Peter Breiner

著名鋼琴家，作曲家，指揮家。 彼得佈雷納於1957年出生於斯洛伐克東部的一個小鎮，最早在科希策音樂學院接受音樂教育，學習鋼琴、打擊樂、作曲和指揮。他的音樂現在已經將他帶到了世界各地，不論是電影、電視，他都興趣盎然。而他的作曲涵蓋範圍之廣也讓人歎為觀止。他改編了近五百個音樂作品，從巴洛克時期到文藝復興時期，從中國古典音樂到現代流行音樂，可謂萬象大觀。目前他居住在紐約。 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).