Priv.-Doz.
Martin A. Fuchsberger
MA
Martin August Fuchsberger has taught at Mozarteum University Salzburg since 2011, where he specialises in wind band conducting. From autumn 2026, he will join the Conducting Department as University Assistant to Christian Thielemann in orchestral conducting, working alongside Jobst Schneiderat. As a conductor, he has performed with orchestras including the Vienna and Bratislava Radio Symphony Orchestras, the Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra, the Lebanese Philharmonic Orchestra and the Bucheon Symphony Orchestra.
Fuchsberger received broad musical training in Salzburg, studying violin and voice as well as piano, horn, organ and music theory at the Musisches Gymnasium, the Salzburg Music School and Mozarteum University. He subsequently studied orchestral and choral conducting, voice and church music at the music universities in Vienna. He completed his bachelor's degree in conducting in 2005 and a master's degree at Konservatorium Wien University in 2008. He has also participated in masterclasses with conductors including Jakov Kreizberg, Jerome Preysinger and Daniel Barenboim.
Fuchsberger completed his habilitation in Wind Band Conducting at Mozarteum University in 2018 and subsequently took responsibility for the MA programme in the field and the corresponding elective specialisation within the Instrumental Pedagogy curriculum. From 2019 to 2025, he directed the part-time university course in wind band conducting offered in cooperation with the federal state of Salzburg. From 2020 to 2025, he was Senior Artist for Conducting at the Gustav Mahler Private University for Music in Klagenfurt, where he also directed the university's symphony orchestra and founded the GMPU Academy Orchestra in 2023.
From 2009 to 2018, Fuchsberger was Kurkapellmeister in Bad Reichenhall, where he remains closely associated with the Bad Reichenhall Philharmonic Orchestra. His conducting work has also included the Salzburg University Orchestra and Sinfonietta St Johann, alongside guest engagements in Europe and internationally. Since 2009, he has worked in collaboration with the artist Lea Anders and is a regular adjudicator at orchestral competitions.
Curriculum vitae
Mozarteum University Salzburg
Lecturer in Wind Band Conducting (Senior lecturer, Priv.-Doz.)
Univ.-Ass. for Orchestral Conducting (from Autumn 2026)
Freelance
- Production „Leben eben“ at NEST/Wiener Staatsoper (April 2026)
- Guest conductor of the Bad Reichenhaller Philharmoniker (DE)
- Artistic Director of MES (Music Ensemble Salzburg)
- Conductor of the Lower Austrian Youth Wind Philharmonic
- Revival of the production “Im Weißen Rössl” at the Volksoper Wien (Spring 2027)
Childhood:
- Private lessons (violin) and voice training with the Salzburger Domkapellknaben
Youth:
- Musisches Gymnasium Salzburg, piano and voice lessons at Salzburg Music School "Musikum", private lessons in organ and choral conducting, preparatory studies in horn and music theory at the Mozarteum University Salzburg. First prizes at youth music competition prima la musica (horn and voice).
Studies:
- Orchestral and choral conducting at the MUK Private University Vienna, Vocal Studies and Church Music at Vienna University of Performing Arts.
- Conducting masterclasses with Jakov Kreizberg, Jerome Preysinger and Daniel Barenboim.
- 2005 graduation (Bachelor of Arts) - Conducting Diploma, 2008 graduation (Master of Arts) – Conducting diploma from the Konservatorium Wien Privatuniversität (now MUK)
Further training:
- 2024-2026 Shadowing and Assistantships with Christian Thielemann at the Berlin State Opera Unter den Linden, Bayreuth and Salzburg Festivals, Vienna Philharmonic and the Vienna State Opera
Singer and Choral Conductor
- Following early experiences of folk music and salon music within the family setting, leadership of various amateur choirs.
- Chorister and soloist with the Salzburg Cathedral Choirboys, Member of the Arnold Schoenberg Chor in Vienna (appearing with both choirs at the Salzburg Festival).
