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Name
  
Peter Schneider

Role
  
Conductor

Albums
  
Wagner: Arias


Peter Schneider (conductor) Peter Schneider Conductor


Nominations
  
Juno Award for Classical Album of the Year – Vocal or Choral Performance

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

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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 1985-1987; and general music director of the Bayerische Staatsoper orchestra, München from 1993-1998.

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)
  • 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)

    • References

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