Grazer Kapellknaben
the Choir

Matthias Unterkofler

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Matthias Unterkofler
Conductor, Grazer Kapellknaben

 

Matthias Unterkofler was born in 1978 in Graz and read church music at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz, where he studied under Josef Döller (choir directing) and Michael Kapsner (organ) and was awarded a diploma in church music with distinction in 2002.

Conducted works: choral and orchestral masses by Mozart, Haydn and Schubert; the Creation and symphonies by Haydn, the Fireworks Music, the Messiahs, Samson and Judas Maccabeus, by Handel, the Magnificat and Glorias by Vivaldi, the Christmas Oratorio, St Matthew Passion and Motettes by Bach, Symphony No 2 'Lobgesang' and Paulus by Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Requiem, Davide penitente, Mass in C minor and the Jupiter Symphony by Mozart, the 5th and 7th Unfinished Symphonies by Schubert, A German Requiem by Brahms, the 3rd Piano Concerto by Beethoven and Swanlake by Tchaikovsky.

He is the founder and director of the Grazer Kapellknaben, director of the Schielleiten Chamber Choir and the Graz University Choir, Conductor of the Music School Orchestra in Weiz, artistic director of the St. Peter am Kammersberg Cultural Summer and the International Chamber Music Days in Raumberg.