Matias Piñeira

Solo horn of the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, Born in Santiago de Chile. At the age of seven started with the French horn under the mentorship of his maternal grandfather, Antenor Piñeira, horn player and teacher. In the same year he joined the symphonic band “Orfeón nacional de bomberos de Chile”. In 2000 he began his private studies with maestro Edward Brown. In 2004 Matías began his formal studies with the Music Institute of the Catholic University of Chile, always under the guidance of Maestro Brown. During that time, Matías received various scholarships such as the “Jorge Peña-Hen Scholarship” and “Amigos del Teatro Municipal”. In 2005 he joined the National Youth Symphony Orchestra as soloist with a scholarship. In 2006 he won a scholarship position and was invited to participate in the Campos do Jordão winter festival, in  Brazil. In this period he was also taking lessons with the most prominent musicians of the greatest European and American orchestras.

In 2008, at the age of 19, he won the position of Solo Horn of the Symphonic Orchestra of Chile where he stayed as permanent member for the following five years. In 2014 he was part of the Orchestral Academy of the Berlin State Opera, under the baton of Maestro Daniel Barenboim. In 2015, under the mentorship of Ignacio García, he won the position of Solo Horn in the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, currently conducted by maestro Valery Gergiev.