Matthias Kuntzsch
Matthias Kuntzsch is a German-born conductor living in the United States.[1] Earlier in his career in Germany, he was Principal Conductor of the Bonn Theater, Nationaltheater Mannheim, State Opera Hamburg, and Nationaltheater Munich, and Music Director of the Opera and Symphony of Lübeck and the State Theater and Orchestra of the Saarland, Saarbrücken. He has performed in numerous opera houses and symphony orchestras in Europe and the Americas. He and his family moved to the United States in 1989. He is currently Musical Director of the Bay Area Summer Opera Theater Institute (BASOTI). In 1993 he conducted the Utah Symphony and Opera in Mozart's The Magic Flute.[2] He married Sylvia Anderson. They gave birth to Christopher Matthias Kuntzch and Alexandra Kuntzch. He and Sylvia are Logan's (Alexandra and her husband Bill's son) Grandparents. They are also half-grandparents to Jalen Ali and Mateo Knight Madjidi, Christopher's girlfriend Katia Sol Madjidi's kids. He also was a soccer player on Hamburger SV.
REPERTOIRE AND POSITIONS HELD:[3]
Primary Conducting Positions held:
- Stadtstheater Braunschweig, Germany, Kapellmeister – 1956-1958
- Stadtstheater Bonn, Germany, Kapellmeister – 1959-1962
- Nationaltheater, Mannheim Germany, 1. Kapellmeister, 1962-1966
- State Opera. Hamburg, Germany, 1. Kapellmeister, 1966-1969
- Nationaltheater, Munich, Germany, Staatskapellmeister, 1969-1973
- Stadtstheater Lübeck, Germany, Generalmusikdirektor, 1973-1977
- Saarland State Theater, Saarbrücken, Generalmusikdirektor, 1977-1985
- San Sebastian Symphony Orchestra, General Music Director – 1987-1990
- Principal Guest Conductor, The Utah Opera, Salt Lake City - 1990-2003
- Guest Conductor, Teatro Verdi, Trieste, Italia
- Guest Conductor, Opera Roma, Italia
- Guest Conductor, Milano RAI
- Guest Conductor, Nouvel Philharmonic, Paris
- Guest Conductor, Thèatre Châtelet, Champs Elysées, Paris
- Guest Conductor, Operas of Rio de Janeiro, Barcelona, Amsterdam,
- Guest Conductor, San Diego Opera, California
- Guest Conductor, Vancouver Opera, Vancouver, Canada
- Guest Conductor, West Bay Opera, Palo Alto, California
Teaching Resume and Principal Conducting Positions Held:
- Conservatory of Music, Hamburg, Germany - Professorship in Conducting
(Staatliche Hochschule fuer Musik), 1973-1977
- Conservatory of Music, Saarbrücken, Germany – Professorship in Conducting
(Staatliche Hochschule fuer Musik), 1979-1983
- Bayreuth Festival Youth Orchestra - Germany – Conductor, 1981-1987
(Bayreuth Jugendfestspielorchester)
- Youth Orchestra Festival of Weickersheim, Germany – Conductor,
( Weickersheim Jugendorchesterkurs), 1984-1986
- Conservatory of Music, Frankfurt, Germany – Musical Director of the
(Staatliche Musikhochschule Frankfurt am Main), Opera Department, 1992-1999
- Bay Area Summer Opera Theater Institute (BASOTI),
San Francisco, California: Musical Director, 1992-2009
MEMBERSHIPS AND HONORS:
- Rotary International, Paul Harris Fellow
- Who's Who in Music
- Who's Who in the World
- Musical Advisor, The Bay Area Summer Opera Theater Institute
- Opera Magazine, Best conducting of "Arabella", Saarländisches Staatstheater
References
- ↑ Kuntzsch, Matthias. "Matthias Kuntzsch - Biography". Matthias Kuntzsch - Biography. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
- ↑ Stowe, Dorothy (11 October 2003). "Winds of change warm The Magic Flute". Deseret News. p. C6. Retrieved 30 May 2010.
- ↑ Kuntzsch, Matthias. "Professor Matthias Kuntzsch Music Director and Conductor". http://www.matthiaskuntzsch.com. vistaprint.com. Retrieved 5 April 2011. External link in
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