Peter Schneider (conductor)

Peter Schneider (born 26 March 1939, in Vienna, Austria) is an Austrian conductor and opera administrator.
Schneider served as kapellmeister of the Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Düsseldorf-Duisburg from 1961 to 1968; general music director of the Bremer Philharmoniker from 1978 to 1985; opera director and general music director of Nationaltheater Mannheim from 1985-1987; and general music director of the Bayerische Staatsoper orchestra, München from 1993-1998.
Schneider sang as a member of the Vienna Boys Choir as a youth, and was named honorary conductor of the Vienna State Opera in 2004.

Decorations and awards

• Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st class (1997)
• Bavarian Order of Merit
• Honorary member of the Vienna State Opera
• Winners of the Foundation Semperoper Dresden (2008)
• Grand Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria (2009)

• "Reply to a parliamentary question" (pdf) (in German). p. 1110. Retrieved 23 January 2013. 
• "Reply to a parliamentary question" (pdf) (in German). p. 1909. Retrieved 23 January 2013.