Ingo Metzmacher

Ingo Metzmacher strikes me as a conductor's conductor. Born in Hanover, a pianist as well as a podium artist, he was named Echo Klassik Conductor of the Year in 1998 and honored with his home Lower Saxony's state prize. What I find quietly admirable is that after a wide-ranging career he now serves as artistic director of a festival back in Hanover, a kind of homecoming I always respect in artists. Classical music can feel intimidating, but knowing a figure with this much conviction is shaping the sound makes me want to actually sit down and listen. He reads, to me, like a craftsman of atmosphere.

Name (English)

Ingo Metzmacher

Name (Japanese)

インゴ・メッツマッハー

Reading

いんご・めっつまっはー

Born

November 10, 1957 (age 68)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Rooster

Origin

Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany

Occupation

conductor / pianist

Awards & achievements

• 1998 Echo Klassik – Conductor of the Year
• 2005 Max Brauer Award
• 1999 Lower Saxony State Prize

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B4%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A1%E3%83%83%E3%83%84%E3%83%9E%E3%83%83%E3%83%8F%E3%83%BC

Tags

• Lower Saxony
• conductor
• pianist

Last updated

2026-06-02

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