Matthias Manasi

Matthias Manasi (born 26 December 1969 in Berlin, Germany) is a German conductor and pianist. He was the chief conductor of the Orchestra Camerata Italiana. He was also the music director and chief conductor of the Nickel City Opera in Buffalo (New York USA) and the chief conductor of the orchestra I Solisti di Milano in Milan, Italy.

Life and career

Manasi learned to play the piano when he was three and studied violin when he was eight.[1] He studied orchestral conducting with Thomas Ungar and piano with Andrzej Ratusinski at the Stuttgart University of Music and Performing Arts and piano with Carmen Piazzini at the Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe (University of Music).[2] During his studies he worked as an assistant conductor at the Staatsoper Stuttgart.[3] He was assistant to Manfred Honeck.[4] Manasi began his conducting career at the Silesian State Opera (Slezske divadlo) in Opava with Verdi's Un ballo in maschera, Puccini 's La bohème and Mozart 's Don Giovanni and The Magic Flute.[2]

After his studies, Manasi worked as a conductor at the Kiel Opera House and the Oldenburgisches Staatstheater.[5][6] He then became chief conductor of the Orchestra Camerata Italiana[2] and he conducted with this orchestra the world premiere of Cosimo Minicozzi's oratorio La Passione di padre Pio da Pietrelcina in 2012.[7][8]  From 2007 to 2010, he worked as a conductor of the Erzgebirgische Philharmonie Aue (Eduard-von-Winterstein-Theater).[9] In November 2009 he accompanied the mezzo-soprano Laura Brioli on Richard Wagner's grand piano in a concert at the Villa Wahnfried in Bayreuth.[10]

From 2010 to 2013 he was music director of the International PuntaClassic Festival in Montevideo.[11] He is a sought-after guest conductor. In June 2013 he conducted the Vienna Mozart Orchestra for the first time in the Musikverein in Vienna.[12] He also conducted the Münchner Rundfunkorchester,[13] the SWR Symphonieorchester,[7] the Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma,[14] the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra,[7] the National Radio Orchestra of Romania,[15] the Czech Philharmonic,[7] the Orquestra Sinfônica do Teatro Nacional Claudio Santoro,[1] the Niedersächsisches Staatsorchester Hannover,[9] the Kazakh State Philharmonic Orchestra,[16] and the Cukurova Devlet Senfoni Orkestras.[17] From 2013 to 2016 he was the First Conductor of the Wrocław Opera.[7]

In 2017, Matthias Manasi became music director and chief conductor of the Nickel City Opera in Buffalo (NY), a position he finished in July 2021.[18][19] He also guest conducted at opera houses, including the Theater Bremen,[18] the Staatstheater Braunschweig,[13] the Deutsche Oper Berlin,[7] the Staatstheater Kassel,[9] the Leipzig Opera,[18] the Opera Halle,[9] Opera Poznań,[18] the Astana Opera,[16] the Polish National Opera (Teatr Wielki) in Warsaw[7] and the Stadttheater Klagenfurt.[6]

He is also recognized as a pianist and opened on 5 March 2016 in Liepāja the 24th Liepaja International Stars Festival as the pianist and conductor of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 0 with the Liepāja Symphony Orchestra.[11] As a pianist he also performed with the Kiel Philharmonic Orchestra,[10] the Orchestra Sinfonica do Rio Grande do Norte[20] and the Southern Arizona Symphony Orchestra in Tucson.[21]

On 8 December 2017 Matthias Manasi conducted the Romanian National Radio Orchestra for the first time at the Sala Radio in Bucharest in a memorial concert to honor King Michael I of Romania.[13]

In 2018 he conducted the Orquestra Filarmonia das Beiras in a concert with music by John Williams from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets  at the MEO Arena in Lisbon.[22]

With the Slovak Sinfonietta he recorded Mozart's symphonies Nos. 34-36, released by the label Hänssler Classic in 2023.[23]

