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Markus Poschner

I am particularly delighted to be embarking on this exciting musical journey with the OSI, one that promises many unforgettable moments. Indeed, the centrepiece of our first project (the symphonies of Johannes Brahms) seems almost conceived for this orchestra, as a repertoire through which to explore aspects of Brahm’s music that are already present in his chamber writing but have all too often been overlooked in the symphonies.

I am particularly delighted to be embarking on this exciting musical journey with the OSI, one that promises many unforgettable moments. Indeed, the centrepiece of our first project (the symphonies of Johannes Brahms) seems almost conceived for this orchestra, as a repertoire through which to explore aspects of Brahm’s music that are already present in his chamber writing but have all too often been overlooked in the symphonies.

Following the start of his tenure as Principal Conductor in 2015, the Orchestra della Svizzera italiana has continued to evolve into unquestionably one of the most accomplished ensembles in Europe.

Their shared vision to explore less familiar pathways in interpretation and programming has won the orchestra and Markus Poschner many international awards, such as the coveted International Classical Music Award (ICMA) in 2018 for their Brahms Symphony Cycle for Sony Classical.

After receiving the German Conductors’ Award in 2004, Markus Poschner has made regular guest appearances with all the leading orchestras and opera houses on the classical circuit, including: the Staatskapelle Dresden, Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, Munich Philharmonic, Dresden Philharmonic, Konzerthausorchester Berlin, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra and Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre National de France, Netherlands Philharmonic, NHK Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo as well as the Berlin State Opera, Hamburg State Opera, Frankfurt Opera, Stuttgart State Opera and Zurich Opera.

Markus Poschner and the Orchestre National de France were recently honoured with the 2020 German Record Critics’ Annual Award for their recording of Offenbach’s Maître Péronilla. Since 2017 he has concurrently served as Chief Conductor of the Bruckner Orchestra Linz in Austria where he and the ensemble were named Conductor and Orchestra of the Year in 2020 for their successful work in the interpretation of Bruckner’s music.

After studies in Munich as well as assisting Sir Roger Norrington and Sir Colin Davis, Markus Poschner began his career as First Kapellmeister at the Komische Oper in Berlin. From 2007 until 2017 he was General Music Director of the Bremen Philharmonic. In July 2010 the University of Bremen made him an Honorary Professor, and in 2020 the Anton Bruckner University in Linz bestowed the same title upon him.

He conducted the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra for the first time at their sensational guest appearance in Abu Dhabi in Wagner’s Die Walküre.