Prof. Matthias Bäcker
Professor of Oboe
Hochschulzentrum am Horn
- Born in 1971 in Schwerin
- Studies by Prof. Hans Werner Wätzig and Prof. Burkhard Glaetzner in Berlin and Leipzig
- In 1994 position in the Orchestral Academy of the Berlin Philharmonic, received tuition from Hansjörg Schellenberger
- Simultaneously first oboe in the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra under Claudio Abbado and founder member of the Mahler Chamber Orchestra
- First permanent positions as first oboist in the Berlin Symphony Orchestra and the Staatstheater Mannheim
- In 1999 first oboist in the orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin
- Played with many important orchestras both in Germany and abroad such as the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, the Bayerische Staatsoper Munich and The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
- Worked with many well-known conductors including Christian Thielemann, Guiseppe Sinopoli, Zubin Mehta, Mariss Jansons, Daniel Barenboim and Semyon Bychkov
- Won prizes in both national and international competitions
- Member of the chamber group "Solisten-Ensemble-Berlin"
- Gained teaching experience in the Orchestral Academy of the Deutsche Oper Berlin and in the University of Arts Berlin
- Guest contract as Associate Section Leader at the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
- Member of the Camerata Salzburg
- Since 2005 Professor of Oboe at the University of Music FRANZ LISZT Weimar