Peter Schneider (conductor)

Peter Schneider (born 26 March 1939, in Vienna) is an Austrian conductor and opera administrator.

Schneider served as kapellmeister of the Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Düsseldorf-Duisburg from 1961 to 1968; general music director of the Bremer Philharmoniker from 1978 to 1985; opera director and general music director of Nationaltheater Mannheim from 1985 to 1987; and general music director of the Bayerische Staatsoper orchestra, München from 1993 to 1998.

Schneider sang as a member of the Vienna Boys Choir as a youth, and was named honorary conductor of the Vienna State Opera in 2004.

Decorations and awards

• Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st class (1997)^[1]
• Bavarian Order of Merit
• Honorary member of the Vienna State Opera
• Winners of the Foundation Semperoper Dresden (2008)
• Grand Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria (2009)^[2]

References

1. "Reply to a parliamentary question" (pdf) (in German). p. 1110. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
2. "Reply to a parliamentary question" (pdf) (in German). p. 1909. Retrieved 23 January 2013.

• Vincent Vargas (26 March 2006). "Peter Schneider meets Parsifal". WagnerBlog. Retrieved 2007-08-27.
• "Schneider, Peter: Biografie". Hilbert Artists Management. Archived from the original on 2007-10-10. Retrieved 2007-08-27.

External links

• Peter Schneider at IMDb
• Peter Schneider at the Operabase database