Peter Ruzicka is a German composer of mostly orchestral, chamber, choral, and vocal works that have been performed throughout the world; he is also active as an administrator, conductor and writer.

 

Ruzicka initially studied music theory and piano with Peter Hartmann and oboe with Egbert Gutsch at the Hochschule fur Musik und Theater Hamburg from 1963–68. He later studied law and musicology in Munich, Hamburg and Berlin from 1968–76 and earned his doctorate under the supervision of Wilhelm Nordemann in 1977.

 

 

As a conductor, he has often led orchestras in his own music, as well as works by 20th-century composers, such as George Enescu, Hans Werner Henze, Helmut Lachenmann, Gustav Mahler, Allan Pettersson, and Franz Schreker. He has worked with orchestras in Austria, China, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain.

 

Conductor: Peter Ruzicka
Shanghai Symphony Orchestra

Program:
Mahler: Symphony No.10 in F-sharp major (Prepared by Deryck Cooke) 76’