Peter Schneider (conductor)
Peter Schneider (born 26 March 1939, in Vienna) is an Austrian conductor and opera administrator. 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 to 1987; and general music director of the Bayerische Staatsoper orchestra, München from 1993 to 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

External links

Peter Schneider at the Operabase database

1939 births
Living people
Musicians from Vienna
Male conductors (music)
Opera managers
Recipients of the Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st class
Recipients of the Grand Decoration for Services to the Republic of Austria
21st-century Austrian conductors (music)
21st-century male musicians