Matthias Winckhler, born and raised in Munich, studied at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg with Andreas Macco, as well as in the song and oratorio class of Wolfgang Holzmair. He received further musical inspiration in masterclasses from Matthias Goerne, Markus Hinterhäuser, Graham Johnson, Christa Ludwig, Malcolm Martineau, Bejun Mehta, Michele Pertusi, Rudolf Piernay, Peter Schreier, Bo Skovhus and Breda Zakotnik. He is the winner of numerous competitions, including the 2014 Mozart Competition in Salzburg and the 2012 Bach Competition in Leipzig.
From 2015 to 2018 he was a member of the ensemble at the Hanover State Opera, where he appeared in roles including Count Almaviva (Mozart – Le nozze di Figaro), Papageno (Mozart – The Magic Flute), Albert (Massenet – Werther), Belcore (Donzetti – L'eslisir d'amore) and Tom (Henze – Die englische Katze). In 2018, Matthias Winckhler sang the role of Don Fernando in Beethoven's "Fidelio" with the Basel Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Giovanni Antonini, with performances at the Theater an der Wien and the Théâtre du Champs-Elysées, among others. He also sang the role of Frank in Korngold's "Die tote Stadt" at the Théâtre du Capitol in Toulouse in November 2018.
Matthias Winckhler has been invited to perform at many renowned festivals, including the Salzburg Festival, the Bad Kissingen Summer Festival, the Leipzig Bach Festival, the Rheingau Music Festival, the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, the Thuringian Bach Festival and the Salzburg Mozart Week.
He has worked with, among others, the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin under the direction of Peter Dijkstra, the Capella Rejal de Catalunya (Jordi Savall), the Bavarian Radio Choir (Howard Arman), the Bach Choir and Orchestra Munich (Hansjörg Albrecht), the Bach Collegium Japan (Masaaki Suzuki), the Camerata Salzburg (Hans Graf), the Nederlandse Bachvereniging (Jos van Veldhoven), the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, the NDR Radiophilharmonie (Andrew Manze), the MDR-Sinfonieorchester (Risto Joost), the Mozarteumorchester Salzburg (Matthew Halls) and the Wiener Philharmoniker (Pablo Heras-Casado).
Matthias Winckhler performs as a lieder singer with Marcelo Amaral, Bernadette Bartos, Verena Metzger, Akemi Murakami and Jan-Philip Schulze.