Peter Breiner

著名钢琴家，作曲家，指挥家。 彼得布雷纳于1957年出生于斯洛伐克东部的一个小镇，最早在科希策音乐学院接受音乐教育，学习钢琴、打击乐、作曲和指挥。他的音乐现在已经将他带到了世界各地，不论是电影、电视，他都兴趣盎然。而他的作曲涵盖范围之广也让人叹为观止。他改编了近五百个音乐作品，从巴洛克时期到文艺复兴时期，从中国古典音乐到现代流行音乐，可谓万象大观。目前他居住在纽约。 Peter Breiner (born July 3, 1957 in Humenné, in former Czechoslovakia, present day Slovakia) is a Slovak pianist, conductor, andcomposer. Breiner began to play and study the piano at age four. At age nine, he started to study at Conservatory in Košice, Slovakia (where he studied piano, percussion, composition and conducting). He subsequently moved to Bratislava, Slovakia where he attended the Academy of Performing Arts continuing his composition studies under the tuition of Alexander Moyzes; he was graduated from the Academy in 1982. Breiner has recorded over 150 albums as conductor or pianist. He is well-known for his arrangements, such as Baroque versions of the Beatles and a similar adaptation of Elvis Presley, as well as arrangements of popular Christmas music. His 2004 release of all the national anthems of the world was used by the Athens Olympic Committee as the music for medal ceremonies at the Games. His triple CD "Janacek Operatic Suites", released on Naxos label, was one of the Top Ten Classical CDs of 2009, according to the Chicago Tribune  Breiner also has a career as a television personality. In early 2000 his talk show on STV (Slovenská televízia), called "Do You Have Something Against That?", was temporarily banned,[3] accused of being exceedingly controversial. In fact, that episode made quite a stir in Slovak TV and Radio media. Breiner lived in Toronto, Canada from March 1992 to June 2007. Since July 2007 he has been residing in New York, USA. Peter Breiner is a passionate soccer player (left wing).