Peter Schneider
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.
Peter Schneider
- Born
- 1939 · Vienna.
- Nationality
- Austria
- Occupation
- conductor · musician
- Honours
- Bavarian Order of Merit · Austrian Decoration for Science and Art
- Languages
- German
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• Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st class (1997) • 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)
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