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Matthias Pintscher

Matthias Pintscher is a German composer, conductor and academic teacher.

Biography
Pintscher was born in Marl, North Rhine-Westphalia. As a youth, he studied the violin and conducting. He began his music studies with Giselher Klebe in 1988 at the Hochschule für Musik Detmold in Detmold. In 1990, he met Hans Werner Henze, and in 1991 and 1992, he was invited to Henze's summer school in Montepulciano, Italy. He later studied with German composer and flutist Manfred Trojahn. He held a Daniel R. Lewis Young Composer Fellowship with the Cleveland Orchestra from 2000 to 2002. With the 2014–2015 season, Pintscher became artist-in-residence with the Danish Radio for a period of three years. For the 2014–2015 season, he was the artist-in-residence at the Cologne Philharmonie. Pintscher concluded his tenure with the Ensemble intercontemporain at the close of the 2022–2023 season. In March 2023, Pintscher first guest conducted the Kansas City Symphony. On the basis of this appearance, the Kansas City Symphony announced in May 2023 the appointment of Pintscher as its next music director, effective with the 2024–2025 season, with an initial contract of five seasons. Since 2008, Pintscher has lived in New York City. He serves as a professor of composition at the Juilliard School. ==Published works==
Published works
PianoMonumento I (1991) • Tableau / Miroir (1992) • Nacht. Mondschein (1994) • on a clear day (2004) • whirling tissue of light (2013) Chamber music2° quartetto d’archi (1990) • Partita for solo cello (1991) • Omaggio a Giovanni Paisiello for violin (1991, revised 1995) • 4° quartetto d’archi "Ritratto di Gesualdo" (1992) • Sieben Bagatellen mit Apotheose der Glasharmonika for bass clarinet (1993, revised 2001) or for clarinet (1994, revised 2001) • Départ (Monumento III) for ensemble (1993, revised 1995) • dernier espace avec introspecteur for accordion and cello (1994) • Figura II / Frammento for string quartet (1997) • Figura I for accordion and string quartet (1998) • in nomine for solo viola (1999) • Figura IV / Passaggio for string quartet (1999) • Figura III for accordion (2000) • Figura V / Assonanza for cello (2000) • Janusgesicht for viola and cello (2001) • Study I for Treatise on the Veil for violin and cello (2004) • Study II for Treatise on the Veil for violin, viola and cello (2006) Orchestral musicInvocazioni (1991) • Devant une neige (Monumento II) (1993) • Dunkles Feld – Berückung (1993, revised 1998) • Choc (Monumento IV) (1996) • Five Orchestral Pieces (1997) • sur "Départ" (2000) • with lilies white (2001–02) • Towards Osiris (2005) • Verzeichnete Spur (2006) • Osiris (2008) • ''Mar'eh'' (2011) • Ex Nihilo (2011) • idyll (2014) • neharot (2020) ConcertosLa Metamorfosi di Narciso for cello and ensemble (1992) • tenebrae for viola and small ensemble with live electronics (2000–2001) • en sourdine for violin and orchestra (2003) • Reflections on Narcissus for cello and orchestra (2005) • Transir for flute and chamber orchestra (2006) • Sonic Eclipse for solo trumpet, solo horn and ensemble (2009–2010) • ''Chute d'Etoiles'' for 2 trumpets and orchestra (2012) • Un despertar for cello and orchestra (2017) Theatrical musicGesprungene Glocken (1993-1994, revised 2000) • Thomas Chatterton, opera (1994–1998) • L’espace dernier (2002–2003) • Das Kalte Herz, opera (2026) VoiceGesprungene Glocken for soprano and orchestra (1996) • ''a twilight's song'' for soprano and seven instruments (1997) • Music from "Thomas Chatterton" for baritone an orchestra (1998) • Monumento V for eight voices, 3 cellos and ensemble (1998) • Hérodiade Fragmente for soprano and orchestra (1999) • Lieder und Schneebilder for soprano and piano (2000) • Vers quelque part ... – façons de partir for women's voices and percussion (2000) or for women's voices, percussion, three cellos and live electronics (2001) • She-Cholat Ahavah Ani (Shir ha-Shirim V) for mixed chorus a cappella (2008) • ''songs from Solomon's Garden'' for baritone and chamber orchestra (2009) ==References==
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