Peter Breiner

Peter Breiner (born 3 July 1957) is a Slovak pianist, conductor, and composer.

Biography Early life and studies Breiner, born in Humenné, Czechoslovakia, began to play the piano at age four.

Career Breiner has recorded over 260 albums as conductor, composer, arranger, and pianist. He has collaborated with other notable musicians, including Peter Lipa, Gustav Brom, and Milan Markovič.

Since 2006, he has collaborated with violinist Stanislav Palúch and accordionist Boris Lenko as the trio Triango.

His triple-CD Janáček Operatic Suites, released on Naxos, was ranked as one of Chicago Tribunes Top Ten Classical CDs of 2009.

Breiner has also had a career as a television personality. In the early 2000s, his talk show on STV, called Do You Have Something Against That?, was temporarily banned, due to accusations of being exceedingly controversial.

On 1 January 2018, Slovak President Andrej Kiska presented Breiner with the Order of Ľudovít Štúr.

In 2022, Breiner started a collaboration with the streaming company OnAir, conducting the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, resulting in three films of Stravinsky ballets (The Firebird, Petrushka, The Rite of Spring). The same year, he began releasing solo piano albums on the Naxos and Orchid Classics/Blue Cloud Music labels. ).

Personal life Breiner lived in Toronto, Canada, from March 1992 to June 2007. From June 2007 to June 2020, he resided in New York City, and since July 2020, he lives in London, England.

Awards and recognition Friends of Slovakia prize – for the promotion of Slovak culture in the United States (2014) Order of Ľudovít Štúr (2018)