Markus Poschner

Markus Poschner (born 1971) is a German conductor and since autumn 2017 chief conductor of the Bruckner Orchester Linz.

Markus Poschner (2010)

Life and career

Born in Munich, Poschner studied at the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich with Hermann Michael. His mentors and supporters included Sir Roger Norrington, Sir Colin Davis and the Finnish conducting teacher Jorma Panula. From 2000 to 2006 he was chief conductor of the Georgisches Kammerorchester Ingolstadt. Afterwards he held the office of first Kapellmeister of the Komische Oper Berlin. There he worked with directors such as Hans Neuenfels, Peter Konwitschny, Andreas Homoki and Sebastian Baumgarten. In 2007 Poschner moved to the Bremer Philharmoniker and the Theater Bremen.

The conductor is a regular guest of the Munich Philharmonic and the Dresden Philharmonic, among others. He has also conducted the Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne, the Bamberg Symphony, the Staatskapelle Halle, the Bruckner Orchestra Linz, the Berlin Konzerthaus Orchestra, the orchestras of the Hessian State Theater and the Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz etc. Poschner is also permanent guest conductor of the Orquesta Sinfonica de Chile and regularly conducts at renowned German music festivals, for example the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, the Richard-Strauss-Tage Garmisch-Partenkirchen, the European Classical Festival Ruhr, the Rheingau Musik Festival. Guest appearances have taken him to Argentina, France, Austria, Japan and China.

Poschner, also known as an excellent jazz pianist, has worked with artists such as Klaus Maria Brandauer, Natalia Gutman, Giora Feidman, Bruno Jonas, Baiba Skride and Maximilian Schell.

Since the winter semester 2010/2011 he is an honorary professor at the University of Bremen where He teaches courses in musicology and music education.

Since September 2017 Poschner has been conducting the Bruckner Orchestra Linz as successor to Dennis Russell Davies.[1]

Awards
  • 2004: Winner of the Deutschen Dirigentenpreises
  • 2018: Winner of the ICMA International Classical Music Awards with the Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana in the Category DVD PERFORMANCE for Rereading Brahms - Brahms: The Symphonies (Sony Classical).[2]
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References
  1. orf.at - Poschner folgt Dennis Russell Davies. Article dated 22 February 2015, accessed 22 February 2015.
  2. ICMA International Classical Music Awards - Winners 2018
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