Matthias Pintscher sees his two main spheres of activity—composing and conducting—as entirely complementary. He has created significant works for some of the world’s leading orchestras, and regularly conducts throughout Europe and the U.S.  

Appointed as the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra’s first ever Artist-in-Association last season, Mr. Pintscher continues his partnership with the BBC SSO in 2011-12 with concerts in both its regular subscription and contemporary series, including the premiere of a new work of his own. Highlights of this coming season include performances with the New York Philharmonic, Milwaukee Symphony, Deutsches Symphonie Orchester Berlin, Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne; concerts in Paris, Madrid, Frankfurt and Darmstadt, and a return to Australia conducting the Melbourne and Sydney Symphonies ... read full bio

Matthias Pintscher sees his two main spheres of activity—composing and conducting—as entirely complementary. He has created significant works for some of the world’s leading orchestras, and regularly conducts throughout Europe and the U.S.  

Appointed as the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra’s first ever Artist-in-Association last season, Mr. Pintscher continues his partnership with the BBC SSO in 2011-12 with concerts in both its regular subscription and contemporary series, including the premiere of a new work of his own. Highlights of this coming season include performances with the New York Philharmonic, Milwaukee Symphony, Deutsches Symphonie Orchester Berlin, Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne; concerts in Paris, Madrid, Frankfurt and Darmstadt, and a return to Australia conducting the Melbourne and Sydney Symphonies.

In the past, he has led the Cleveland Orchestra, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Tonhalle Orchester Zürich , Mahler Chamber Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Sinfonica della RAI (Torino), and continues to work regularly with a number of distinguished contemporary music ensembles such as the Ensemble Modern, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Klangforum Wien, and the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE).

Matthias Pintscher began his musical training in conducting, studying with Peter Eötvös, but composing took a more prominent role in his life while he was in his early twenties. His music is championed by some of today’s finest performing artists, orchestras, and conductors. His works are frequently performed by orchestras such as the Chicago, London, BBC, and NDR symphony orchestras; the Cleveland, Philadelphia, and Philharmonia orchestras; the New York and Berlin Philharmonics; the London Philharmonic Orchestra; and the Orchestre de Paris. He recently completed a new violin concerto which was premiered in September by Julia Fischer and the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

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