- Winner of the Erwin Ortner Prize and Prizewinner at the 3rd internal competition for young choral conductors in Vienna; artistic director of the music course “Bayerischer Wald” for choir and orchestra; lecturer for choral conducting in Innsbruck and Erlangen. Fuchsberger became director of the Salzburg Chamber Choir and worked as Chorus Master and Assistant Conductor at the Lehár-Festival in Bad Ischl.
Répetiteur and Conductor - Oper and Operetta
During 2004, he was responsible for musical direction of opera performances at the Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna, subsequently working as a répetiteur and musical assistant to Reinhard Schwarz at the Kammeroper Schloss Rheinsberg. He held a conducting position 2005-2007 at the Schauspielhaus Wien and at the Musiktheater Schönbrunn in Vienna. Fuchsberger was répetiteur and conductor at the “Johann Strauß Operette” in Vienna and conducted performances of oratorios, operettas and operas at festivals in Upper and Lower Austria, at Stift Altenburg, and – as founder of the Michael Haydn Consort – numerous concerts in Salzburg und Linz.
Orchestral condutor/concerts
- First concerts with the Vienna and Bratislava Radio Symphony Orchestras, first recordings for broadcasters.
- From 2009 to 2018, Fuchsberger held the position of Kur-Kapellmeister in Bad Reichenhall and maintains his connection with the Reichenhaller Philharmonikern to this day as a guest conductor, performing numerous special programmes and his own orchestral arrangements.
- From 2009 to 2016, Fuchsberger was the conductor and artistic director of Salzburg University Orchestra, and from 2017 to 2023 conductor of the Sinfonietta St. Johann.
- Fuchsberger has appeared as a guest conductor with the Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra in South Africa, the Lebanese Philharmonic Orchestra in Beirut, and the Bucheon Symphony Orchestra in South Korea.
- He was Artistic Director of the Symphony Orchestra of the Gustav Mahler Privatuniversität in Klagenfurt from 2019-2025, where he founded the Akademieorchester of the GMPU in 2023. In 2025, Fuchsberger was invited to work as a guest with the Göttinger Symphony Orchestra.
Wind Music
As a specialist in wind band conducting, Martin Fuchsberger has received many invitations to work with wind ensembles such as Landesblasorchester Salzburg, the Bläserphilharmonie Mozarteum Salzburg and the Brass Ensemble of the Vienna Philharmonic.
Teaching activities in orchestral and wind band conducing
Fuchsberger has taught wind band conducting at the Mozarteum University since 2011, where he completed his habilitation in 2018. He took up additional teaching commitments at the Gustav Mahler Privatuniversität für Musik in Klagenfurt the following year, and has been a Conducting Professor as well as conductor of the GMPU Symphony Orchestra since 2019. He has also worked as a guest lecturer at the Geneva University of Music, and taught classes in cooperation with the Frost Music University Florida.
Other artistic partnerships
Fuchsberger has collaborated with the artist Lea Anders since 2009. This led to numerous new compositions, arrangements and performances such as the projects "Emotionen in der Wirtschaft", "Des Menschen Liebe, Freud und Leid", "Fünf Quartette zur Walpurgisnacht", "Bruchstücke", "Naturklangbilder" and "Der Stern in mir" - Foundation of the male voice ensemble Neue Männerstimmen. The duo have recently been engaged by the youth theatre branch of the Vienna State Opera “NEST” for the production “Leben eben”.
Assistant roles
Martin Fuchsberger has worked as an assistant to Erwin Ortner, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Martin Haselböck, Kurt Dlouhy, Herbert Mogg, Alois Glaßner and Reinhard Schwarz. He is currently working with Christian Thielemann.
Masterclass Christian Thielemann
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZmtOzij_8M
Link to selected videos
Video-Links
Aktuell: Ausschnitt Beethoven Klavierkonzert (1.8.24, Reichenhall)
Aktuell: Dvorak Karneval Ouvertüre (1.8.24, Reichenhall)
Alpenl. Weihnachts-Orchester-Arrangement
Trailer Musical Gala: Gesang und Dirigat (Reichenhall)
Trailer GMPU Winds Project (Klagenfurt)
F. Lehar, Meine Lippen die küssen so heiß (Bucheon)
Joh. Strauß, Fledermaus-Ouvertüre (Bucheon)