Musician

“Music was put in my cradle. I learned the flute, piano and the trumpet and participated in numerous ensembles and orchestras.”

  • 2008 – 2010: Recorder lessons with Simone Gerner (private)
  • 2009 – 2017: Piano lessons with Simone Gerner (private)
  • 2011 – today: Trumpet lessons with Thomas Schatzdorfer (regional music school Gunskirchen)
  • 2017 – today: Piano lessons with Rainer Nova (music school of the city of Linz)

Matthias Achleitner already plays in numerous ensembles:

Conductor

“Conducting is my greatest passion. There is no better feeling than controlling and shaping such an enormous body of sound.”

Matthias Achleitner has conducted the following orchestras/ensembles:

Excerpt of conducted works

With symphony orchestra:

  • Zequinha de Abreu – Tico Tico (arr. Cliff Colnot)
  • Ludwig van Beethoven – Ouverture to Coriolan
  • Ludwig van Beethoven – 5th Symphony in C minor
  • Leonard Bernstein – Mambo (West Side Story)
  • Georges Bizet – Farandole (L’Arlésienne-Suite No. 2)
  • Alexander Borodin – Polovtsian Dances
  • Johannes Brahms – Hungarian Dance No. 6
  • Antonín Dvořák – 9th symphony in E minor (From the new world)
  • Antonín Dvořák – Slavonic Dances 2 & 8 (op. 46)
  • Gerónimo Giménez – Intermedio (La boda de Luis Alonso)
  • Franz Lehár – The merry widow
  • Franz Lehár – Gold and silver
  • Franz Lehár – Piave march
  • Arturo Marquéz – Danzón No. 2
  • Bohuslav Martinů – Orchestrasuite No. 1 from Špalíček
  • Oskar Nedbal – Z pohádky do pohádky (Ouverture and 1st picture)
  • Oskar Nedbal – Pohádka o Honzovi (Valse triste & Polonaise)
  • Sergei Prokofiev – Peter and the Wolf
  • Bedřich Smetana – Skočná (The Bartered Bride)
  • Johann Strauß II – Csárdás (Knight Pásmán)
  • Johann Strauß II – Ouverture to “The bat”
  • Johann Strauß II – Emperor Waltz/Roses from the South/
    Artist´s life/The beautiful blue Danube/Voices of Spring
  • Johann Strauß II – Egyptian March
  • Johann Strauß II – Thunder and Lightning/Tik-Tak/Annen-Polka
  • Piotr I. Tschaikowsky – Waltz of the Flowers

With symphonic wind orchestra:

  • Musician’s Life – Character Piece Matthias Achleitner
  • Heimatliebe – Polka Matthias Achleitner
  • Optimistica – Concert march Matthias Achleitner
  • Various concert literature like El Camino Real, Dionysos, Light Cavalry, The Gypsy Baron, Godspeed, etc.

Composer

“I discovered my enthusiasm for composing at the age of 12, and since then I have composed various works for different instrumentations.”

Compositions:

  • S.O.S. (Singing without scruples) – Song for choir and ensemble
  • Ode to the craft – Film music
  • Eiszauber Fanfare – Fanfare for symphony orchestra
  • Musician’s life – Character piece for SBO
  • Heimatliebe – Polka for SBO or small cast
  • Optimistica – Fast concert march for SBO
  • Erasmus Fanfare – Fanfare for the int. Erasmus-Days

Awards

Trumpet

  • Young Musicians’ Achievement Badge in Bronze with Distinction
  • Young Musicians’ Achievement Badge in Silver with Distinction
  • Young Musicians’ Achievement Badge in Gold with Distinction
  • 1st Prize – Prima la musica National Competition 2015 (Age Group I – Solo)
  • 1st prize with entitlement to participate in the Federal Competition – PLM National Competition 2017 (AGII – Solo)
  • 1st Prize/Gold – PLM National Competition 2017 (AGII – Solo)
  • 1st prize – PLM National Competition 2018 (AGIII – Chamber Music for Brass)
  • 1st prize with entitlement to participate in the Federal Competition – PLM National Competition 2018 (AGII – Chamber Music)
  • 1st Prize/Gold – PLM National Competition 2018 (AGII – Chamber Music)
  • Silver/Very Good – PLM National Competition 2019 (AGIIIplus – Solo)

Piano

  • Excellent Success – PLM National Competition 2018 (AGIIIplus – Accompaniment with Evaluation)
  • Special Award for Youth Piano Accompaniment – Olympia 2020
  • Excellent Success – PLM National Competition 2020 (AGIIIplus – Accompaniment with Evaluation)

Conducting

  • Very Good with Distinction – Ensemble Conducting Wind Orchestra Basic Course 2018
  • Very Good with Distinction – Ensemble Conducting Wind Orchestra Course 2020