Matthias Rebstock

Matthias Rebstock (*1970 in Rottweil) works as a director and author in the field of contemporary music theater. The focus of his work is on play developments in the border area between music, theater and digital media as well as premieres of music theater and new operas. He studied piano, school music and philosophy at the UdK Berlin and King’s College London and assisted Daniel Ott, George Tabori, Andreas Homoki and Achim Freyer, among others. In 2001 he founded the music theater ensemble leitundlause and has since worked regularly with the stage and costume designer Sabine Hilscher. Since 2004 he has had a close collaboration with the composer Elena Mendoza. His works can be seen at national and international festivals and stages. Matthias Rebstock is professor of scenic music at the University of Hildesheim and author of numerous books and articles on forms of staging music, especially forms of musicalized theater, music theater and opera, as well as on the history and aesthetics of new music. Teaching assignments and guest lectureships have taken him to the UdK Berlin and the Hochschule der Künste Bern, among others.