Composer
Biography:
JOHANNES X. SCHACHTNER lives as a freelance conductor and composer in Munich after completing his studies in composition and orchestra conducting as well as scholarship stays in Bamberg and Paris. His work is performed by internationally renowned soloists such as Julia Fischer, Julius Berger, Adrien Boisseau, Maximilian Hornung and the conductor Ulf Schirmer. He received numerous commissions for compositions, most recently from the Munich Biennale and the Kronberg Academy Festival. He was commissioned to compose the compulsory piece for the Leopold Mozart International Violin Competition. In 2016 he is Artist in Residence with the Ensemble Zeitsprung. Johannes X. Schachtner has received numerous awards at competitions for his work. Among other things, he received the Music Prize of the City of Munich (2013) and the Bavarian Art Prize (2014). From 2010 to 2015 he was the artistic director of the aDevantgarde festival and also initiated numerous highly acclaimed projects in the field of contemporary music.
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