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"Wincor’s conducting was both precise and evocative."
"Schubert’s symphonic charms were balm for the ears, especially given Wincor’s fine sense of structure and proportion. She coaxed exquisite delicacy when called for — the opening was magical ...."
Austrian conductor Katharina Wincor is a force on the podium and quickly establishing an international reputation.
In the 2024–2025 season, she returns to Bruckner Orchester Linz, Klangforum Wien, Romanian Radio National Orchestra, Ensemble Reflektor, and the Upper Austrian Youth Symphony. She will make orchestral debuts with SWR Symphonieorchester, Bamberger Symphoniker, Wiener Symphoniker, Kärntner Sinfonieorchester, Wiener Jeunesse Orchester, Deutsche Radiophilharmonie Kaiserslautern, São Paulo State Symphony Orchestra, Phoenix Symphony, Royal Bangkok Symphony, Orquesta Sinfónica RTVE Madrid, Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Yomiuri Nippon Orchestra in Tokyo, and Queensland Symphony Orchestra.
Recent highlights include guest engagements with ensembles such as Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, WDR Sinfonieorchester, Staatsorchester Darmstadt, NFM Wrocław Philharmonic, Tucson Symphony, Sarasota Orchestra, Grazer Philharmoniker, Seattle Symphony, Detroit Symphony, Vancouver Symphony, Naples Philharmonic, North Carolina Symphony, and Utah Symphony. She has worked several times with Museumsorchester Frankfurt, Dresdner Philharmonie, Cincinnati Symphony, Klangforum Wien, Ensemble Reflektor, and OFUNAM. In 2024, Wincor was invited to celebrate Arnold Schönberg’s 150th birthday with a performance at the Arnold Schönberg Center with a chamber orchestra composed of members of the Vienna Philharmonic.
Wincor’s early experiences with the Arnold Schoenberg Choir in Vienna make working with singers come naturally. Since leading Bernstein’s Candide at the Cincinnati Symphony’s May Festival in 2022, she has conducted a production at the Salzburger Landestheater and a children’s opera at the Salzburg Festival.
Wincor attracted international attention as Assistant Conductor of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, working with Music Director Fabio Luisi. In 2020, she was a prize-winner at the Mahler Competition in Bamberg and invited to the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra’s Ammodo masterclass with Iván Fischer, who subsequently brought her on as an assistant for several projects with the Budapest Festival Orchestra.
Having grown up in Upper Austria, Wincor studied conducting at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna and the Zurich University of the Arts. She has participated in masterclasses with Riccardo Muti, Jaap van Zweden, Robert Spano, and David Zinman.
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