...Teodor Currentzis is a Resident Artist at the Salzburg Festival as well as at the RUHRtriennale Festival, festivals in Lucerne and Aix-en-Provence. Works by Mozart, Mahler, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Rameau, and Stravinsky released by Teodor Currentzis on Sony Classical record label have received numerous international music awards: ECHO Klassik, Edison Klassiek, Japanese Record Academy Award, and BBC Music Magazine’s Opera Award.In 2024, Teodor Currentzis launched his own label, Theta, in collaboration with Outhere Music. The first two releases (Bruckner's Symphony No. 9 and Mahler's Symphony No. 3) are scheduled for 2025.Teodor Currentzis has received the Toepfer Foundation’s KAIROS Award. He has also been awarded the Greek Order of the Phoenix and the international Musikfest Bremen Award.

At the Paris Opera: Don Carlo, 2008; Macbeth, 2009

Teodor CurrentzisConductor