ICMA winner Markus Poschner to leave the Bruckner Orchestra Linz in 2027

Principal conductor Markus Poschner, 52, will not renew his contract when it expires in 2027, as he believes it is necessary to « have the courage to make a new start ».
Born in Munich, he joined the Bruckner Orchestra Linz in 2017, before which he was General Music Director of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen for ten years – since 2007.
He has received many international and national awards, most recently the Special Achievement Award of the International Classical Music Awards 2024 for the complete recording of all versions of Anton Bruckner’s symphonies, recorded together with the ORF Radio Symphony Orchestra Vienna. This is « certainly a preliminary highlight of our collaboration ».
In 2025, after ten years as chief conductor of the Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana in Lugano, Switzerland’s only radio orchestra, Poschner will move to the Basel Symphony Orchestra.