Peter Breiner (born July 3, 1957, in

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, in former

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, present day

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) is a Slovak

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, conductor, and

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. Breiner began to play and study the piano at age four. At age nine, he started to study at the Conservatory in

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, Slovakia (where he studied piano, percussion, composition, and conducting). He subsequently moved to

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, Slovakia where he attended the Academy of Performing Arts continuing his composition studies under the tuition of

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; 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

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, was one of the Top Ten Classical CDs of 2009, according to the ''

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''. Breiner also has a career as a television personality. In early 2000, his talk show on STV (

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), called ''"Do You Have Something Against That?"'', was temporarily banned, accused of being exceedingly controversial. In fact, that episode made quite a stir in Slovak TV and Radio media. Breiner lived in

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, Canada from March 1992 to June 2007, from June 2007 to June 2020 in

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, United States, since July 2020, he has been residing in London, United Kingdom. Peter Breiner is a passionate soccer player (left wing).

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Official web siteInstant Encore page with recordings, concert dates, bios and linksBiography at osobnosti.sk website
1957 births Living people People from Humenné Slovak people of German descent Czechoslovak emigrants to Canada Slovak composers Male composers Slovak conductors (music) Male conductors (music) Slovak expatriates in the United States 21st-century conductors (music) 21st-century male musicians Slovak male musicians {{Slovakia-bio-stub

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