(Photo: Bernd Uhlig) Matthias Pintscher’s new opera, “Das kalte Herz” (The Cold Heart), with a libretto by Daniel Arkadij Gerzenberg, is not a retelling of German author Wilhelm Hauff’s famous fairy tale from 1827—that text written in the spirit of the Biedermeier period, which can be read as a subtle critique of early industrialization and unbridled capitalism—but rather its condensation {…}
(Photo credit: Franck Ferville) Boosey & Hawkes, a Concord Music Publishing company, has welcomed Matthias Pintscher to its roster of composers. Pitscher a longtime collaborator as a conductor of numerous works from Boosey & Hawkes’ contemporary catalog, will now focus future collaboration with the company on his own compositions. The company will publish his new music theatre project which will {…}
The Kansas City Symphony has announced the appointment of German-born conductor-composer Matthias Pintscher as its fifth Music Director. Currently, the Music Director of Ensemble Intercontemporain, the world’s foremost contemporary music ensemble, Pintscher will succeed Michael Stern in fall 2024, for an initial term of five seasons. The orchestra noted that the appointment concludes a two-year search that saw the orchestra consider {…}
