Matias de Oliveira Pinto is well known as an outstanding cellist and pedagogue. He was born into an artistic family in São Paulo, Brazil. At the young age of 18 and while still a student of Zygmunt Kubala, he became professor at the School of Music in Curitiba (Brazil). During the same year, following a master class with Aldo Parisot, he performed with great success in a competition which resulted in him being awarded a scholarship from the Herbert von Karajan Foundation, offering him the opportunity to study at the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Academy. In Europe he studied with Prof. Eberhard Finke (first solo cellist of the Berlin Philharmonic), followed by two years of study at the Franz-Liszt-Academy in Budapest with Prof. Csaba Onczay. Further master classes followed with Antonio Meneses, Gerhard Mantel, William Pleeth and Paul Tortelier.
As a demanded soloist, many tours have led Matias de Oliveira Pinto through Europe, South America, USA, Japan, Korea, Australia and New Zealand. He has performed at numerous important international festivals as both a soloist and chamber musician.
Alongside his concert career, Matias de Oliveira Pinto has established himself as a highly sought after teacher and teaches a number of excellent young cellists, many of whom today play in distinguished orchestras and hold positions at prestigious universities. Since 1991 he has taught at the University of Arts in Berlin (since 2005 as a guest professor), while also taking up a professorship at the Music Academy in Münster since 2005. He has offered numerous cello and chamber music courses in Germany, France, USA and Japan, Korea, Israel, Italy, Greece, Poland, Turkey, Brazil and Chile and is artistic director of the festivals of Ouro Branco in Brazil, Musikfestival Verden in Germany.
Matias de Oliveira Pinto also regularly performs and promotes contemporary music and is a founding member of the Modern Art Sextet for contemporary music. His cooperative work with renowned composers such as Katzer, Penderecki, Piazzolla, Zimmermann, Ching and Corbett and man y Otters reflect his versatility as an instrumentalist and many composers have dedicated works to him. He is member of the Bolivar Soloists and several other chamber music groups.
Many broadcasts and CD productions round off the enormous spectrum of his musical activities and success.
