Biography
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Born
26 March 1939 (age 85)
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Born In
Wien, Austria
There are several artists with this name: 1. an Austrian conductor, 2. a German actor and musician, 3. a German guitarist.
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1) 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.
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2) Peter Schneider, born in Leipzig in 1975, completed his studies in music in 1995 and then in acting from 1998-2002 at the University of Music and Theater "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" in Leipzig, from which he graduated with a diploma. Since then he has worked primarily as an actor, but also as a musician, composer and musical director at various theaters in Germany.
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3) Guitarist Peter Schneider (born 1960 in Munich) is a member of The Stimulators.
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