Gregor Amadeus Mayrhofer (born 1987) is a German conductor, pianist and composer.

Life and career

Mayrhofer was born in Munich in 1987 and grew up in Wolfratshausen; his parents were both musicians, and he was the second of their three sons. He received early violin instructions from his father, and took lessons in piano, orgam, clarinet and composition from age six. After completing his ''

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'' he studied composition and conducting at the

Musikhochschule München The University of Music and Performing Arts Munich (german: Hochschule für Musik und Theater München), also known as the Munich Conservatory, is a performing arts conservatory in Munich, Germany. The main building it currently occupies is t ...

with Jan Müller-Wieland, then at the Conservatoire de Paris with

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, at the

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Düsseldorf with Rüdiger Bohn and Manfred Trojahn, and at the Juilliard School in New York City with Alan Gilbert. In 2015 he became assisting conductor of the Ensemble intercontemporain, making his debut with them at the Philharmonie de Paris in 2016. On a Sir Simon Rattle scholarship of the

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, he assisted from 2017 with the Berlin Philharmonic for two years

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and guest conductors. He collaborated as conductor and as composer with the Bavarian State Opera,

SWR Symphonieorchester The SWR Symphonieorchester (Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra) is a radio orchestra affiliated with the ''Südwestrundfunk'' (Southwest German Radio) public broadcasting network. Formed in 2016, the orchestra is administratively based in S ...

, Münchener Kammerorchester,

Münchner Symphoniker The Munich Symphony Orchestra (Münchner Symphoniker) is a German orchestra based in Munich but active statewide in Bavaria. It gives subscription concerts at the Herkulessaal and the Prinzregententheater and, to a lesser degree, at the Philhar ...

, Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra, Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra and the Lucerne Festival Academy Orchestra. He conducted Ensemble Ascolta and , working with soloists such as Daniil Trifonov,

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and Patricia Kopatchinskaja. He conducted the film music of '. Mayrhofer has performed with his brother Raphael as the jazz duo ''Imbrothersation''; they were awarded the of the ''Süddeutsche Zeitung''. In 2023 Mayrhofer was awarded the

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in the categories Composer of the Year, "Newcomer of the Year" as conductor; in addition, his ''Recycling Concerto'' was nominated for the innovation prize for sustainability, as well as for the categories videoclip, support of young artists (''Nachwuchsförderung'') and innovative concert.

Awards

* 2006: First prize Jugend musiziert national competition, with Maria Well * 2008: of the ''Süddeutsche Zeitung'' (Jazzduo ''Imbrothersation'') * 2017: Charles Schiff Conducting Award * 2018: Bayerischer Kunstförderpreis

References

External links

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YouTube channel of Gregor A. Mayrhofer
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mayrhofer, Gregor 21st-century German conductors (music) 21st-century German composers 21st-century German male pianists University of Music and Theatre Munich alumni 1987 births Living people