János Darvas - Photo by Bodo Kessler


PLEASE NOTE: This is an archive of a previous version (1997-2011) of the János Darvas Web Site.

The current version can be found at www.darvas.de


János Darvas (Steinberger)

Curriculum Vitae

1948  born (as Juan Steinberger) to Hungarian parents in Santiago de Chile
1948  parents return to Hungary after emigration

1948-1969  Budapest

1966  graduation (Abitur)
1965-1969  studies music at the Béla Bartók Conservatoire

1969  immigrates to Germany
1970-1973  studies percussion with Christoph Caskel in Cologne
1970-1974  collaborates with Karlheinz Stockhausen
1972  attends the "Darmstadt Summer School for New Music" in Darmstadt
1973-1979  teaches percussion at the Music Conservatory of Cologne
1977  première "Hörfilm" at the "World Music Days" in Bonn


Since 1980  freelance  TV director
*   Filmography: Documentaries

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Filmography: Concert-Programs and Studio-Recordings
*   Opera Productions
*   Serials, Live-TV-Broadcastings etc.

Working in Germany,
France, Great Britain, Israel, Italy, Austria, Poland,
Switzerland, Spain, Czech Republic, Hungary, USA

Internet work:
*   1997-1998  Editor-in-Chief - Klassik Online
*   1999 - Web Development & Consulting

Memberships:
IGNM - Internationale Gesellschaft für Neue Musik

(International Society for Contemporary Music)
IMZ - Internationales Musikzentrum Wien

(International Music Centre, Vienna)


János Darvas-Steinberger lives in Cologne with his wife Kata Steinberger (née Herskó). They have two sons, David and Robert.

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