Matthias Pintscher conducts his debut concert as music director of the Kansas City Symphony in 2023. Photo by Eric Williams.:
In Tuesday’s (7/23) KC Studio (Kansas City, Missouri), Libby Hanssen writes, “He comes to the orchestra with a wealth of experience, inspiration and global connections, as well as dreams for the future. As the new music director for the Kansas City Symphony, conductor and composer Matthias Pintscher is stepping onto the podium of an orchestra poised to step up, too. Already, he’s organized a European tour (the orchestra’s first), new concert formats and an exciting line-up of repertoire and guest artists. Pintscher was introduced to the press at an event … in March, when he and KCS executive director Danny Beckley discussed the events they had devised for Pintscher’s inaugural season…. He has served in many capacities in the classical music world, including high-profile positions as music director of Ensemble Intercontemporain, principal conductor at the Lucerne Festival Academy Orchestra, artist-in-association for the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, music director of Ojai Festival, artist-in-residence with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, and Creative Partner with the Cincinnati Symphony, among other appointments…. Though he’s conducted all over the world … this is his first ‘big’ job with an American orchestra, which he called, ‘one of the finest orchestras in the country.’ ”