In January 2024 he conducted the Malaysian New Year's Concert with the Selangor Symphony Orchestra in Kuala Lumpur.[24][25]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Coutinho, Paula (16 May 2024). "Brasília: Embaixada turca traz famosa pianista Rüyar Taner ao Brasil; concerto será conduzido por Matthias Manasi". maisbrasilia.com (in Portuguese). Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Naxos (25 August 2017). "Matthias Manasi". naxos.com. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
  3. ↑ "Matthias Manasi (Conductor, Piano). Biography on Bach Cantatas". bach-cantatas.com. 13 March 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
  4. ↑ Moderna TV (13 March 2023). "Матиас Манаси е един от най-известните и иновативни диригенти на международната музикална сцена". modernavratza.com (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  5. ↑ Schalz-Laurenze, Ute (8 January 1999). "„Schlag das Fagott nicht so..."". Die Tageszeitung (in German). Retrieved 12 February 2025.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Carnegie Mellon University (26 February 2015). "Event class: opera". Carnegie Mellon University. Archived from the original on 29 March 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 Am-Pol Eagle (24 July 2025). "Polish-Americans philanthropy in WNY – led by the Kosciuszko Foundation". ampoleagle.com. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
  8. ↑ Gazzetta Benevento (14 June 2012). "Cosimo Minicozzi ha composto l'Oratorio per soli Coro ed Orchestra "La Passione di padre Pio da Pietrelcina"". gazettabenevento.it (in Italian). Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 Vidu, Noemi (7 December 2017). "Radio România Cultural-Biografii Matthias Manasi". radioromaniacultural.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 24 January 2025.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Spanischer Liederabend zur Museumsnacht". Stadt Bayreuth. 4 November 2009. Archived from the original on 3 February 2011. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Piano Music Opens The International Stars Festival". Liepāja Symphony Orchestra. 2 March 2016. Archived from the original on 28 September 2017. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
  12. ↑ Musikverein (24 June 2013). "Wiener Mozart Orchester-Matthias Manasi-Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart". musikverein.at. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Romanian Radio Broadcasting Company (7 December 2017). "Orchestra Naţională Radio, concert în memoria Regelui Mihai I al României". romania-muzical.ro. Retrieved 24 July 2025.
  14. ↑ Factanet (12 March 2014). "Roma-Auditorium della Conciliazione-Programma della stagione Sinfonica 2013-2014". factanet.it (in Italian). Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  15. ↑ Radio România Actualități (10 December 2017). "Orchestra Națională Radio, concert în memoria Regelui Mihai I al României". romania-actualitati.ro. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 Kurmangazy KNC (14 April 2022). "German musician visited Kurmangazy KNC". conservatoire.edu.kz (in kaz). Retrieved 3 September 2024.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  17. ↑ "Çukurova Devlet Senfoni Orkestrası 3 ARALIK 2010 Konseri!". cdso.ktb.gov.tr (in Turkish). 4 November 2009. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 Am-Pol Eagle (18 June 2021). "Manasi to leave the NCO". ampoleagle.com. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  19. ↑ Kahwaty, Sabrina (29 December 2023). "Former NCO Conductor Shines On". digital.buffalospree.com. Archived from the original on 27 November 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2025.
  20. ↑ Sympla (25 June 2019). "IV Concerto Oficial OSRN "Terças Clássicas-Temporada 2019"". sympia.com. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  21. ↑ Burch, Cathalena E. (14 March 2020). "SASO hosting German guest conductor for Beethoven concert". tucson.com. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  22. ↑ Communidade Cultura e Arte (23 January 2018). "Film concerto de Harry Potter na Altice Arena em Lisboa, Portugal". comunidadeculturaearte.com (in Portuguese). Retrieved 30 August 2025.
  23. ↑ German National Library (3 May 2023). "Deutsche Nationalbibliothek-Musiktonträgerverzeichnis-Jahrgang: 2023 T 05". German National Library (in German). Retrieved 7 February 2025.
  24. ↑ "New Year's Concert 2024-Maestro Matthias Manasi and the Selangor Symphony Orchestra in top form". apnews.com. 28 January 2024. Retrieved 30 November 2024.
  25. ↑ Allevents (3 August 2021). "New Year's Concert 2024". allevents.com. Archived from the original on 25 March 2024. Retrieved 16 February 2025.

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